Posted by Dan Greenfield on Jun 21, 2018
SNEAK PEEK: ARCHIE MEETS BATMAN ’66 #1
The United Underworld makes its plans for Riverdale domination… We’ve had quite a bit of Batman ’66 news over the last week, right? For starters, we unveiled all six of the covers for Archie Meets Batman ’66 #3 and you can see each by clicking on the artists’ names: Mike Allred, Art Baltazar, Howard Chaykin, Veronica Fish, Franco and David Mack. That was followed by the news that Diamond Select’s Adam West/Bruce Wayne mini-bust was being primed for release. (Click here.) Then came word that Factory Entertainment’s remarkably detailed 1:50-scale Batcave model is ready to ship. (Click here.) Phew. And now there’s more: Archie and DC have released an unlettered preview of Archie Meets Batman ’66 #1, via SyfyWire. You can click here to see all five pages and some of the lettered covers, but here are a couple pages to whet your Bat-whistle: I gotta say it’s a blast to see Archie maestro Dan Parent’s take on the classic Bat-characters — inked by J. Bone with colors by Kelly Fitzpatrick. (And, again, click here to see the other pages, which feature not just Archie and his friends in their go-go ’60s styles but Poison Ivy, as well.) The series is written by Jeff Parker and Michael Moreci, with a multitude of covers by some of comics’ grooviest artists. Here’s Mike Allred’s unlettered main cover for Issue #1, which is due 7/18: — MORE — ARCHIE MEETS BATMAN ’66 Coming This Summer. Click here. — Writers Tease What’s Coming in ARCHIE MEETS BATMAN ’66. Click here. — Art Team Talks ARCHIE MEETS BATMAN ’66. Click...
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