Batman Illustrated

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 - 4th printing

Cover: $49.99

W: Bob Haney, Leo Dorfman, Cary Bates · A: Neal Adams, Carmine Infantino, Curt Swan

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 - #186

1 copy for $17.00
#2

Batman #219 & Adams’ Batman-Featured Covers from the Time

Cover: $49.95

W: Neal Adams, Dennis O’Neil, Mike Friedrich, Frank Robbins, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman · A: Neal Adams

Collects The Brave and the Bold #86, 93; Detective Comics #395, 397, 400, 402, 404, 407, 408, 410; Foreward by Neal Adams and Introduction by Dick Giordano; Signed by Neal Adams

1 copy for $40.00
#3

Power Records PR-27, PR-30, Neal Adams Skecthbook & Adams’ Batman Featured Covers and Pin-ups of the time

Cover: $49.99

W: Dennis O’Neil, Len Wein · A: Neal Adams, Dick Giordano

Collects Batman #232, 234, 237, 243-245, 251, 255; Forward by Neal Adams; Introduction by Denny O’Neil

2 copies from $22.00