Detective Comics #425 and Foreign Variants 0

[Randall Ries]

Is it always this way? Many foreign variants I have seen don't seem to sport the same artwork. Like Batman #227, I have seen variants that the art doesn't even look like Adams or the cover we are used to.

This cover - a favorite - has more art work presented than the US release. On the US release, we get the inevitable 1970's disembodied head panel, while on the Australian reprint of #425, we get the entire artwork. What gives?

[steve566]

A lot of foreign issues show more cover art then what was shown on the American issues; the la prensas from Mexico are well know for this. Some older spanish foreign marvel books reformatted every panel inside the comic and even added to the panels at times to add art. Part of the fun of foreign books. 

[steve566]

[steve566]

Here's an example from Spain where they blew each panel up to fill half a page and added additional art to the panels. Pretty crazy and tedious stuff. 

Edited November 23, 2021 by steve566