Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #179

Greg Scott brings the interior story to life while Jorge Zaffino's stark, high-contrast cover art sets a brooding tone perfectly suited to Legends of the Dark Knight. Batman surges forward out of a rain-soaked Gotham skyline, cape billowing and bat-symbol catching what little light exists in this near-monochromatic composition — a powerful image of the Dark Knight as a force of nature rather than a man. A.J. Lieberman's "Full Circle" promises exactly the kind of tightly wound, noir-tinged Batman story this long-running 2004 series did so well.