Batman #38

Part four of "Endgame" arrives with a cover by Greg Capullo and Danny Miki that quietly radiates dread — a battered Batman kneels in shadow, his bloodied hands bearing the words "LOVE" and "HATE," while the silhouette of a figure raising a knife looms on the wall behind him. The image captures Batman at a rare low point, weighed down rather than triumphant, and it's a striking visual statement from the Snyder–Capullo New 52 run. If this arc has been on your pull list, issue #38 makes clear the stakes are mounting and the Dark Knight isn't walking away unscathed.