Batman: Shadow of the Bat #66

From cover artist Chris Moeller comes a moody, atmospheric image that sets the stakes immediately: a battered Batman crouches low to the ground beneath the looming bulk of the Batmobile, while a police cruiser's flashing lights and a circling helicopter close in from behind, casting the whole scene in a tense blue-grey haze. The composition captures the Dark Knight at a rare moment of vulnerability, hemmed in on all sides by forces that may not be on his side. With Alan Grant writing and Norm Breyfogle on interior art, "Illusions Part Two: The Bigger They Come—" promises the kind of grounded, high-pressure Bat-storytelling that made this 1997 series a dependable monthly read.