Batman Confidential #36

This 2010 installment of Batman Confidential sets a striking wartime atmosphere right on its cover: a steely Batman stands in the foreground while a massive, weathered skull looming beneath a wide-brimmed hat dominates the background, flanked by WWII-era warplanes cutting through a stormy, lightning-filled sky and a group of uniformed soldiers below. The cover art by Marcos Marz pairs that haunting skull imagery with the Dark Knight's grim composure to suggest a story where history and superheroics collide in genuinely unsettling ways. With writer Royal McGraw steering the "Blackhawk Down" arc, this issue offers a moody, pulp-war sensibility that feels right at home in DC's confidential files.