Dark Knight Returns #2 on Heritage

[freshbaked-migration]

Wow, this is a great cover. I've gotta believe it's one of the most memorable images.

 

[delekkerste]

I think this cover shows how much Miller & Varley collaborated on the artwork for the series - I love the published #2 cover, but the OA looks a bit like a hot mess of squiggles against a white background to me...it's a bit sparse without the color. That said, of course it's a significant, popular piece and I'm sure people will go nuts over it...probably has a decent shot at toppling the ASM #328 cover auction record.

 

I wonder if the #1 and #2 covers will end up in the same collection.

[Tokay]

Certainly memorable, but I wonder how much people 'like' the image? Is it something you would frame and put on the wall?

[dem1138]

There were rumors that this was going to show up. Excited to finally see a detailed scan of it. The stat on Comiclink certainly didn't do this cover justice.

I will make a "bold" prediction. There will be a lot of talk about this cover before it sells and then there will be lots to talk about after it sells for whatever number it sells for.

[batman_fan]

Certainly memorable, but I wonder how much people 'like' the image? Is it something you would frame and put on the wall?

 

[delekkerste]

Certainly memorable, but I wonder how much people 'like' the image? Is it something you would frame and put on the wall?

 

I think it's something you could frame and put on the wall. It would present better if it had thicker/heavier lines and more blacks to create more contrast in the absence of Varley's colors, but it's still a big, single image and would present reasonably well I think.

 

Regardless of all that, nobody who's a serious buyer for this piece is buying it for the aesthetic value, and financial/investment considerations are probably secondary as well. It's all about nostalgia, historical significance (within the hobby) and making a statement about who's the biggest, baddest BSD of them all in the hobby. There can be only one!

[Nexus]

Batman looks like he's struggling to fit inside the cover ("Must scrunch down and make myself smaller...grrr!").

 

It was clearly drawn as a showcase for Lynn Varley's colors. My favorite period of Frank's art...in published form. A bit spare in pen/ink.

 

He's got two different sized feet.

 

And none of that matters. A great piece. I love it. A preemptive congrats to the eventual lucky winner!

 

 

[Nexus]

...probably has a decent shot at toppling the ASM #328 cover auction record.

 

It's kinda embarrassing for the hobby that the record is held by McFarlane, but as much as I'd like to see Miller retake the crown, I don't see it happening. Not given the players who will be involved. I don't expect any new blood to jump in and set a record at this level. Not for lack of trying by Heritage, of course. We'll see!

[lb jefferies]

i LOVE this cover. Will be watching with popcorn at the ready.

[Bronty]

There were rumors that this was going to show up. Excited to finally see a detailed scan of it.

 

ditto!

[Bronty]

Certainly memorable, but I wonder how much people 'like' the image? Is it something you would frame and put on the wall?

 

Dang straight I would. I'd have to sort my wife out first, but it would go up and I'd love to look at it all day long

[Bronty]

i LOVE this cover. Will be watching with popcorn at the ready.

 

ditto, ditto, ditto.

 

I am more interested to see the result of this auction than any auction I can remember.

[Bronty]

Link for the lazy

 

http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7079&lotIdNo=22001

[J.Sid]

Love it! One of my favorite Miller drawings ever...

 

I like it even more than the Splash (which I loved)

 

 

[alxjhnsn]

Here's the cover. The colors make a lot of difference.

 

 

[jjonahjameson1]

Certainly memorable, but I wonder how much people 'like' the image? Is it something you would frame and put on the wall?

 

Dang straight I would. I'd have to sort my wife out first, but it would go up and I'd love to look at it all day long

 

Constipated Batman. Really?

[Bronty]

says the guy with a constipated hulk avatar?

[Bird]

HULK NO LIKE BEEFARONI! COME OUT LIKE FIREHOSE!

[buttock]

HULK NO LIKE BEEFARONI! COME OUT LIKE FIREHOSE!

 

[Bronty]