Neal Adams: Batman

a variation of a classic panel from batman no.232, 1971
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like other current neal creations, this art is executed in a team environment: line details by neal, the bats/page template were created by his son jason, and the heavy black inks were applied by his studio assistant (according neal on his facebook live auction re his inker; similar to what roz kirby did with some of jack kirby's art); at times neal's daughter will color the piece also; of course, all under neal's creative direction
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i also like how the bats are incorporated into the image, like batman pondering his origin
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growing up, my two fav neal art are batman 244 and conan 37; i need to save up more money for recreations of both covers haha