Detective Comics #1042

Dan Mora's cover for Detective Comics #1042 (2021) pulls no punches: Batman looms large in the foreground, grip firmly on a gray-haired figure dangling at the edge of a Gotham rooftop, while Nightwing glides in close behind against a sky thick with bats. The cover's bold tagline — "Batman Pushed to the Edge!" — sets a tense, high-stakes tone for Mariko Tamaki's "The Jury Conclusion," with art by Viktor Bogdanovic and colors by Jordie Bellaire. Rounding out the package is a bonus "Road to Task Force Z" backup story, making this a satisfying single issue with plenty going on.