Batman - No Man's Land #6

The sixth and final volume of Urban Comics' French collected edition of Batman: No Man's Land closes out this ambitious saga with a cover that places the Joker front and center — leering over a chessboard whose pieces are sculpted busts of Batman, framed against a surreal backdrop of floating spheres. It's a striking image that perfectly captures the Clown Prince of Crime at his most calculating and theatrical, treating Gotham's crisis as his personal game. Writers Chuck Dixon, Devin K. Grayson, Greg Rucka, John Ostrander, and Dennis O'Neil brought this sprawling 2015 collection to life, making it an essential piece of any DC bookshelf.