Batman: Gotham After Midnight #4

Steve Niles and Kelley Jones bring their beautifully unsettling horror sensibility to the fourth chapter of this twelve-issue series, subtitled "Crimes of the Heart!" Kelley Jones's cover depicts a towering, shrouded villain holding aloft a bell engraved "In Honor of Thomas Wayne" — blood dripping from its rope — while a battered, wild-looking Batman crashes through wooden debris nearby, the menacing speech bubble declaring "Beware… the bell tolls for thee!" The moody stonework setting, splattered crimson, and Jones's gloriously exaggerated Batman silhouette make this October 2008 issue a genuinely atmospheric treat for fans of Gotham's darker corners.