Batgirl #10

Part of DC's New 52 initiative, Batgirl #10 from 2012 pits Barbara Gordon's Batgirl against a winged, tattooed adversary in a breathtaking aerial confrontation high above the city — with the tagline "Death from Above!" setting an appropriately urgent tone. Cover pencils by Ardian Syaf and inks by Vicente Cifuentes render both combatants in fierce, kinetic detail: the winged fighter wielding a spiked mace, Batgirl striking back with crackling energy. Writer Gail Simone, artist Alitha Martinez, and inker Vicente Cifuentes bring the interior story — "All Snug in Their Beds" — promising that whatever unfolds matches the intensity of that stunning cover.