Batman: The Court of Owls Saga DC Essential Edition #[nn]

Greg Capullo's cover says everything you need to know about the tone of this 2018 DC Essential Edition: a bloodied, kneeling Batman is dominated by the looming owl-faced mask of the Court, while a menacing, glowing-eyed Talon stands triumphant above him with arms raised and blades at the ready. Scott Snyder and Capullo's complete Court of Owls Saga is collected here in an affordable essential package, tracing Batman's brutal reckoning with a secret society that has haunted Gotham City from the shadows. Publishers Weekly called it "clever and sophisticated… hard to put down," and this cover alone makes a compelling case for that praise.