Batman Beyond #16

Terry McGinnis's sleek black-and-red Batman Beyond suit stands out sharply against a swarm of green-costumed enemies who are closing in from every angle — the sheer weight of numbers makes this February 2001 cover an immediately gripping image. Brian Stelfreeze's cover art captures the overwhelmed-but-defiant posture of the future Batman perfectly, surrounded by at least a dozen identically clad foes bearing golden weapons. With Hilary J. Bader writing and Craig Rousseau on interior art, "Snake Food" looks like exactly the kind of odds-stacked-against-you adventure that makes Batman Beyond such a fun futuristic spin on the Dark Knight legacy.