Batman Eternal #13

The cover of this 2014 New 52 entry says it all — Commissioner Gordon, identified by name on his prison uniform, grips the bars of a cell from the shadows, his distinctive glasses the only feature visible in the darkness. It's a quietly devastating image, rendered by cover artist Dustin Nguyen with a stark, minimalist intensity that makes Gordon's fall from Gotham's top cop to inmate feel genuinely weighty. With a writing team that includes Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, John Layman, and Tim Seeley, alongside interior art by Mikel Janín, Batman Eternal #13 brings serious creative firepower to one of Gotham's most compelling ongoing sagas.