Robin #167

Robin looks like he's been through absolute hell on Patrick Gleason's striking cover for issue #167 — the Boy Wonder is shown mid-fall, his red-and-yellow costume torn and drenched in blood, weapons clutched in both fists against a vivid purple cityscape backdrop. Subtitled "Deathwish!," this December 2007 installment from writer Brandon Thomas and artist Freddie E. Williams II promises a brutal, high-stakes chapter in Tim Drake's ongoing solo series. It's a visceral, attention-grabbing image that makes clear Robin has paid a serious price for whatever battle he's fighting in "The Promise.