Batman: Knightquest: The Crusade #2

The armored figure of AzBats — Jean-Paul Valley's brutal, mechanized Batman — dominates this cover, his red-eyed helmet and gold-plated gauntlets conveying a darker, more dangerous Dark Knight than Gotham is used to. He grips a snarling, fang-filled creature with one massive clawed fist while explosions erupt in a fiery orange blaze behind him, the whole image rendered with raw intensity by cover penciler Kelley Jones and inker John Beatty. This second volume of Knightquest: The Crusade collects more of the acclaimed 1990s storyline with interior work from writer Alan Grant and artist Bret Blevins — essential reading for anyone tracing the full arc of Batman's most turbulent era.