Batman #216

Batman #216 from November 1969 brings a genuinely unsettling cover scene: a cloaked, hooded figure levels a gun at Batman as he crashes dramatically through a shattering window, while a fallen man lies sprawled on the floor in the foreground. The villain's chilling speech bubble — "You found out who I am too late, Batman — just like Alfred did!" — sets the stakes with real urgency, and the story title "Angel — or Devil?" only deepens the intrigue. Cover pencils by Irv Novick and inks by Dick Giordano give the scene a kinetic, menacing energy that's hard to put down.