Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #5

The cover by Cully Hamner says it all: a battered, bloodied Batman — chains wrapped around his powerful frame — glares outward through a swirling, organic tunnel of darkness, his expression pure defiance. That image alone sets the tone for *Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Volume 5*, a DC anthology collecting stories from a stellar lineup that includes Aaron Lopresti, Marc Guggenheim, Scott Kolins, Matthew Dow Smith, Federico Dallocchio, and Cully Hamner himself. If you enjoy seeing the Dark Knight pushed to his absolute limits across a variety of creative visions, this 2016 collection delivers exactly that kind of variety and craft.