Ragman #4

Part of DC's 1992 eight-issue miniseries, this issue of Ragman pits Gotham's patchwork hero against the city's criminal underworld — and the cover's bold tagline "Ragman Loses!" suggests the odds are not in his favor. Pat Broderick's cover art depicts a battered, sprawling Ragman collapsed in the snow against a gritty brick wall, his tattered green suit crawling with eerie, ghoulish faces while Gotham's skyline looms ominously in the background. With Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming at the helm, this street-level chapter of "Above the Fray" looks like a genuinely grim turning point for one of DC's most visually distinctive characters.