Batman: The Dark Knight #10

David Finch and Richard Friend deliver a genuinely unsettling close-up for this 2012 New 52 entry: Batman's cowled face fills the entire cover, his eyes burning a fierce yellow-white while his lower face gives way to a grotesque, fang-lined maw dripping with viscera. Subtlety is not on the agenda with a tagline like "Cycle of Violence!" accompanying writer Gregg Hurwitz's story "Hollow Man." It's a striking image that promises a darker, more visceral chapter in the Dark Knight's New 52 journey.