JLA #65

Batman looms over a darkened cityscape in a dominant crouch on this 2002 DC cover, while a wild-eyed, goggle-wearing villain snarls in the foreground beneath the ominous tagline "The Dark Nut Strikes Again." Doug Mahnke and Tom Nguyen deliver a cover that crackles with tension, placing the World's Greatest Detective in sharp contrast against a leering, unhinged adversary. Joe Kelly's "Bouncing Baby Boy" promises the kind of street-level menace that makes the JLA's Gotham-side adventures so compelling.