From The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl to the rebirth of Bloodshot and the return of the Sandman universe, here are the very best comic book covers of the week.

The Batman Who Laughs is a dark knight without limits, and arguably the most popular member of the vigilantes who terrorised the DC Comics Universe in the Metal event. How popular? Popular enough to get a statue from Prime 1, which will set you back $1199 for the regular version and $1399 for a deluxe version which throws in an extra Damien Wayne Robin.

With a first draft script almost finished, director Matt Reeves has finally given some much-needed updates on The Batman as the DC Comics Cinematic Universe prepares to transition itself to creating a franchise of character-driven solo movies.

With a more adult-focused imprint to tell grittier stories in and with Geoff Johns back as a writer, Batman’s greatest nemesis (or trio of them), are getting unwrapped and revealed at long last. Don’t expect the answer to be based on time travel or magic, as The Three Jokers is very much based on the idea that three men have been tormenting the caped crusader for years, evolving to become more dangerous according to the needs of the era that they operated in.

There’s something magical about being drawn to a comic book, and with the market bursting at the seams lately thanks to a deluge of talent, every comic book has to pull out all the visual stops if it wants to stand at the top of the pile. Comic books like the following entries below, whose covers are pure art and available for a fraction of the price that infamously corrupt art institutions would charge you for.

Comic books! Get yer comic books! Hot off the press, right here! But which one to buy? They say that you can’t judge a book by its cover, but does that rule apply to comic books? Yes and no I reckon. While plenty of comic books use variant covers to sell their contents, you can at least be assured that what you see on the cover is an idea of what is inside the new collection of printed pages with the prettiest of pictures.

There’s a golden rule when it comes to Batman: The dark knight never ever uses guns. Unless you're the caped crusader who pops up in the Batman Who Laugh, as this vigitlante takes his war on crime to dangerous new levels.

Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee’s 12-issue storyline rocked the industry when it was first published in 2002. The hottest art, a decent saga that saw Batman take on his entire rogues gallery and a new mystery menace in the form of the titular Hush resulted in record sales as every new issue published was devoured by fans. Now, that landmark story is headed to a widescreen TV near you.