Batman Beyond Universe #14

Mark of the Phantasm: Starcrossed" reaches its conclusion in this November 2014 installment — Part 2 of 2 — and the cover by Matteo Scalera sets the tension perfectly. A shadowed young man in a dark suit stands defiantly in a shaft of light, while a pale, steepled-fingered figure seated at a console looms in the foreground, all of it ringed by the menacing red-masked faces of what appear to be the Phantasm's forces closing in from the darkness. With writing from Kyle Higgins and Alec Siegel and interior art from Phil Hester and Thony Silas, this Batman Beyond Universe chapter promises a futuristic neo-noir atmosphere that fans of the animated era will find immediately compelling.