Location: Bats!
Artists:
Todd McFarlane
(All)
,
Todd Klein
(Letterer)
,
Mike W. Barr
(Writer)
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I absolutely love when Todd got carried away artistically on the page. His style was what brought me back to comics after a hiatus and is a strong secondary wave of nostalgia for me. This Tec run was so good and visually appealing. Major congrats on a great deal that landed this gem in your gallery. Thanks for sharing!
Golden Squirrel!
DEFINITELY!
Jeeper's Creepers, where'd you get this Reaper? This series changed the trajectory of McFarlane's career as he was hidden in the direct only Infinity Inc. and wanted to break into the bigger titles at this point of his career. You can tell he would use all the tricks in his bag to reinvent the wheel.
Congrats on aquiring this! Regarding Joe Chill, whatever is in print first is what REALLY happened. All you have to do is ignore everything that happened to him later. As far as I'm concerned, Wolverine is still the cool, mysterious Canadian with retractable claws that nobody knows the origin of, not even him. Great stuff, man!
I love everything about this page! Early work by the Todd, classic "Year Two" story featuring The Reaper AND Joe Chill, major nostalgia, on and on... This story not only brought back Joe Chill (*spoiler: just to kill him off), but it also featured Batman with a gun and crazed with the notion of vengeance. McFarlane's cape work on both Batman and The Reaper shows us where he would eventually take himself with the creation of Spawn. Perhaps no Batman on this page, but it is still a beautiful example from a historic storyline and one of the few (3) Batman issues that McFarlane ever worked on (until the Spawn/Batman crossover). Love it!
It's neat how the character of Joey looks remarkably like some big name spidey artist from Canada. This page is a great representation of the era. All the little scratches, smoke and billowing fabric. Love the description too! Congrats ML
Cool McBatty page even without McBatty on there...love the feel...and the smoke trails...and great story behind the book's meaning to you and the acquisition itself, thanks for sharing!
Capetacular. Nuff said. Congrats!
So cool!!! Thanks for sharing.
Congratulations!
Except for that third panel, the backgrounds on this page are incredible!
Absolutely! There's great detail and depth everywhere. Thank you!
Shades of his McFuture. That snaking smoke looks a lot like a certain arachnids webbing, and that billowing cloak sure looks familiar. I love early works from amazing artists, where you can see it all come together. Super sweet score. Congrats!
I just raised the price 30k! 😝
Great page.....Great trade. 2 Great tastes that go Great together......
Yup, panel 3 rocks. And that last one...got his signature cape and shadow work there, man. Big check! Congrats!
I'm still so in love with this page 😍
I know how it goes. I've got some hard choices coming up myself. 😢
Wow, did not know Todd illustrated issues of Detective until this moment. Amazing slice of comic history! Congrats
