The cover for Limited Collectors’ Edition #C-51 is one of comics’ greatest ever…
The Limited Collectors’ Edition #C-51 Facsimile Edition is out this week and we are all over that Bat-shizz.
I mean, what better time to show off the original art to Neal Adams’ classic wraparound cover?
Here’s the completed cover, as presented for the Facsimile Edition (only the price and UPC symbol are different)…
… and here’s the original art:
Years ago, I talked to Adams about this cover and the special effects he used to come up with the final version. Click here to check it out.
Oh, and you’ll be happy to know that these illos will be in IDW’s Neal Adams Classic DC Artist’s Edition, due in September.
Can’t wait for that one.
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March 19, 2024
Wow, gorgeous (of course). I saw this cover in ads in some of my earliest comics, and it scared the beejeezus out of me!
Interesting that someone at DC edited the art. They made Robin’s belt black, but also moved up the ground (and Robin) to make it look like Batman was kneeling behind him, and not standing. The ground covers up more of Talia and the cape she’s holding as well. Kind of surprising someone was still editing Neal Adams art at that point!
March 19, 2024
I always thought Batman was kneeling. Another illusion shattered!
March 19, 2024
For me, this is Neal Admas Best Batman cove…EVERr! And that saying a LOT!
March 19, 2024
I think having Batman kneeling makes it more dramatic.