Batman #283

Batman faces one of his most unnerving challenges on Ernie Chan and Vince Colletta's cover for this January 1977 issue — a near-invisible assailant whose swirling, pattern-matching camouflage blends seamlessly into a hypnotic purple background, leaving the Dark Knight grappling with an enemy he can barely distinguish. The cover's speech bubbles — "Their camouflage is perfect!" and "How can I beat an enemy I can't even see?" — perfectly set up a thriller where stealth and deception are the real weapons. With a story titled "Omega Bomb Target: Gotham City," writer David V. Reed promises sky-high stakes to match that unsettling cover image.