The Brave and the Bold #193

A towering skeletal Death looms over the action on Jim Aparo's striking cover, holding a set of scales from which Batman and Nemesis hang suspended in chains alongside two other figures — while the bold tagline warns that this time, Death is holding the scales. Cary Burkett's script pairs the Dark Knight with Nemesis in a story titled "Those Who Live by the Sword…," promising a tale with high stakes and a grim arbiter watching over every move. Aparo's clean, dynamic linework — here handling both pencils and inks — makes this December 1982 issue a genuinely compelling team-up entry in DC's long-running Brave and the Bold series.