Batman #443

A massive, wild-haired figure dominates the foreground of this January 1990 issue, a burst of blinding yellow energy erupting from his chest as Batman and a suited, bespectacled man grapple in the background — with Robin and a second Batman figure framed in a corner inset for good measure. The cover by Val Semeiks and Michael Bair crackles with kinetic intensity, teasing the arrival of a new threat in "The Coming of Crimesmith." Marv Wolfman, Jim Aparo, and Mike DeCarlo deliver what looks to be a genuinely charged chapter in the Dark Knight's world.