Gotham Underground #9

The finale of DC's nine-part Gotham Underground miniseries lands with a striking close-up of the Penguin — cigarette holder clenched between his teeth, scarred face twisted with cold menace, umbrella gripped in one gnarled hand — pressed against a shadowy brick wall with what appears to be a gloved figure looming at the edge of the frame. Jim Calafiore's cover art gives Oswald Cobblepot a raw, weathered intensity that makes the ominous story title, "The Day the Penguin Died," feel genuinely weighty. Frank Tieri, Calafiore, and Jack Purcell close out this gritty look at Gotham's criminal underworld with a cover that promises high stakes for one of Batman's most enduring adversaries.