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Detective Comics #327 NEW LOOK BATMAN

Artist: Carmine Infantino (Penciller)

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Detective Comics #327 NEW LOOK BATMAN Comic Art

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Title:	Detective Comics #327 NEW LOOK BATMAN
Artist:	Carmine Infantino (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	423
Likes on CAF:	9 10
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	1/5/2023
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The Mystery of the Menacing Mask" is a landmark piece of Silver Age DC art. Not only an incredible art page by Carmine Infantino and Joe Giella, this issue, in particular, indicates a new direction for Batman.
Despite Batman's immense popularity in the Forties and Fifties, the character's direction was all over the place and had strayed by the early Sixties. Batman had been fighting alien criminals, traveling to other planets, and teaming with interstellar cops in addition to fighting earthbound monsters such as Clayface.
As a result of these offbeat stories, sales had been dropping for years, and Detective Comics, DC's flagship title, was actually in danger of being canceled.
The title desperately needed a new direction and was turned over to famed DC editor Julius Schwartz, the man with the Silver Age touch. He brought in his top-flight art team of Carmine Infantino and Joe Giella to launch the revamped version of the Detective, which Schwartz dubbed the "New Look". Although simplistic, Infantino's streamlined version included a redesigned, distinctive circular bat chest emblem that became revolutionary.

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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 1/6/2023

Infantino and Giella also ushered in a popularity that what would culminate with the success of Batman '66! With Batman rivalling Superman as a worldwide figure sporting his new iconic Bat symbol.

West Stephan
Member Since 2007

Posted on 1/6/2023

Nice early Silver Age DC page!

John Espinoza
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 2/2/2023

Very cool Silver Age page. Robin very much looks like Bucky in the bottom panel in this one.

Bill J
Member Since 2009

Posted on 2/8/2023

Awesome Silver Age Batman and Robin page! This story recasts the dynamic duo as true detectives, following a suspect to a mysterious house, then watching him through a window as he enters, then seaching the empty room but identifying a suspicious shelf in a closet that will, no doubt, open to reveal a hidden room. No super villain here, just an low life crook that the Dynamic Duo will outwit handily.

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