Batman Confidential #34

Batman surges forward through a swirling storm of bats on this Francesco Mattina cover, his cape billowing dramatically as Gotham's rain-slicked skyline looms behind him — it's a striking, kinetic image that captures the Dark Knight at his most relentless. Inside, Peter Milligan and Andy Clarke bring the fourth chapter of "The Bat and the Beast" to a head, set against the evocative backdrop of Solzhenitsyn Square at midnight. This December 2009 issue promises the kind of moody, atmospheric storytelling that makes Batman Confidential such a rewarding corner of the DC universe.