Batgirl #33

Batgirl surges forward across a nighttime Gotham skyline, fierce and focused, while a menacing hooded figure brandishing a blade looms large behind her and a gun-toting figure surrounded by glowing data panels watches from the shadows — it's a striking three-way tension that perfectly captures the issue's tagline, "The Battle for Gotham Begins!" Writer Gail Simone and artist Fernando Pasarin bring this September 2014 New 52 chapter to life, with Alex Garner's cover setting an atmospheric, high-stakes tone. If you enjoy Barbara Gordon at her most determined, this is a compelling entry in her ongoing saga.