Batman Beyond #10

The futuristic Dark Knight finds himself badly outmatched on Ronnie Del Carmen's cover, where Batman Beyond is sent reeling backward by a massive, looming mechanical Golem that dominates the upper half of the composition, debris flying in all directions. The stark purple-and-blue atmosphere gives the confrontation a genuinely ominous weight, capturing the scale difference between the sleek, red-insignia-bearing Batman suit and the hulking metal giant bearing down on him. With Hilary J. Bader writing and Craig Rousseau on interior art, this 2000 entry promises the kind of high-energy sci-fi action that made the animated era's tie-in comics such a treat.