Batman / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1

The cover by Freddie E. Williams II sets the tone perfectly for this 2016 DC/IDW crossover event: Batman looms tall against a moonlit Gotham skyline while all four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles surround him — Raphael charging forward with sai drawn, Donatello at his side, and Leonardo and Michelangelo flanking the background. It's the opening chapter of a six-part series written by James Tynion IV with art by Freddie Williams II and colors by Jeremy Colwell, and the premise alone — Gotham's Dark Knight meeting the Heroes in a Half Shell — delivers on every promise the title "Knights in a Half Shell" makes.