Damage

A bruising presence from DC's Modern Age, Damage crashed onto the scene in Batman #37 in 2018, courtesy of the formidable creative team of Tom King and Clay Mann. This is a character who keeps genuinely elite company — sharing pages with Batman, Bruce Wayne, Cassandra Cain, and Orphan — which tells you everything about the high-stakes corner of the DC Universe they inhabit. Appearing across Detective Comics, Batman, and their own self-titled series, Damage made a concentrated, punishing impression in a short 2018–2019 window. If you're drawn to hard-hitting Modern Age DC with serious creative pedigree behind it, this one's worth tracking down.