Joshua, John :: Golden Age Gallery

"Original design" Superman, The Bat-Man, and Suprema, The Wonder Woman

Artist: Craig Shepard (All)

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Original design Superman, The Bat-Man, and Suprema, The Wonder Woman Comic Art

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Coloured version

Recreation of (alleged) Bob Kane design for "The Bat-Man"

Joe Shuster design for Superman

HG Peter designs for Wonder Woman

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Artwork Details

Title:	"Original design" Superman, The Bat-Man, and Suprema, The Wonder Woman
Artist:	Craig Shepard (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	2,856
Likes on CAF:	2 3
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	1/24/2021
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Description

New commission, from artist Craig Shepard. I've had an idea for a while to do something with the "original design" versions of Superman (from Action #1), Wonder Woman (from Harry G Peter's initial sketches, when she was probably still known as "Suprema, the Wonder Woman"), and Batman (the designs Bob Kane *allegedly* had for the "Bat-Man" character before Bill Finger got involved and gave us the iconic look, though I recognise that there has never been any actual Kane artwork showing this, and what does exist are recreations).

At one point I was going to use this idea for the 1994 All-Star Squadron annual (all the DC annuals that year were Elseworld tales) but I'm not sure whether I'll get that far with my Continuation Project, and to be fair if I do I've had an alternative idea which I think will work better -- so I decided to do this as a standalone piece instead. I saw Craig's work elsewhere, and as part of his ongoing "100 Supermen" project he'd posted a version of the Kryptonian in his earliest costume - and luckily he was happy to do something similar for me with all three characters.

The "Elseworld's Finest" logo just seemed to work here - and while I don't often get coloured versions of my commissions, this one seemed as though it would work well in colour (added in Additional Images).

Hope you enjoy it!

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	John Joshua
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Last Login:	September 2025
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Aidan (Re-Legion ) Lacy
Member Since 2005

Posted on 1/24/2021

A fun piece

allen trembone
Member Since 2012

Posted on 1/24/2021

This is so cool

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