Detective Comics #3

Part of DC's New 52 relaunch, this 2012 issue of Detective Comics drops Batman right into the thick of a genuinely unsettling confrontation. The cover by Tony S. Daniel and Ryan Winn depicts the Dark Knight mid-fight, surrounded by grotesque, decaying figures while the monstrous Dollmaker looms behind him — scattered doll heads and debris adding an eerie atmosphere to the chaos. It's a visceral, kinetic image that makes "Night of the Dollmaker" feel like exactly the kind of dark, creepy Batman story the New 52 was built for.