Batman: Nevermore #3

The third chapter of DC's Elseworlds miniseries brings writer Len Wein and artist Guy Davis's Victorian gothic vision to its midpoint, and Bernie Wrightson's cover is a genuinely haunting piece of work. A lone figure in period dress stands amid a crowded graveyard, facing a surging mob of wide-eyed, desperate souls while a fearsome, winged Batman looms overhead in a burst of radiating light — part specter, part savior. It's the kind of atmospheric cover that makes you want to linger before even opening the page.