Nightwing #11

Part of DC's New 52 initiative, Nightwing #11 arrives in September 2012 with a cover by Eddy Barrows that grabs your attention immediately: a masked, knife-wielding villain in sleek black-and-red armor crashes through a massive clock face in a spray of debris, pinning Dick Grayson beneath him as the bold tagline "TIME TO DIE!" makes the stakes unmistakably clear. The threat feels visceral and up-close, with both figures locked in a struggle that fills every corner of the image. Writer Kyle Higgins and artist Andres Guinaldo, inked by Mark Irwin, bring the story "Tomorrow Can't Wait" — and judging by this cover, time is definitely running out for Nightwing.