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Showcase '93 #11 p.1 - Nightwing & Robin!

Artist: Jerome K. Moore (Penciller)

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Title:	Showcase '93 #11 p.1 - Nightwing & Robin!
Artist:	Jerome K. Moore (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pencil
Art Type:	Splash Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	785
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Comments:	8
Added to Site:	7/1/2020
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Okay, let me first address the horribly intrusive dedication and signature. It's gigantic and intrusive, that's obvious. I also wish it weren't there, as I'm sure everyone else does too. The only redeeming thing about it for me personally is that it was dedicated to fellow collector John Cogan, a buddy who is originally from my own fair city.

Now that the elephant in the room is out of the way, I'd like to focus on the exquisite beauty of these pencils. Back in 1988, I was buying around 80 different titles per month, and as my primary interest in comics has always been the art form itself more so than the stories, I never hesitated to buy titles only for the art, even if I had no interest in reading them. In some cases, such as the four Star Trek titles that DC was publishing at that time, I did read them, but I only bought them strictly because I loved the cover artist's work. That man's name is Jerome K. Moore. I never saw Moore do any interior work, and I have always assumed it was because he just wasn't fast enough for the grind of monthly comics, but I don't know for sure. All I know is that interior sequential art by Moore is an absolute rarity.

That is one of the reasons I was so thrilled to acquire this piece, as it is the first and only piece of sequential storytelling I've ever seen by Moore. But also, I've always loved the Dick Grayson character, both as Robin and especially as he grew up, matured and became Nightwing. Just as I thought about his Start Trek family of covers, Moore's pencils here are simply stunning. His line is so beautiful, I can stare at it indefinitely.

I don't know why Moore was ultimately told to stop drawing this story and then replaced by Bob McLeod, but I assume it had to do with Moore not being able to meet the deadline he had. Either way, I'm thrilled that it happened the way it did, as it enabled me to add this original to my collection. I've included a scan of the published page so you can compare if interested. Personally, I've always been a career long fan of McLeod's, but in this case his version can't hold a candle to Moore's wonderfully Gothic & Art Deco design elements.

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David Askani’Son
Member Since 2012
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1 - Posted on 7/1/2020

The details on the building and the bat are absolutely stunning. What a great quality piece, congrats.

Johnny M
Member Since 2014
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1 - Posted on 7/1/2020

Incredible penciller! Does Grummett know you're buying other art? ;)

Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

Posted on 7/1/2020

Johnny M wrote:

Incredible penciller! Does Grummett know you're buying other art? ;)

Hah! Definitely not. You never know, he might think I betrayed him and left him for another penciller! 😜

Johnny M
Member Since 2014
Forum Moderator

1 - Posted on 7/1/2020

Ruben DaCollector wrote:

Hah! Definitely not. You never know, he might think I betrayed him and left him for another penciller! 😜

Haha. We both know that will never happen :)

Paul P Spiderversity
Member Since 2011

1 - Posted on 7/1/2020

Wow, I can't get over how exquisite those pencils are. This is "should be hanging in a museum somewhere" quailty artistry. Fantastic acquisition!

kent mansley
Member Since 2015

1 - Posted on 7/3/2020

What a great example of Jerome's work. I was lucky enough to work with him years ago and I can tell you he is one of the nicest people you could ever meet as well as an extremely talented artist. Jerome always had a day job doing marketing artwork for film studios and would take on comic work on the side. Jerome had no issues with speed. He was given more work as an inker because of his day job. Penciling a monthly comic is not very practical when you work all day at a studio. Covers also make more sense with that kind of schedule. Because he was fast as an inker, editors would send him pages to ink when they needed help on an issue that was behind schedule. Oftentimes he would not get credit as he only did a few pages here and there. Very nice to see some of his work. His covers truly are stunning in person!

Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 7/3/2020

kent mansley wrote:

Thanks for taking the time to contribute that information, Kent. I'm glad to finally know why Jerome didn't do all that much comic work. I definitely can't blame him. When you have another day job where you're much more highly renumerrated, I understand that comics have to take a back seat. Thanks, again!

kent mansley
Member Since 2015

1 - Posted on 7/3/2020

Ruben DaCollector wrote:

Thank you again for posting this page! It was such a wonderful sight to see Jerome's work again!

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