Batman Eternal #21

Part of DC's ambitious weekly series, Batman Eternal #21 arrives in October 2014 with a cover by Alex Garner that immediately sets an unsettling tone. A bald, red-lit figure in a dark suit crouches menacingly with a gun in hand, while a towering syringe filled with an eerie green liquid — skulls floating visibly within it — dominates the foreground, and a ghostly, watchful face looms in the shadows behind him. With a writing team that includes Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, Tim Seeley, and art by Jason Fabok with colors by Brad Anderson, this chapter of Gotham's most sprawling saga looks genuinely compelling.