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Just because. Okay?

NEAL ADAMS' BATMAN COVER GALLERY - PART FIVE...

Pencils & inks by NEAL ADAMS.  Copyright DC COMICS

Oh, look what I have here to lure you into my lair, my pretties.  (Cripes!  I even scared myself then!  Don't worry though - no puppies' tails on offer.)  It's only another bombastic batch of BATMAN covers (and associated titles) by Nifty NEAL ADAMS to tease and tempt you, and which demonstrate what a superb practitioner of his art he is.  But you knew that anyway, right?

With covers of this quality it's hard to play favourites, but I must admit to being partial to the ones featuring the MAN-BAT, in particular DETECTIVE COMICS #402.  Do you have a favourite from amongst them?  Go on - tell us all which one(s) it is - and why.

Pencils & inks by NEAL ADAMS

Pencils & inks by NEAL ADAMS

Pencils & inks by NEAL ADAMS

Pencils & inks by NEAL ADAMS

Pencils & inks by NEAL ADAMS from a sketch by CARMINE INFANTINO

Pencils & inks by NEAL ADAMS

Pencils & inks by NEAL ADAMS

Pencils & inks by NEAL ADAMS

Pencils & inks by NEAL ADAMS

PART TWO Of The THING COVER & SPLASH PAGE GALLERY...

Images copyright MARVEL COMICS

While a certain someone who looks like he's never fed anyone in his life but himself witters on about feeding a 'troll' (don't worry - that's what they call an 'in'-joke'), let's you and me take a look at another instalment of The THING cover and splash page gallery.  I've been thumbing through the issues before scanning, and I must say I'm quite impressed by the overall quality of RON WILSON's art in this series - it's certainly better than I remember it (and I liked it at the time).

I've re-read the first couple of issues so far, and plan on working my way through the rest of them when I can.  After all, what's the point in keeping comics for over 30 years and not revisiting them every now and again?  Interestingly, as celebrated as JOHN BYRNE was at the time, his Thing series didn't appear to be as popular as the title which had preceded it - MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE, which lasted 100 issues, compared to the Thing's 36 issue solo mag.

If you have any theories as to why, feel free to share them.  In the meantime, enjoy these images from so very long ago.