Detective Comics #6

Part of DC's New 52 initiative, Detective Comics #6 (2012) delivers a charged confrontation right on its cover: Batman looms powerfully from above as a battered, wild-eyed figure in a purple striped suit — top hat tumbling free — reels from what appears to be a fiery impact. Tony Daniel handles both the writing and art here, with inks by Sandu Florea bringing sharp energy to the rain-soaked chaos of shattering ice and scattered debris. With a story titled "Kill Game," this issue promises the kind of gritty, high-stakes tension that defines Batman's world in the New 52 era.