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Batman (Vol. 1) 556 Original Cover Art

Artist: Brian Stelfreeze (All)

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Title:	Batman (Vol. 1) 556 Original Cover Art
Artist:	Brian Stelfreeze (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	572
Likes on CAF:	7 8
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	8
Added to Site:	8/25/2020
Comic Art Archive:	Batman Issue: 556 Page: cover View

Description

Batman #556 (1998), for the story "Help, Trapped, Money, Rescue, Ruins". This issue, which featured Norm Breyfogle on pencils throughout, is part of the Cataclysm crossover event (formally the "Aftershock" storyline) that ultimately led to the "No Man's Land" arc. Each word in the title of the story corresponds to an event that happened in that order, which I always thought was kind of fun. The story also features a bunch of the Bat family, including Batman, Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, Alfred, and Lucius Fox. The action packed cover, with Batman regulating at the Bank of Gotham, was done by the amazing Brian Stelfreeze. Art is done on 11" X 17" art board in pencil and ink.

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E DLS
Member Since 2005

Posted on 8/25/2020

When you do b&w right, it doesn't even need to be colored.

Dean Abraham
Member Since 2008

Posted on 8/25/2020

Great cover

eewwnuk 1
Member Since 2008

Posted on 8/25/2020

Really nice

J P
Member Since 2007

Posted on 8/25/2020

Very cool, congrats!

Bill J
Member Since 2009

Posted on 8/25/2020

Dynamic cover! Fabulous image of the Dark Knight and a mobster slugging it out inside a bank! Powerful use of contrasting blacks and whites makes this layout striking!

David Bixler
Member Since 2016

Posted on 8/25/2020

Bill J wrote:

Dynamic cover! Fabulous image of the Dark Knight and a mobster slugging it out inside a bank! Powerful use of contrasting blacks and whites makes this layout striking!

I agree! And the pic doesn't even do it justice. The contrasts are even more pronounced in person. I have always loved Brian's work. One of 2 covers I have by him (though I don't think I have listed the other yet...I should do that!).

Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

Posted on 8/27/2020

This is a beautiful example of graphic design and brilliantly executed. I also love it because it appears Batman is fighting Luca Torelli, the hitman from Jordi Bernet's Torpedo series!

Harry M
Member Since 2006

Posted on 1/24/2021

I love the way Stelfreeze frames much of the scene with the background window. Very dramatic. Congrats.

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