The Brave and the Bold #169

This December 1980 team-up pairs Batman and Zatanna in a story promising something eerie right from the title — "Angel of Mercy, Angel of Death!" Jim Aparo's cover sets the mood perfectly: a menacing gunman grabs Zatanna in her distinctive white costume while Batman swoops down from the moonlit rooftops above, cape spread wide, ready to intervene. It's a tense, atmospheric scene that captures exactly the kind of street-level danger this series did so well in its era.