DC Comics - The Legend of Batman #34

In "The Man Who Laughs," Alan Moore and Brian Bolland deliver a chilling, psychologically charged chapter of Batman’s mythos, where the Caped Crusader confronts a twisted double of the Joker at Arkham Asylum. When the real Joker strikes at Commissioner Gordon’s home, taking Barbara hostage and trapping Jim in a nightmarish, carnival-like asylum of his own design, Batman must face not only the villain’s cruelty but the unsettling way he weaponizes grief and madness. With Brian Bolland’s iconic art and John Higgins’ haunting colors, this 2019 issue stands as a masterclass in dread and atmosphere.