Robin #27

Part three of DC's "Contagion" crossover arrives in Robin #27, and the cover by Mike Wieringo and Terry Austin sets the tension beautifully — Robin is caught in the iron grip of a white-costumed, dark-haired woman against a sweeping mountainous backdrop, the struggle framed by an eerie border of skulls and grotesque faces. The imagery suggests high stakes and a very bad day for Gotham's junior hero. Chuck Dixon, Mike Wieringo, and Stan Woch bring their reliable craft to this chapter of a citywide crisis that was one of 1996's most ambitious Batman-family events.