Catwoman #56

Catwoman finds herself in genuine peril on Jim Balent's cover for issue #56, her costumed figure tumbling through a collapsing interior space as debris, twisted metal, and crumbling architecture rain down all around her — the chaos of "Cataclysm" written right across the cover in cracked, urgent lettering. It's a visceral snapshot of Gotham's earthquake storyline bearing down on Selina Kyle at its sixth chapter, with Balent's dynamic composition selling the disorienting freefall beautifully. Writer Devin Grayson and artist Jim Balent, inked here by John Stanisci, deliver a cover that makes "Claustrophobia" feel like exactly the right subtitle.