Batman #82

Part 8 of "City of Bane" arrives in this 2020 installment of Tom King's Batman run, and David Finch's cover makes an immediate, visceral statement: a massive, snarling Bane charges forward with fist outstretched as Gotham City crumbles and erupts in flames all around him, skyscrapers tumbling into clouds of fire and debris. The image perfectly captures the arc's central threat — this is a villain who doesn't just fight for the city, he is the city's destruction. Inside, Mikel Janín's linework and Jordie Bellaire's colors carry the story forward in what has been one of the most ambitious Batman epics in recent memory.