Batman: Gotham Adventures #40

Batman crashes through a wall of shattering ice on this striking 2001 cover by Bob Smith and Terry Beatty, his expression fierce and determined as Mr. Freeze looms ominously in the background above him. The cool blue palette and the story's title — "Colder Than Arctic" — set the stage perfectly for a confrontation between the Dark Knight and one of Gotham's most chilling adversaries. It's a sharp, energetic entry in DC's animated-style Gotham Adventures series, with Peterson, Levins, and Beatty delivering the goods in a story that clearly puts Batman on ice — at least temporarily.