Batman #280

Batman lunges dramatically from an enormous clock face frozen at one o'clock, cape spread wide, as a chaotic street scene unfolds below — criminals scattering, a gunman in a fedora among the panicked crowd — all framed by the bold promise that it's "time for crime to stop dead in Gotham City!" This October 1976 DC issue teases a mind-boggling mystery with its story "The Only Crime in Town!", and the cover by Ernie Chua delivers a wonderfully kinetic composition that captures the Dark Knight at his most commanding. A satisfying slice of Bronze Age Batman that earns its 30-cent cover price.