Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #4

Bruce Wayne thunders across a blazing frontier landscape on horseback, his bat-symbol gleaming on the saddle and his cape billowing like dark wings against a fiery, smoke-filled sky — while a band of riders looms ominously in the distance behind him. This fourth chapter of Grant Morrison's six-part saga sends the Dark Knight through the American West, and the cover by Andy Kubert captures that collision of genres with real energy and sweep. With interior art by Georges Jeanty and inks by Walden Wong, "Dark Night, Dark Rider" is a genuinely compelling stop on one of 2010's most ambitious DC stories.