EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK at the BATMAN BY NEAL ADAMS: ABSOLUTE EDITION Cover
A BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE: The handiwork of a master… Hey, it’s the late, great Neal Adams’ birthday — he was born 85 years ago, on June 15, 1941 — and we’re having a three-for celebration! We’ve got the EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK at the cover of the upcoming Batman by Neal Adams: Absolute Edition Vol. 1 (below!), the EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK at the book’s complete table of contents (click here), and a really groovy faux Batman ’66 cover (!) crafted by none other than our own Walt Grogan (click here). We’ve already seen the slipcase cover… … but here, for the first time, is the cover of the book itself. Like the slipcase, which meshes original and published art (from 1973’s Batman #251), the cover presents pastiches of 1970’s Detective Comics #400 on the front, and the same year’s Batman #221 on the back. Dig this: This is the book — it covers 1967 to 1970 — I’m waiting for the most this year. Any time you get to see Adams’ art in oversize dimensions — especially Batman — it’s a treat. But what really sells this edition is that it features the original coloring and Adams’ illustrations as they were first published, inked by various embellishers. (Years later, Adams insisted that reprints be recolored and feature tweaked art.) The 8 1/8″ x 12 1/4″ Batman by Neal Adams: The Absolute Edition Vol. 1 (of 2) is due Sept. 22, 2026, and lists for $100. — MORE — EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK at the Complete BATMAN BY NEAL ADAMS: ABSOLUTE EDITION Table of Contents. Click here. — The Groovy NEAL ADAMS BATMAN ’66 Comic We All Wanted. Click...
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