BATMAN AND ROBIN 35 PAGE 4 SPLASH BY PATRICK GLEASON AND MICK GRAY

Great splash of this awesome Batman suit!!! I really liked this design. 

Always enjoyed this art team. Gray, from my perspective, can do little wrong as an inker on pencillers like Gleason, JH Williams, and Ryan Sook. 

I don't know why Batman looks the way he does here, but it's certainly a dramatic image. I was a Gleason fan from very early on, so much so that I even pitched him to let me represent him back in the day. Gray has always been a good inker on the majority of pencillers he has inked throughout his career, and he shows it again on this piece, even though the art of inking in the modern era is more akin to simply rendering, given how tightly everyone pencils now.

Oh, and regarding "...Batman, unable to accept Damian’s death, tours the DCU looking for a way to bring him back.". Why would he need to tour the DCU? Why not just dump Damian in the Lazarus Pit? Isn't that what everyone at DC now does when they want to bring back a "dead" character?

Totally agree about Tomasi's writing! Somehow he's underrated and it's a shame he wasn't given a decade-long run on whatever he wanted to do. Also one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. 

Plenty admire as th inks add the heavy impact when Batman is rearing back to give this parademon a smashing straight right!  Batman will still punch you even if you got glasses on!

If I had that armor, it would be the only batsuit I would wear!

Great action splash! Patrick Gleason is indeed under appreciated! 

Great looking splash with the Hell Bat suit/armor, very cool! Thanks for including the pencils as well to see together. The details are very good, as is the inking on the seperate board. congrats!

One of the best kinds of pages...great splashy shot with some storytelling panels!  That top image is worth the price of admission alone but then you got the headshot set up in panel 2 to the head SHOT in panel 3!  Congrats, man!

Bat's hand and claws are so menacing!

Wow!  A boldly (and beautifully) composed splash as the Batman tries to interrogate a Parademon by cutting a more imposing figure than Darkseid himself.  (You'd think Batman might have more limited success with this tactic than when used on humanity's superstitious and cowardly lot, but you do you, Bruce!)  That might explain the "thank you" he adds in panel 3 for good measure?  Either way, this Bat means business, and Gleason and Gray also pull no punches here, offering up a highly detailed "in your face" moment.  (The Parademon's drill-like tail is particularly scary to me here...  imagine the fate of another, un armored hero grabbing them like this and exposing their belly...  Eeshk!). This page is comic book "rawk and roll": brash, bold brawling in the service of good over evil.  Fun add, Fred!

Such a cool suit, great page!