Batman vs. Ra's al Ghul #4

Issue four of this six-part DC mini-series delivers a cover by Neal Adams that crackles with chaotic energy — a muscular, cape-wearing Batman struggles at the center, engulfed by a two-headed serpentine monster whose coiling tentacles threaten to overwhelm him. In the foreground, Ra's al Ghul himself appears in a fierce close-up confrontation while a regal woman in an ornate headdress and other alarmed figures crowd the margins, suggesting the conflict has drawn in a wide cast of characters. Adams — handling every creative role from writing to coloring — brings his unmistakable dynamic draftsmanship to what shapes up as one of the mini-series' most visually intense chapters.