Red Hood and the Outlaws #25

Part of DC's 2014 "Zero Year" crossover event, this issue turns the spotlight on the early life of Jason Todd, shown here as a young man crouching defensively in a rain-soaked Gotham alley, clutching the Red Hood mask in his hands. Looming behind him is a tall, shadowy figure whose identity the cover copy tantalizingly withholds — asking point-blank what dark force shapes Jason's destiny. Giuseppe Camuncoli and Cam Smith deliver a brooding, atmospheric cover that frames writer James Tynion IV and artist Jeremy Haun's story as a tense, character-driven look at the man behind the hood.