Batman: Shadow of the Bat #72

A red-caped, clawed figure — the menacing Drakken — clings to a massive dark fin or blade high above Gotham's city streets in Christopher Moeller's striking cover for this March 1998 issue. The tagline promises that "Batman may have met his match," and the sheer physicality of this feral, powerful antagonist makes that warning feel entirely credible. Writer Alan Grant, artist Eduardo Barreto, and inker Wayne Faucher bring "The Meaning of Life" to the pages within, making this a compelling chapter in the long-running Shadow of the Bat series.