Batman Eternal #34

Part of DC's ambitious weekly series celebrating 75 years of Batman, issue #34 of Batman Eternal arrives in January 2015 with Rafael Albuquerque's striking cover — a bandage-wrapped, muscular figure looming in a harsh spotlight, clutching what appears to be a tattered Batman cape. The atmosphere is tense and unsettling, raising immediate questions about Gotham's Dark Knight and whoever — or whatever — now holds a piece of him. With a sprawling creative team including Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, and artists Álvaro Martínez and Raúl Fernández driving the "State of Truth" chapter, this weekly saga continues to deliver the kind of brooding, high-stakes storytelling that made Eternal one of the New 52's most compelling ongoing events.