The Batman Chronicles #12

Part Ten of the sweeping "Cataclysm" crossover arrives in The Batman Chronicles #12, and the cover — penciled by Mark Buckingham and Scott McDaniel, with inks by Scott McDaniel — captures the chaos magnificently: Batman lunges through a storm of crumbling masonry and debris, while Robin tumbles helplessly below amid the rubble, and an oversized coin looms in the foreground as Gotham literally falls apart around them. The raw, kinetic energy of a city in catastrophic collapse has rarely felt this immediate. Inside, Rick Burchett and Bill Sienkiewicz bring their own distinctive vision to "The Contract," making this Spring 1998 issue a compelling chapter in one of DC's most ambitious Batman events.