The Black Bat #1

Dynamite's 2013 revival of this pulp-era vigilante announces itself with serious intent — the Black Bat crouches forward out of a fiery orange sky, twin pistols raised and a fierce snarl beneath his masked cowl, his billowing dark cape framing the image with unmistakable menace. J. Scott Campbell's cover pencils and inks capture a hero who feels both classically hardboiled and urgently contemporary. With Brian Buccellato writing and Ronan Cliquet on art, this first issue looks like a confident, atmospheric take on one of pulp fiction's most distinctive figures.