Batman: Battle for the Cowl Companion

In the wake of Batman's apparent death, this 2009 one-shot from DC Comics, written by Royal McGraw with art by Tom Mandrake, expands the "Battle for the Cowl" storyline by spotlighting the city's desperate citizens. It offers a ground-level view of Gotham's struggle for order, showing how ordinary people react when their protector is gone. A concise but potent companion piece, it enriches the larger event by focusing on the human cost of the power vacuum.