The Untold Legend of the Batman #2

The second chapter of DC's 1980 mini-series keeps the momentum going with a cover by José Luis García-López and Dick Giordano that puts the Dynamic Duo at the center of a genuine crisis. Batman lunges forward dramatically, cape billowing, while Robin grips the controls of what appears to be a Batmobile cockpit — and the caption makes the stakes plain: someone has learned all the secrets of Batman's past and is using them to destroy him. With the cover promising deep dives into the origins of Robin and Alfred, Len Wein and Jim Aparo's series is shaping up to be one of 1980's most compelling explorations of the Batman mythos.