Batgirl #19

Gail Simone and her artistic team bring real tension to this New 52 entry, and the cover — penciled by Eddy Barrows and inked by Eber Ferreira — captures it perfectly: Batgirl, red hair streaming, plunges through rain-soaked Gotham air as a desperate figure reaches upward from below and a blade-wielding threat looms at the edge of the frame. The tagline "To Stop Her Brother…" hints at a deeply personal conflict waiting inside. It's a striking, kinetic image that makes issue #19 hard to pass by on the rack.