Batman: Hollywood Knight #2

Part two of this DC Elseworlds miniseries drops Batman into a pulp-tinged Hollywood setting, and the cover by Dick Giordano makes the stakes immediately clear — a battered, unmasked Batman slumps unconscious across what appears to be a horse or vehicle, while a grizzled, heavyset man looms over him against a blazing sunset sky. The image has a distinctly noir-Western flavor, all warm oranges and deep shadows, perfectly suited to a story subtitled "A Devil in the City of Angels." Bob Layton and Giordano's Elseworlds take on the Dark Knight looks like exactly the kind of stylish, sun-scorched adventure that keeps readers turning pages.