Absolute Batman #4

Part four of Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta's "The Zoo" arc arrives with a cover that commands attention — a massively built Batman crouches in a defensive, coiled stance, his suit bristling with sharp, jagged spikes as shattered fragments explode outward around him. Gabriel Hernández Walta's interior art and Frank Martin's colors bring this reimagined Dark Knight to life, while Nick Dragotta's cover captures a Batman who looks less like a detective and more like a force of nature barely contained. If this iteration of the Caped Crusader has you curious, issue four of five is a fine place to feel the tension building.