Red Hood and the Outlaws #27

The cover of this 2014 New 52 entry says it all with its tagline — "The Rage of Ra's al Ghul!" — as a wild-eyed, shirtless Ra's al Ghul charges forward with glowing green eyes while Red Hood leaps in from above, blade drawn. Starfire conjures crackling pink energy below him as a young man — crackling with golden light — stands his ground in the foreground, making this a genuinely charged four-way confrontation rendered with sharp intensity by cover artist Stephen Segovia. Writer James Tynion IV and the artistic team bring a welcome sense of escalating danger to "Demons," promising that this particular clash of outlaws and villains has real stakes behind it.