Batman Eternal #26

Red Hood takes center stage in the foreground of this 2014 New 52 entry, dual pistols leveled straight at the viewer with cool menace, while Batman, Batgirl, and a staff-wielding figure clash dramatically behind him amid swirling debris. Clay Mann's cover composition plays with tension beautifully — allies in the background, a red-masked wild card up front — perfectly capturing the fractured team dynamics hinted at by the story title "Broken Mirrors." With five writers and artists R. M. Guéra and Juan Ferreyra bringing Scott Snyder and company's sprawling Gotham saga to life inside, Batman Eternal #26 delivers the kind of layered action that made this weekly series such an ambitious undertaking.