Bane: Conquest #3

The third chapter of "The Sword" arrives with a striking cover by Graham Nolan showing Bane and Batman charging forward together — an uneasy alliance rendered in vivid detail, with a looming, grimacing face dominating the background amid a tangle of tubes and machinery. Chuck Dixon and Graham Nolan's twelve-issue series continues to put its larger-than-life villain front and center, and seeing Bane stride alongside the Dark Knight hints at the kind of unlikely dynamics this series is built around. Gregory Wright's coloring gives the whole image a moody, industrial atmosphere that suits the tone perfectly.