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Enrique Alcatena, Batman of Arkham, Cover

Artist: Enrique Alcatena (All)

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Enrique Alcatena, Batman of Arkham, Cover Comic Art

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Title:	Enrique Alcatena, Batman of Arkham, Cover
Artist:	Enrique Alcatena (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,707
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	1
Added to Site:	6/18/2020
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When you think of homages � or outright swipes � to classic comic book covers, a few classic and obvious issues come to mind:

Action #1
Fantastic Four #1
X-men #141

But there�s an issue slightly less obvious that may be the record holder with the most homages, especially with the same character:

Detective #31 (1939) by Bob Kane is just the third Batman cover ever, and a great one. It inspired Neal Adams to create his own version about thirty years later, and at that point, the floodgates opened. See below for as near a complete gallery as I could assemble. (Some are looser than others, but they all aim to capture the spirit of original cover.)

Meanwhile, on this gorgeous original cover by Alcatena (why isn�t he doing more comic book work?!) third time was a charm for me. I was under-bidder when it came up at auction. Shortly thereafter, when a major art dealer had it for sale, I missed it, and it sold again.

But that owner only had the cover a short while before he sold (or traded) it back to the same dealer, and this time I quickly managed to stake my claim on this beautifully detailed cover.

If you want to see all the over homages and swipes I could find for Det. #31, head to my website:

https://greggoldsteincomicartgallery.com/enrique-alcatena-haunting-homage/

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ilia georgiev
Member Since 2006

Posted on 12/24/2022

this is a great cover. love the tribute to the early golden age batman. alcatena captures it perectly. congrats on having this in your collection.

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