Batman Illustrated

    (DC, 2004-2006)
™ and © DC Comics, Inc.

Aside from creator Bob Kane, artist Neal Adams’ work has had one of the most profound effects on the character of the Batman. Starting as just a cover artist, Adams’ style soon became the definitive version of the Dark Knight Detective, shaping the course of Batman’s career for decades. At a time when TV sitcom fame had reduced the character to comical and campy antics, Adams, with the aid of writers such as Denny O’Neil and Frank Robbins and inker Dick Giordano, revitalized the hero as a grim, night-prowling detective.

This hardcover series reproduces all of Adams’ Batman work, including covers, and presents them in chronological order. With stories from Batman-related titles such as The Brave and the Bold, Detective Comics, and World’s Finest Comics, it also includes Adams’ interpretations of other great DC characters, including Enemy Ace, Batgirl, Robin, the Phantom Stranger, Man-Bat, and Deadman.

— Joseph Self

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#1

 
  $49.95
  $69.00
No copies available 		Reprints Batman 200, 203, 210, Brave & the Bold #75-76, 79-85, Detective #370, 372, 385, 389, 391-392, World’s Finest 174-176, 178-180, 182-183, 185-186Bob HaneyNeal Adams

#1 - 2nd printing

 
  $49.95
  $49.95
No copies available 		2nd Printing; Hardcover; Collects World’s Finest Comics #175-176, The Brave and the Bold #79-85, Detective Comics #392 & Adams’ Batman-Featured Covers from the time; Introduction by Neal AdamsLeo Dorfman, Cary Bates, Bob HaneyNeal Adams, Carmine Infantino, Curt Swan

#1 - 4th printing

 
  $49.99
  $17.00
1 copy available for $15.00 		4th Printing; Reprints Batman #200, #203, #210, Brave & the Bold #75 - #76, #79 - #85, Detective #370, #372, #385, #389, #391 - #392, World’s Finest #174 - #176, #178 - 180, #182 - #183, #185 - #186Bob HaneyNeal Adams

#1 Variation A

 
  $24.99
  $24.99
No copies available 		Softcover; Reprints Batman 200, 203, 210, Brave & the Bold #75-76, 79-85, Detective #370, 372, 385, 389, 391-392, World’s Finest 174-176, 178-180, 182-183, 185-186Bob HaneyNeal Adams

#2

 
  $49.95
  $39.00
No copies available 		Hardcover; Collects The Brave and the Bold #86, 93; Detective Comics #395, 397, 400, 402, 404, 407, 408, 410; Batman #219 & Adams’ Batman-Featured Covers from the Time; Foreward by Neal Adams and Introduction by Dick Giordano; Signed by Neal AdamsNeal Adams, Denny O’Neil, Mike Friedrich, Frank Robbins, Len Wein, Marv WolfmanNeal Adams

#2 - 2nd printing

 
  $49.99
  $17.00
1 copy available for $15.00 		2nd Printing; Collects Brave and the Bold #86; Detective Comics #395; Batman #219 Feb; Detective Comics #397; Detective Comics #400; Detective Comics #402; Detective Comics #404; Detective Comics #407; Brave and the Bold #93; Detective Comics #408; Detective Comics #410Neal Adams, Denny O’Neil, Mike Friedrich, Frank Robbins, Len Wein, Marv WolfmanNeal Adams

#2 Variation A

 
  $24.99
  $24.99
No copies available 		Softcover; Collects The Brave and the Bold #86, 93; Detective Comics #395, 397, 400, 402, 404, 407, 408, 410; Batman #219 & Adams’ Batman-Featured Covers from the TimeNeal Adams, Denny O’Neil, Mike Friedrich, Frank Robbins, Len Wein, Marv WolfmanNeal Adams

#3

 
  $49.99
  $109.00
No copies available 		Hardcover; Collects Batman #232, 234, 237, 243-245, 251, 255; Power Records PR-27, PR-30, Neal Adams Skecthbook & Adams’ Batman Featured Covers and Pinups of the time; Forward by Neal Adams; Introduction by Denny O’NeilDenny O’Neil, Len WeinNeal Adams, Dick Giordano