Catwoman #63

The Joker throws his head back in a wide, maniacal laugh front and center while a clearly unimpressed Catwoman stands her ground behind him, aiming a gun that sports a target-circle barrel — daring him to keep chuckling. Surrounding them is a dizzying backdrop of leering clown faces, and the cover tagline — "He'd just better NOT say she'll get a BANG out of this…" — perfectly captures the tense, darkly comedic standoff that Jim Balent illustrates with sharp, kinetic energy. Devin Grayson's "Hints and Allegations, Part 1" kicks off a new arc in December 1998, and this cover alone makes it hard to put back on the shelf.