Batman Confidential #29

This 2009 installment of Batman Confidential opens the "Bad Cop!" arc with a striking cover by Stéphane Roux that immediately sets a grim, morally charged tone. A heavily armored figure wielding a pistol dominates the foreground, a targeting reticle overlaid on their helmet, while the looming silhouette of Batman stretches across the background — the shadow of the Dark Knight literally hanging over the scene. Writer Andrew Kreisberg and artist Scott McDaniel promise a story where the line between law and lawlessness feels dangerously thin.