Batman: Shadow of the Bat #76

Part of the 1998 "Aftershock" storyline, this issue drops readers into the chaos of a city pushed to its breaking point. Glen Orbik's cover painting, drenched in an eerie green palette, captures a crowd of panicked, snarling figures surging forward in desperation — while Batman looms as a distant silhouette in the background, watching the turmoil unfold. With Alan Grant writing and Mark Buckingham on interior art, "The Gauntlet" promises the kind of street-level tension that makes Shadow of the Bat such a compelling corner of Gotham's world.