Batwing #19

That ominous tagline — "A Hero Falls…" — sets a weighty tone for this June 2013 New 52 entry, with cover artist Fabrizio Fiorentino delivering a striking image of a battered, bloodied Batwing crawling across ruined ground while Batman looms urgently behind him amid a backdrop of crumbling urban debris. The desperation on Batwing's face and the damage to his armor make the stakes feel viscerally real before you've turned a single page. Writers Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti, alongside artist Eduardo Pansica and inker Júlio Ferreira, close out "The End of the Beginning" in what promises to be a pivotal chapter for Africa's Dark Knight.