Batman Confidential #10

The Joker's face dominates this unsettling cover for Batman Confidential #10, rendered in sickly purples and whites as his features seem to dissolve and re-form within a swirling, viscous mass — green hair wild, teeth bared in a tight, knowing grin. The tagline "The Joker: Day One!" frames the arc's promise of an early-days encounter, while Denys Cowan's pencils and John Floyd's inks give the Clown Prince of Crime a raw, almost embryonic menace that fits perfectly with the "Laughing Matters" banner. Michael Green's "Lovers & Madmen" storyline reaches its fourth chapter here, and this cover makes a compelling case that something genuinely unsettling awaits inside.