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Neal Adams - Birth of Batman

Artist: Neal Adams (All)

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Title:	Neal Adams - Birth of Batman
Artist:	Neal Adams (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	683
Likes on CAF:	10 11
Favorited on CAF:	2
Comments:	11
Added to Site:	9/1/2022
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My first piece of original art. I commissioned this from Neal Adams when I met him at Boston Comic Con 2014. I asked him for his take on the scene in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm where Bruce dons the cowl for the very first time. To me, it's one of the most powerful moments of Batman storytelling and there is no better Batman artist than Neal.

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Last Login:	September 2025
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Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 9/2/2022

This is beautiful.

Mike Maloney
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 9/2/2022

wrote:

Emotionally power piece by Adams.� It is as if you'd asked him to draw Batman his first time.

He captured so much with so few lines. Neal was a true master.

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

2 - Posted on 9/2/2022

Emotionally powerful piece by Adams. It is as if you'd asked him to draw Batman for his first time.

Matt Todd
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 9/2/2022

This is amazing!!! Congratulations on such a special and incredible addition to your collection.

Will K
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 9/2/2022

Cool idea. This is pretty involved for something that he drew at a show.

Mike Maloney
Member Since 2020

Posted on 9/2/2022

Will K wrote:

Cool idea.� This is pretty involved for something that he drew at a show.

Ah I should have clarified, Will. I commissioned it at the show, he drew it after. I had it in my hands two weeks later.

Carlo M
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 9/3/2022

That is a highly sophisticated choice for a commission , the result is equally impressive !

Mike Maloney
Member Since 2020

Posted on 9/3/2022

Carlo M wrote:

That is a highly sophisticated choice for a commission , the result is equally impressive !�

Wow thank you Carlo! It was my first piece and first commission. Neal's been a pretty tough act to follow!

jason millet
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 9/3/2022

This piece is brilliant! Adams is so underrated for what he could do with a silhouette. Everyone (including Neal maybe) thought of him for his rendering and crosshatching but he got as much out of shadows, simple calligraphic line and spot blacks as anyone this side of Toth!

Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 9/3/2022

Adams knew how to wring every ounce of drama out of the scenes he created.

Al Simpleton
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 9/3/2022

Most powerful rendition of a most powerful moment in Batman's life!

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