Batman Beyond #3

From the futuristic world of Batman Beyond comes this January 2000 issue with a cover tagline that says it all — "Sliced by the Splicers!" — as a massive, mechanical-jawed reptilian creature lunges with mouth wide open at a sleek, dark-suited Batman who barely has room to maneuver in its crushing grip. Cover pencils by Bob Smith and inks by Terry Beatty give the scene a real sense of underwater chaos, with churning foam and that terrifying croaker front and center. With Hilary J. Bader scripting "Zoologically Speaking" and Craig Rousseau on interior art, this third issue promises a wild encounter between Neo-Gotham's Dark Knight and some seriously dangerous spliced-up threats.