Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #3

Issue three of Dan Slott, Ryan Sook, and Jim Royal's six-part Arkham Asylum series brings us "A Stitch in Time," with a wonderfully unsettling cover by Eric Powell. The image centers on a heavyset, disheveled man clutching a grotesque stitched-together skull toy, while Batgirl looms behind him armed with a bo staff — all set against a cracked clock face and interlocking gears that suggest time and sanity both coming apart. It's a striking, darkly playful composition that captures the series' blend of superhero tension and gothic unease perfectly.