Batman and the Outsiders #22

Part three of "The Truth about Halo" arrives in June 1985, and Alan Davis delivers a cover that pulls no punches — Batman and the Outsiders are locked in fierce combat aboard the JLA Satellite, with the team scattered across the frame in a tangle of energy blasts and desperate motion. The cover copy promises "hard vacuum, sudden death," lending real urgency to the chaotic scene unfolding against the cold backdrop of space. Mike W. Barr and Davis were clearly swinging for the fences on this multi-part mystery arc, and this installment looks like the tension is hitting its peak.