Batman #525

Part of DC's 1995 "Underworld Unleashed" crossover event, this issue pairs the chilling title "Frozen Assets" with a cover that says everything you need to know about the threat at hand. Mr. Freeze dominates the image in his hulking cryogenic suit, freeze cannon raised and icy vapor billowing around him as he looms over a cornered, barely visible Batman beneath his grasp. Kelley Jones and John Beatty deliver their signature hyper-kinetic intensity here, and with Doug Moench's name on the book, readers in 1995 were in for a cold, dangerous encounter between Gotham's Dark Knight and one of his most formidable foes.