Batman: Nevermore #5

The concluding chapter of this Elseworlds crossover arrives with a cover by Bernie Wrightson that's genuinely unsettling — a leering, hollow-eyed figure in a dark cape looms at center while writhing, tormented forms swirl through a fiery red haze behind it, conjuring all the dread of Poe's "Masque of the Red Death." Len Wein and Guy Davis bring their Victorian-tinged Batman saga to its close with this fifth and final issue, and Wrightson's painted imagery makes clear the stakes feel suitably apocalyptic. If you've been following this atmospheric 2003 series, this is the one you've been waiting for.