Shadowland: After the Fall #1

David Finch's brooding cover sets the tone perfectly: a battered, glowing-headed Daredevil looms from an infernal orange haze, the double-D emblem on his chest catching the light like a brand of hard-won identity. This 2011 Marvel one-shot, with interior art by Marco Checchetto and Roberto de la Torre and color by Morry Hollowell, promises a reckoning for Hell's Kitchen's fallen guardian in the wake of Shadowland. It's a compelling, atmospheric package for anyone following Matt Murdock's darkest chapter.