Batman: Gotham After Midnight #10

The penultimate stretch of Steve Niles and Kelley Jones' twelve-issue horror noir reaches a fever pitch with this tenth installment. Kelley Jones' cover captures a blood-knuckled Batman mid-punch against a bear-masked figure clutching what appears to be a grotesque mechanical heart, while speech bubbles taunt the Dark Knight's willingness to cross a line — all set against Gotham's eerie green-tinged skyline at night. It's a beautifully unsettling image that perfectly embodies the series' commitment to gothic dread and moral tension.