Arkham Manor #4

A battered, blood-spattered Batman stands grimly over a fallen figure — a scarred, stitched-faced villain sprawled in a spreading pool of red — and the tagline "To Catch a Killer…" makes the stakes unmistakably clear. Shawn Crystal's cover work is visceral and tightly composed, capturing the grim atmosphere that defines this New 52 series set within a Wayne Manor turned asylum. With Gerry Duggan, Crystal, and Dave McCaig collaborating on "Out in the Cold," issue #4 promises the kind of dark, morally complicated Batman story that Arkham Manor does so well.