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Batman #431 cover

Owner: Sideshow Bob
Artist: George Pratt (All)

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Title:	Batman #431 cover
Artist:	George Pratt (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Cover
Views:	613
Likes on CAF:	37 38
Added to Site:	6/12/2023

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No doubt a memorable cover from a lot of our childhoods and at the start of Batmania. This oversized image captures so much of what makes George Pratt such a mesmerizing artist and painter.

As a kid, I had tried to copy my favorite Batman images in pencil onto the lid of comics long box. Draw in pencil, erase, try again, erase, keep trying until it was a pretty reasonable copy. However, this was the image in the middle that served as the focal point for the entire lid. I'll never forget it. To own and get to look at it in person...it is really special for me. Overjoyed to have it in my collection, after reaching out to George years ago and finding out it had left his hands not long after it was published.

I got to speak to George in person at OAX 2025 and he said it was his favorite Batman image he had done. I shared with him a photo of it framed in my Bats corner.

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Joined:	September 2012
Last Login:	September 2025
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