Harley/Joker Criminal Sanity #[nn]

A blood-spattered Joker looms on Mike Mayhew's deeply unsettling cover — white-faced, green-haired, and gripping a cleaver with a single black-gloved hand — radiating the kind of cold menace that DC Black Label was made for. Kami Garcia, Mico Suayan, and Jason Badower's psychological thriller gets the perfect introduction here, with Mayhew's hyper-realistic painted style making every crimson detail feel uncomfortably tactile. If you're drawn to crime fiction with genuine darkness at its core, this 2021 French-language collection is a compelling place to start.