Batman #578

In "He Who Lurks," Batman tracks Adrian Lupus, a disturbed man who sees himself as a visionary artist, after the criminal assaults a woman and vanishes into Gotham’s shadows. Written by Larry Hama and illustrated by Scott McDaniel, with inks by Karl Story and Hector Collazo, the issue unfolds with tense, atmospheric precision, capturing the eerie disconnect between Lupus’s warped self-perception and the brutal reality of his actions. The cover by Scott McDaniel captures the unsettling mood of the story, a stark image of a figure half in shadow, hinting at the darkness that lurks just beyond the city’s edges.