At the end of his industry-changing run at DC Comics, Neal Adams turned in this solid cover. However, with Batman then running 100-page issues, the art didn’t get the packaging it deserved. Shrunk to fit a smaller box in the cover template, we’ve always wondered how it would have looked as a normal cover.
So let’s do something about that.
As published.
Scan sourced from the web.
Cleaned up and ready for production.
Homage to the original colour.
Re-created trade dress added.
New colour version.
Re-created trade dress added.
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Sublime.
This was one of the first comics I bought on my own (paper route), so it comes
with good memories. And, like the “giant-sized” B&B, Aparo-illustrated issues,
I’ve harped about, definitely needed the Dutton treatment.