Batman No. 234 Cover by Neal Adams
Two-Face is one of those characters that is fantastic when he’s written well. In August 1971, Denny O’Neil and Neal Adams (with Dick Giordano on inks) delivered one of his best stories for his first appearance of the Bronze Age in “Half An Evil,” the lead story in Batman No. 234. And, of course, it was wrapped in an iconic Adams’ cover.
While I haven’t found a scan of the original art, I did come across a very good re-creation of it by Jovi Neri.
Here’s a new colour interpretation of it.
As published. You’ll notice the oversized Batman logo outline, and the non-standard price type.
Scan of Jovi Neri’s original art.
Art prepared for production. The borders and trade dress have been removed, and the art extended for bleeds. Wanting to use the narrower, regular Batman logo of the period, I filled in Two-Face’s hair and completed the ship’s lines and spars.
Rebuilt trade dress added. The price circle is a variation on the one DC would use for all its 25¢ books of the time.
Final cover.
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Nice Job, Scott!
You made it look even scarier!
The bad guy reminds me of the Wizard of Oz before he came out from behind the curtain!
Thanks for sharing!
Ruth
I never was a fan of digital coloring on classic comics, but this is excellent!!!!
Thanks very much.