Batgirl #15

Batgirl stands resolute atop a Gotham rooftop, her golden hair cascading beneath the cowl as her crimson cape fans dramatically behind her — all while a sea of unsettling bat-masked figures crowds the structure below. Dustin Nguyen's cover art for this January 2011 issue has a painterly, almost watercolor quality that makes the scene feel both atmospheric and genuinely tense. Writer Bryan Q. Miller's run has been a treat for fans of Stephanie Brown's tenure beneath the cowl, and "The Lesson, Grass Before the Scythe, One of Two" promises another compelling chapter.