Batman: Shadow of the Bat #12

Brian Stelfreeze's cover for this May 1993 entry in Alan Grant and Vince Giarrano's run sets an unsettling tone — a brooding, wild-haired villain looms large in the background, his weathered face dominating the upper half while a determined Batman stands his ground in the foreground, cape sweeping dramatically behind him. Dictionary text bleeds through the composition like a fever dream, hinting at something deeply strange about the threat at hand. "The Human Flea Part Two" promises that whatever confrontation is building between these two figures, it's already well past the point of no return.