Detective Comics #807

David Lapham's cover for Detective Comics #807 delivers an immediately arresting image: Batman plunging headfirst toward the reader, his cape splayed wide against a smoldering golden backdrop as debris scatters around him. The bold red "City of Crime!" banner sets the tone for Part 7 of this ongoing arc, "Crown Point," while the book also promises a backup tale, Regnum Defende, by Scott Beatty and Jeff Parker. It's a striking August 2005 package that captures the Dark Knight at his most kinetic and unsettling.