1 - Posted on 7/29/2025

Congratulations my friend.  So happy for you to be able to connect these 2 wonderful works of art.

Posted on 7/29/2025

Thank you so much, Jordan. I trust that you are keeping well. How time flies!

1 - Posted on 7/29/2025

Cool page to reunite with the sister original art work page.  

1 - Posted on 7/30/2025

Many thanks, James. Yes, this is especially so because, as mentioned, the color version is very cool artwork in its own right.

1 - Posted on 7/29/2025

Peanut butter & jelly!

1 - Posted on 7/30/2025

Excellent analogy!  Many thanks, Rick!

2 - Posted on 7/30/2025

The mood of Miller's intent is enhanced by the Varley colors!  At the start, Robin is the brightest element of the page.  All the color and life is drained for the final panels in the steam room where the calculated inner workings of high government decide the fate of Jim Gordon. 

1 - Posted on 7/30/2025

Many thanks, Marcus. Excellently put!

1 - Posted on 7/30/2025

The DK is, probably, the comic of all comics. To have anything from it is just a dream for the majority of the collectors. You have a COMPLETE page! Pencils, inks and colors. Lynn Varley's colors are part of the identity of this magnificent masterwork. That's a A++!

1 - Posted on 7/30/2025

Many thanks as always, Toni, for your very kind words. In this hobby, patience is a virtue as it did take some time before the opportunity arose to "marry" both these pages together.

1 - Posted on 7/30/2025

Beautiful!!  Nice to have the set!  Congrats!

Posted on 7/30/2025

Many thanks, Tony. It is always a little hit and miss in our hobby and so I was glad to finally have the set.

1 - Posted on 7/30/2025

Bringing pieces together is a collectors GOAL. Bringing pieces together of this significance is a collectors DREAM! Congrats CAB!!

1 - Posted on 7/30/2025

Many thanks, CIB, for such kind words. I was so glad to see this piece and was even gladder that it was possible for me to obtain it.

1 - Posted on 7/30/2025

Congratulations on putting the two together. Well done!

Posted on 7/30/2025

Many thanks, Ron. It has been a long time coming but I am glad that it finally happened.

1 - Posted on 7/30/2025

Love the early Robin appearances in issue 2! And Lynn's coloring just adds to the charm! Congrats on uniting the Miller Original art with the Varley Original paints! 

1 - Posted on 7/30/2025

Many thanks, Anthony. And I totally agree with you. OT, but many congrats on an outstanding Catwoman original art collection.

1 - Posted on 7/30/2025

Congrats on reuniting the OA with the Lynn Varley painted color plate for this page! It's a nice one that has everything you could want from Carrie Kelly, Batman, the mutants, TV News broadcast panels, and city politics! It is nice to see when these important parts of a whole in the production process of one of the most important comics of all-time get back together in a single collector's stewardship!

1 - Posted on 7/30/2025

Many thanks, Kavi. Yes, it is so nice to have the original artwork as well as what is essentially the final printed version of the same page. The color plate is something else and is certainly original art of a sort in its own right.

1 - Posted on 7/30/2025

Reunited!  Congratulations... very nice page.

Posted on 7/30/2025

Many thanks! Yes, reunited is a very appropriate word to describe what has happened as I thought that I had missed the boat some years back when I believe this piece first became available.

1 - Posted on 7/30/2025

The Dark Knight art was illustrated in such a way that Miller and Janson did not lay down many larger black areas, which left the art more open for the colorist to essentially finish the line art with the colors. Which means that rather than just doing flat, even color fills, Lynn Varley also applied a lot of the shading and lighting techniques with her colors. That's why, while I usually prefer the line art without colors, on Dark Knight I've always preferred the fully finished art including the colors, as the art is essentially still somewhat incomplete looking on the penciled/inked boards with a lot of empty negative space. So for this series, having both the line art matched up with Varley's color art is essential to having the "completed" art. Congratulations on accomplishing that, CAB!

1 - Posted on 7/31/2025

Many thanks, Rubén, for this very valuable insight. The color art is really superb to view in person and, as mentioned, is unlike the traditional color guide; it is a work of art in itself.

1 - Posted on 7/30/2025

Gorgeous and well deserved to be the caretaker of both!  Congrats!

Posted on 7/31/2025

Many thanks, Nick, as always, for your kind words and encouragement.

1 - Posted on 8/5/2025

It is wonderful to unite these two pieces of art.  Congrats!

Posted on 8/5/2025

Many thanks, Steve. I trust that you are keeping well. Do take care.

1 - Posted on 8/7/2025

Wow! How cool that you were able to acquire the color guide to the same DKR page you already owned! It's a great page and I have to say I really love the whole aesthetic that Lynn Varley used on this book! I wish more comic bool pages (And covers) were given a similar artistic treatment! Stunning pick-up, congrats!

Posted on 8/7/2025

Many thanks, Bill. I count myself really fortunate to be able to "unite" these two pages together in order to have a complete artistic record of this particular published page in the series.