Batgirl #8

Batgirl #8 (November 2000) sets up a fierce confrontation with cover copy that pulls no punches: "Her name is Shiva. She cannot be defeated. It will amuse her to destroy Batgirl." Damion Scott and Robert Campanella's cover captures that tension brilliantly, showing Batgirl launching a fierce high kick against Lady Shiva, whose smiling confidence is rendered in a striking reflection — two moments of the same battle playing out at once against a Bat-symbol-lit brick backdrop. Kelley Puckett's run on this series was already building a reputation for hard-edged martial-arts storytelling, and this cover makes a compelling case for why.