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Tim Bradstreet, The Shadow Now #4, Alt. Cover

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Tim Bradstreet, The Shadow Now #4, Alt. Cover Comic Art

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Title:	Tim Bradstreet, The Shadow Now #4, Alt. Cover
Artist:	Tim Bradstreet (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
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Added to Site:	7/13/2020
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Tim Bradstreet delivers a great Shadow cover that was, ultimately, unused.

Why are some comic book covers re-worked?

Subjective question. Subjective answers.

If it�s a licensed title, as in the case of The Shadow, maybe the licensor doesn�t like it.

Editorial decision, perhaps? Certainly a logical answer in many cases. Possibly not a strong enough image to �sell� the issue. Or perhaps the content doesn�t quite match the interior content.

And, in some cases, the artist himself finishes the piece and decides he doesn�t like it. Both Jim Steranko and Neal Adams have told me they�ve finished covers, changed their minds, and started from scratch.

That seems reasonable, even if time consuming. If your signature is going on the piece, you might re-think something you personally don�t like. Especially if you�re going to have to look at it � forever.

And in a pre-digital age, physical covers were lost occasionally. Trust me, it happened.

Whatever happened here �� definitely not the final possibility, of course � I think the unpublished version is cool. The puzzle pieces, skull included, are a nice touch. The published cover drops them in favor of a larger, more dramatic Shadow pose.

Bradstreet, of course, is a great choice for Shadow covers. Can�t go wrong, and for my two cents, I don�t think there�s anything wrong at all here.

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