Batman: Nine Lives

In 2003, DC published Batman: Nine Lives, a single-issue prestige story by writer Dean Motter and artist Michael Lark. This noir-infused tale reimagines Gotham City as a 1940s crime scene, where a murdered socialite forces a weary, cat-burgling Selina Kyle to navigate a web of corruption and secrets. A tight, atmospheric one-shot, it stands as a stylish, self-contained alternate take on the Batman mythos.