Batman: Streets of Gotham #19

The Joker takes center stage on Dustin Nguyen's striking cover for this March 2011 installment of Batman: Streets of Gotham — rendered in full-length portrait, purple overcoat immaculate, cane in hand, and a bowler hat tucked against his chest. Looming behind him is an oversized playing card — the Jack, naturally — bearing a jester-faced figure that echoes his own sinister grin with unsettling precision. It's a beautifully composed image that captures the Clown Prince of Crime at his most theatrically self-assured, setting a wonderfully unnerving tone for "The House of Hush, Chapter Four: The Reason for Hyenas.