Batman: Shadow of the Bat #22

Part two of the "Knightquest: The Search" crossover finds Bruce Wayne front and center — suited, cane in hand, and visibly shaken as he stands amid a scene of fallen bodies strewn across what appears to be a darkened English village setting. Brian Stelfreeze's painted-style cover work gives the image a haunting, cinematic weight, with Wayne's expression hardened as chaos surrounds him. Alan Grant, Bret Blevins, and Steve George deliver the story behind this grim tableau — a December 1993 chapter that makes clear Bruce's road to reclaiming his destiny runs through some very dark territory.