Secret Six #2

Gail Simone's Secret Six comes out swinging with issue #2, and Cliff Chiang's cover delivers exactly what the tagline promises — Batman and a clawed, cat-masked figure locked in a fierce mid-air brawl above Gotham's sun-drenched skyline, capes and fists flying. The warm amber cityscape below gives the confrontation a vivid, cinematic energy that feels miles away from the usual dark-knight gloom. With Nicola Scott on interior art and Simone steering "Unhinged, Part Two: The Way of the Traitor," this December 2008 issue makes it abundantly clear that the Six's world is one where even the Dark Knight isn't safe from the chaos.