Catwoman #40

The climactic third chapter of "Year 2" arrives with a cover that says everything: Batman and Catwoman locked in a tense, face-to-face confrontation beneath a glowing full moon, the Bat-signal burning behind them as her hair whips dramatically in the night air. Jim Balent's cover art captures the charged push-and-pull between these two "Creatures of the Night" with real intensity — two figures who are unmistakably alike, and unmistakably at odds. Written by Doug Moench with inks by Mark Pennington, this December 1996 finale is a fine snapshot of the mid-nineties Catwoman series at full stride.