Detective Comics Annual #6

Part of DC's 1993 Bloodlines: Earthplague crossover event, this Detective Comics Annual plunges Batman into rooftop chaos alongside a flame-haired mystery figure as a monstrous, skeletal alien creature lunges into the foreground with jagged claws bared. The cover — penciled by Ed Hannigan and Jim Balent and inked by Dick Giordano — crackles with kinetic energy, framing the Dark Knight mid-stride against a gritty urban backdrop lit by an eerie purple sky. With interior story "Not Fade Away" written by Chuck Dixon and drawn by Jim Balent, this is a sharp, atmospheric chapter in one of 1993's most ambitious DC line-wide storylines.