Batman: Shadow of the Bat #82

Part three of "Wax Man and the Clown" arrives in this February 1999 installment of Batman: Shadow of the Bat, set against the ominous "Road to No Man's Land" prelude unfolding across the Batman titles. Glen Orbik and Laurel Blechman's cover is a striking study in cold blue dread — a crowd of wild-eyed Arkham Asylum inmates surges forward, torches raised, with the Joker's unmistakable grin and top hat visible among the throng pressing against a barbed-wire barrier. Alan Grant, Mark Buckingham, and Robert Campanella bring their talents to the interior, making this a vivid chapter in the slow-burn catastrophe building toward Gotham's darkest hour.