tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post4776341631112242350..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: PART EIGHT OF NEAL ADAMS' BATMAN COVER GALLERY...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-51574979260410624462014-07-26T18:16:36.468+01:002014-07-26T18:16:36.468+01:00Thanks, Norman. Although I have some of the Neal A...Thanks, Norman. Although I have some of the Neal Adams issues, I've scanned this series from three books called Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams. The ones with no price, etc., usually mean that they were once reprinted as individual issues (like the Millennium Editions for example) and the price and date were removed so as to avoid confusing buyers. Glad you're enjoying these covers.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-4129869786495922482014-07-26T17:32:32.547+01:002014-07-26T17:32:32.547+01:00Kid, ignore your detractors. I'm enjoying your...Kid, ignore your detractors. I'm enjoying your posts. <br />The cover at the top (Batman #232) appears to have no details but have a look at <a href="http://www.comics.org/issue/24270/cover/4/" rel="nofollow">Comics.org</a> where the cover has the data. Is that your own copy you've scanned? You could finally make that money you mentioned if it's an undiscovered variant, as the youth call them?Norman Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15786362698394605291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-3441479983130031772014-07-20T17:29:03.679+01:002014-07-20T17:29:03.679+01:00You're right, TC. In fact, The Secret of the W...You're right, TC. In fact, The Secret of the Waiting Graves (generally regarded as the first 'return to darkness' issue), although dated January 1970, actually went on sale around October 1969. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-2069709607878148732014-07-20T16:42:29.717+01:002014-07-20T16:42:29.717+01:00B&B #99 was reprinted in a "Showcase Pres...B&B #99 was reprinted in a "Showcase Presents" TPB in 2008. I think I had a very worn copy of Detective #413 at one time, but I don't remember anything about it, other than the cover.<br /><br />I've actually heard commentators who should know better say that Frank Miller rescued Batman from the campy comedy image and returned the character to his grim Dark Knight roots in the 1980's. Anyone with any knowledge of the subject at all should be able to tell you that the camp fad was passing (in all media, including comics) by 1968, and that O'Neil and Adams were doing stories in the "creature of the night" style by 1970. TCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-74933408302915824092014-07-20T15:54:29.005+01:002014-07-20T15:54:29.005+01:00You never know, GB - I might find a space to squee...You never know, GB - I might find a space to squeeze that splash page in somewhere.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-28232691073225911482014-07-20T15:29:41.576+01:002014-07-20T15:29:41.576+01:00Well, you've kept us waiting, Kid, but finally...Well, you've kept us waiting, Kid, but finally … this is Adams at his very best. From now until the end of his run on the character, he was, as far as I'm concerned, untouchable. It's just a shame that you're only showing the covers, as #234 has a splash page that is a wonderful example of how Adams (and Giordano) returned Batman - sorry, The Batman - to his creature-of-the-night roots.<br /><br />Daughter Of The Demon and Night Of The Reaper are big favourites, too, with the latter filling the role that Diamonds Are Forever has for me with the Bond films: it's all a bit silly and OTT (although deadly serious), but I read it at such an impressionable age that any criticism of it just washes over me.<br /><br />The next bunch of covers that you post might be even better, I think, featuring *the greatest single image of Batman ever*, so I'm looking forward to it with bated breath.Gey Blabbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08574046212154188903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-80282576872473486062014-07-20T13:42:46.177+01:002014-07-20T13:42:46.177+01:00And more Adams you shall have, McScotty. You shoul...And more Adams you shall have, McScotty. You should think about buying those three Adams Batman books - they're very nice, and may be available in less expensive softcover editions by now.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-34933701901092399992014-07-20T13:24:22.793+01:002014-07-20T13:24:22.793+01:00I always wanted to get Detective Comics 413 and Br...I always wanted to get Detective Comics 413 and Brave and the Bold issue 99 as I remember seeing these as a kid being heavily advertised in DC books at the time and the looked amazing (still not been able to track them down for a reasonable price)- Adams is my all time favourite artist in comics (any medium) but I have to say although his covers are excellent he wasn't (imho) a patch of Nick Cardy - nice blog again more Adams is always welcomeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166190927603182073noreply@blogger.com