The Brave and the Bold #189

DC's long-running team-up title brings together Batman and Rose and the Thorn for the shattering conclusion of "A Grave as Wide as the World!" — and Jim Aparo's cover sets the stakes immediately. A fanatical neo-Nazi officer thrusts a test tube aloft, proclaiming that his formula will revive the Third Reich, while Batman and the green-clad Thorn close in from behind, armed guards surrounding them on all sides. It's a tense, well-crafted scene that promises high drama from writer Robert Kanigher and the reliably sharp linework of Aparo, inked and lettered by his own hand.