Batman: Shadow of the Bat #87

Part two of "Claim Jumping" drops readers into the brutal chaos of Gotham's No Man's Land, and Brian Bolland's cover captures the tension perfectly — Batman leaps into action on the left panel while a grotesque, single-eyed monster looms over a gang of armed thugs on the right, the whole image bisected like two collision-course worlds. A masked, axe-wielding figure and bloodied combatants crowd the foreground, making it clear that Gotham's lawless streets are very much up for grabs. With Greg Rucka writing and Mike Deodato and Wayne Faucher handling interior art, this 1999 chapter promises exactly the grim, street-level intensity the No Man's Land saga delivered.