Batman #241

Batman lunges toward you against a moonlit Gotham skyline, his blue cape billowing dramatically as the cover blurb warns that eight million lives hang in the balance — and one woman named Mary MacGuffin may not survive to dawn. This May 1972 issue packs 52 big pages of content, including a Robin bonus story promising "Secret of the Psychic Siren," making it a genuinely satisfying read on its own terms. The cover — penciled by Neal Adams and inked by Bernie Wrightson — captures the Dark Knight at his most urgent and kinetic, a striking collaboration that gives the figure real weight and menace.