The Dark Knight Returns #1 pg. 1 (Original Unused Splash)
Artists: Frank Miller (Penciller) , Frank Miller (Inker)
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DescriptionComic book series don't get much more influential than The Dark Knight Returns. So an almost unseen and unused page from that series is a real treasure. Add to it that it was the proposed original title page of the series and that it features Batman atop a giant statue, and you get a gotta-have-it kind of piece! As announced in Comics Collector #8 (Krause Publications, Summer 1985), the mini-series was originally going to be written, pencilled, and inked by Frank Miller himself. At an early stage of the famed project, this page was created as the series' opening splash, but it was subsequently replaced once the ultimate format was decided upon. Although Janson is credited, this page is entirely in Miller's hand. It's a stunner, from a game-changing key series in the history of comics. Rendered twice-up scale. Image area of 11.75" x 17.75".Social/Sharing |
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Peter Sullivan 
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 9/5/2020
Wow. Great stuff from what is still my favorite ever comic book.
comicinkking. com
Member Since 2004
2 - Posted on 9/5/2020
Beautiful! Looks like Janson inks to me though - what makes you think otherwise?
Dinesh Shamdasani
Member Since 2004
Posted on 9/5/2020
comicinkking. com wrote:
Beautiful! Looks like Janson inks to me though - what makes you think otherwise?
It does look like him to me too. Seller told me it was Miller alone. I'll see if I can find out for sure.
JER KASS
Member Since 2015
Posted on 3/16/2021
Dinesh Shamdasani wrote:
It does look like him to me too. Seller told me it was Miller alone. I'll see if I can find out for sure.
Did you ever find out if this is Miller or Janson supplying the inks?
(It is an AMAZING piece of art regardless!)
kent mansley
Member Since 2015
1 - Posted on 9/5/2020
Man, that's got to be a beauty to hold in your hands. Such a fantastic image from an iconic series! Congrats!
Wesley Liu
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 9/6/2020
Love this!!! Look at the Batman figure. Look at the Gotham city scape. This would have been perfect.
j sly
Member Since 2011
1 - Posted on 5/5/2021
Love this! I'm a sucker for hand lettering! Congrats!
Gal Schwartz
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 10/20/2021
Incredibly iconic piece !! History aside, it's a really powerful image of Batman and Gotham.
Y M
Member Since 2003
1 - Posted on 1/29/2024
I was the underbidder on this one...after seeing it again, I definitely shown have thrown some more bids at it.
Dinesh Shamdasani
Member Since 2004
Posted on 1/29/2024
Y M wrote:
I was the underbidder on this one...after seeing it again, I definitely shown have thrown some more bids at it.
Thank you for not going higher!
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