Batman: Secrets #3

The Joker's grinning face fills the entire cover of this fifth and final chapter of Sam Kieth and Alex Sinclair's Batman: Secrets miniseries — a raw, unsettling close-up rendered with Kieth's unmistakable blend of expressionistic linework and deep shadow. That wild, asymmetrical leer and bulging eye radiate something genuinely unnerving, a reminder of why the Clown Prince of Crime remains one of fiction's most compelling villains. With the conclusion of this 2006 series at hand, Kieth's cover promises a finale as intense and off-kilter as the story that led here.