Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #209

Batman crouches in a powerful, coiled stance against a moody blue-grey sky dominated by a looming bat-symbol, while the ghostly face of a dark-haired woman fills the background — a haunting visual pairing that sets a brooding, noir-inflected tone. This is part three of the five-part "Darker Than Death" arc, written by Bruce Jones with art and cover fully rendered by Ariel Olivetti, whose painterly style gives the whole image a cinematic weight. If you've been following this 2006 Legends of the Dark Knight run, the tension is clearly building.