Batman: The Mad Monk #4

Part four of Matt Wagner's "Dark Moon Rising" puts Batman in immediate peril, and the cover leaves no doubt about the threat — a massive, snarling werewolf looms over a struggling Dark Knight, jaws wide and claws raking the air in a confrontation that feels genuinely dangerous. Wagner's artwork captures both the raw ferocity of the beast and Batman's determined resistance in a single charged image. With two installments still to come, this 2007 miniseries is shaping up as a visceral supernatural challenge for the early-career Caped Crusader.