An auction benefiting the Hero Initiative… The Hero Initiative has a wonderful fundraiser going on right now — The Batman 100 Project, an auction of Batman #75 sketch covers by some of the very biggest talents in the business. We’re talking folks like George Perez, Jerry Ordway, Jose-Luis Garcia-Lopez, Mike Grell, Bill Sienkiewicz and many more. There are actually 110 covers available and, as with every Hero Initiative project, the proceeds will go to comics creators in need. It’s being hosted by Heritage Auctions and ends this weekend. (Click here for more info.) In any event, we can give you a nice taste with 13 COVERS, all of which are up for sale. (And if the original art is too rich for your blood, you can get your hands on a book collecting all 110 covers, in either hardcover or softcover, come November.) Dig these: — Again, this obviously only scratches the surface. Other artists include Frank Miller, Jim Lee, Dan Jurgens, Kevin Nowlan and so many others. You can click here to check out all of the covers. And for more info on the Hero Initiative, click here. It’s a great cause. — MORE — 13 Top Artists Pick Their Favorite DETECTIVE COMICS Covers. Click here. — 13 Underrated DETECTIVE COMICS Covers. Click...
The Detective Comics #1027 celebratory issue is out — and here are some of the title’s most unsung covers… We haven’t made an enormous deal out of this week’s Detective Comics #1027 because A) we went all in with an all-out extravaganza for last year’s Detective Comics #1000 and B) it’s kind of a made-up landmark. (DC says the book celebrates 1,000 issues of Batman in ‘Tec but the math actually doesn’t work out.) That said, it’s not like I’m going to ignore this. From what I’ve seen of the issue it looks groovy and it takes very little to prompt me to write about the Darknight Detective. (By the way, click here to check out Anthony Durso’s spectacular The TOP 13 DC COMICS BRONZE AGE ANNIVERSARY ISSUES — RANKED.) But since this is kind of an offbeat landmark, we’re gonna give you 13 UNDERRATED DETECTIVE COMICS COVERS — in no specific order. For fun, really. I’ve kept it to the Silver and Bronze Ages because that’s our jam. I think you’ll dig these selections that often get overlooked. Right on. — Detective Comics #340, 1965. Underrated? Maybe not when it came out, but this cover — and the Outsider storyline — become more obscure with every passing year. — Detective #520, 1982. Only one artist does Hugo Strange better: Marshall Rogers. Great Aparo atmosphere, with Strange’s head at that creepy, decrepit angle and Dr. Thirteen genuinely shocked by this strange apparition. — Detective Comics #333, 1964. Weird on every level, with Robin whacking away at a purple elephant. Very much of its time but an arresting image nonetheless, especially with that bright background. — Detective Comics #466, 1976. Ernie Chan is an underrated artist. The Signalman is an underrated villain. And this colorful piece is an underrated cover. C’mon, it’s Signalman whupping Batman on the Batsignal! — Detective Comics #329, 1964. One of the earliest “New Look” covers, this ominous image gives you a good idea where DC wanted to take Batman before the 1966 TV show hit like lightning. — Detective Comics #551, 1985. Calendar Man’s Bronze Age outfit was wonderfully goofy and this image is like something straight out of the Golden Age. See? There was a lot of fun still to be had in the ’80s. — Detective Comics #360, 1966. This one looms large...
One of the all-time greats was born 88 years ago…
Cartoonist Karl Heitmueller Jr. brings you #POOC — Panels Out of Context…
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