Forever Evil: Arkham War #1

With the heroes gone, Gotham belongs to the villains — and this first issue of the six-part Forever Evil: Arkham War miniseries makes that terrifyingly clear. Jason Fabok's cover is a rain-soaked spectacle, with Bane and Harley Quinn charging forward at the center of a massive, chaotic mob of Gotham's worst — Killer Croc, the Joker, Poison Ivy, Scarecrow, and dozens more pouring through the storm-lit streets beneath a giant bat silhouette looming over the rooftops. Writer Peter J. Tomasi and artist Scot Eaton set the stage for a conflict where the world's greatest villains are forced to pick sides, promising a Gotham at war with itself in 2013's darkest corner of the New 52.