Red Robin #9

Red Robin is back in Gotham City, and issue #9 kicks off the four-part "Collision" arc with a cover that perfectly captures the mood — Tim Drake's Red Robin crouches in the pouring rain against a brooding cityscape, the Bat-Signal burning through the stormy sky above him. The tension between the familiar symbol overhead and the solo hero below says everything about where this series lives. Writer Christopher Yost and cover artists Marcus To and Ray McCarthy set an atmospheric, rain-soaked stage that makes you want to turn the page immediately.