Batgirl #21

Gail Simone, Fernando Pasarin, and Jonathan Glapion bring readers this unsettling 2013 New 52 chapter, "Enclosure," whose cover by Alex Garner pulls no punches: a bloodied, masked Batgirl is clutched in the grip of two threatening, ghoulish figures — a sneering pale-skinned man with clawed hands and a long-haired, equally blood-spattered woman looming behind them both. The sense of dread is immediate and visceral, with Batgirl's wide-eyed expression conveying genuine peril rather than defiance, making this one of the more haunting covers of the run.