Red Robin #20

The cover of Red Robin #20 pulls no punches — a bloodied knife raised high, a massive masked villain gripping Tim Drake's Red Robin by the throat in a brutally tense standoff. Marcus To and Ray McCarthy deliver a cover that crackles with raw physical menace, with both figures locked in a struggle that makes the Teen Titans crossover subtitle feel very well-earned. Fabian Nicieza's "The Rabbit Hole, Interlude: On the Shoulders of the Titans" promises the kind of high-stakes teamwork that this April 2011 issue wears right on its sleeve.