Batman Confidential #15

Commissioner Gordon is squarely in the crosshairs on this tense 2008 cover, where a purple-clad villain crouches behind a tripod-mounted machine gun, brass casings flying, with Batman lunging urgently from above. Rags Morales and Mark Farmer frame the threat with sharp, kinetic energy — the tagline "Target: Gordon!" leaving no doubt about the stakes at the heart of this third chapter of "Wrath Child." It's a compelling mid-arc entry in the Batman Confidential series, with Tony Bedard's story and Morales's dynamic art making for a gripping combination.