Title: DETECTIVE COMICS 1068 PAGE 7 BY IVAN REIS
Artist: Ivan Reis (Penciller)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
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Likes on CAF: 7
Comments: 9
Added to Site: 10/22/2025
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Sweet Reis pencils! I really dig that close up of the werewolf's mouth/teeth in panel 2 before the camera pulls back for the rest of the scene to play out (which is also nicely illustrated!). And I agree with you for the most part (without looking at every case right now there may be an exception who knows) about Werewolf designs working better when they are being more wolf than man (or more wolf than bear like you pointed out in that specific case). Another nice addition and share for October!
Batman must have been giving out granola bars for trick-or-treaters. The Wolf Man was not amused!
I think you may have got something here, but Empire Strikes Back style, rather:
Panel 1:
-Chewie: Trick or treat, Lando?
- Lando: I don’t have anything left, Chewie!
Panel 2:
-Chewie: Snifff…
Panel 3:
-Chewie: You liar! I can smell them!
Panel 4:
-Chewie: Where are they?!?! Where are they?!?!
-Lando: I…didn’t…have a choice! It was...Vader! He stole all the chocolate covered meatballs and the caramel dipped beef jerkies!
A classic horror tale update! Batman vs the Werewolf is in referrence to Batman 255 and perfect for the season of frights under Reis' tight pencils!!
A beautiful piece of artwork. Nice layout and an incredible drawing technique. Congratulations.
Cool werewolf page!
I, too, prefer werewolves to be drawn with a long muzzle, but then again, aside fro mthe original Wolf Man, have they even been depicted "flat faced" in other films or comics? As any other page featuring Batman and a werewolf would do, this immediately conjured up memories of Batman #255 by Neal Adams. It's interesting that I find the idea of a werewolf going up against Batman scarier and more worrisome than superpowered villains. Regardless, I wish Reis preferred the long eared cowl rather than the short, but other than that artistic choice, the art is a very pleasing sight to behold.
Stunning work!! Feels like a direct evolution of Neal Adams work with Batman vs a werewolf
WOW - Reis can draw anything beautifully and brilliantly, can't he? Yeesh - what a page!! Fantastic technique and storytelling at every level here. I love how the main wolf's figure is left in half shadow in panel one (and how Ivan just leaves the space open with his pencils). Panel two's snapping shut of the jaws is -almost- my favorite: this would be -the- moment in a lycanthrope's change when the transition would officially be complete, right? When the physical pain of transformation would finally be overridden by instinct and urges dark and primal, and the mouth would be dedicated to a more grim and grisly purpose, as there's no longer the need to be used for howling in pain...? Panel 3 (with its FANTASTIC lighting, hatching, and figure work) also almost steals the show for me, but it's the way Ivan differentiates the wolf's coat over the background of Batman's costume in panel 4 (great pencil strokes, and beautiful tonal work) that really lands this thing. Ever since I saw Wrightson's illustrations in Stephen King's 'Mark of the Werewolf' as a kid (long before I saw The Howling or American Werewolf In London), I have always equated the long-snouted werewolf to him, and I'm very happy that the werewolf's hands around Batman's throat look -so- Wrightson-esque here... :) Just off-the-leash awesomeness by Ivan: a GREAT pick up, F M, and a fun and fitting Halloween add! LOVE it!!