It’s NATIONAL LOLLIPOP DAY! Let’s Hear It for HERBIE, THE FAT FURY
The boy with 1,000 lollipops…
The TOP 13 COVERS of JULY 1976 — RANKED
BRONZE AGE BONANZA: An all-time classic leads the list! BYRNE! COCKRUM! KIRBY! MORE!
Featuring a NEW slipcase design… The book I’m most looking forward to this year — unsurprisingly — is DC’s Batman by Neal Adams: The Absolute Edition Vol. 1: 1967-70, which presents the master artist’s earliest Bat-stories and covers in large scale and preserves the original coloring. There’s also a healthy offering of original art. We’ve shown off EXCLUSIVE glimpses already — links below! — but now there’s a groovy promo video at Amazon that pages through the volume. Here are some of the highlights — plus, a hi-res look at the book’s revised slipcase design: Click here for the complete video. By the way, I’m not advocating you buy it there; much better to support your local comics shop. The 8 1/8″ x 12 1/4″ Batman by Neal Adams: The Absolute Edition Vol. 1 (of 2) is now due Sept. 29, 2026, and lists for $100. — MORE — EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK at the Complete BATMAN BY NEAL ADAMS: ABSOLUTE EDITION Table of Contents. Click here. — EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK at the BATMAN BY NEAL ADAMS: ABSOLUTE EDITION Cover. Click...
Thinking of the ’80s this week… Five years ago, we ran a piece called WHY ED HANNIGAN IS ONE OF THE GREATEST BATMAN COVER ARTISTS EVER on the illustrator’s 70th birthday. (He was born Aug. 6, 1951.) Since then, we’ve featured Hannigan galleries highlighting other characters, but with this week’s news that DC will be publishing the Batman by Doug Moench Omnibus Vol. 1 in 2027, the time seemed ripe to go back to the artist’s Bat-well for his 75th birthday. After all, he turned out a lot of the covers during the early part of Moench’s run. (And a bunch during Gerry Conway’s too.) So dig these 13 COVERS — and make sure you check out that gallery from 2021, too! The first one here also provides the cover art for the upcoming omnibus. Rad. — — MORE — Why ED HANNIGAN Is One of the Greatest BATMAN Cover Artists Ever. Click here. — PAUL KUPPERBERG: My 13 Favorite ED HANNIGAN Covers. Click...
The boy with 1,000 lollipops…
BRONZE AGE BONANZA: An all-time classic leads the list! BYRNE! COCKRUM! KIRBY! MORE!
