Batman #412

From the autumn of 1987 comes this striking Batman: The New Adventures entry, with a cover by Kevin Nowlan that puts the Dark Knight nose-to-nose — literally — with a wild-haired, white-faced newcomer the cover announces as the Mime, her heart-painted cheeks and striped sleeves a sharp contrast to Batman's steely grimace as she lands a punch squarely on his jaw. Inside, writer Max Allan Collins teams with artist Dave Cockrum and inker Don Heck on "The Sound of Silence," promising exactly the kind of offbeat villainy that this visually arresting cover teases so well.