Batman Chronicles #[9]

This handsome Urban Comics volume collects Batman stories from 1990, bringing together an impressive roster of talent including Alan Grant, Dennis O'Neil, Peter Milligan, Mike W. Barr, and George Pérez, among many others. The cover presents a striking image of Batman looming large and imperious atop what appears to be a throne of grasping, skeletal hands and shadowy figures clawing upward around him — a moody, inky composition that captures the Dark Knight at his most brooding and formidable. At 40 EUR, it's a satisfying way to experience a rich cross-section of Batman's world from that fertile era of DC storytelling.