Batman: Arkham City #[nn]

Paul Dini and Carlos D'Anda bring their Arkham City storyline together in this 2012 DC collection, serving as the official lead-in to the best-selling video game. The cover puts Batman front and center, cape billowing as he descends on a grapple line over the walled-off, surveillance-state sprawl of Arkham City — signs reading "Lethal Force Is Authorized" and "You Are Under Close Surveillance" visible among the crumbling rooftops below, a blimp drifting ominously in the grey sky. It's a moody, atmospheric portrait of a Gotham pushed to its darkest extreme, and with D'Anda's art and Dini's script driving "Ruins," fans of the game's world will find this a genuinely satisfying companion piece.