Batman Illustrated - VOL 02 Neal Adams Deluxe Hardcover retail New

Product Name: Batman Illustrated - VOL 02 Neal Adams Deluxe Hardcover retail New
Adams' early triumphs involved revitalizing one of comics' greatest icons. In the waning days of the TV series Batman, which depicted the character as a genial battler against silly, costumed villains, Adams and some sympathetic writers returned to the crime fighter's roots as a dark creature of the night driven to avenge his parents' double murder. Besides conjuring a noirish atmosphere (intensified here by good recoloring), Adams goosed up the thrills with exciting, kinetic fight choreography. The 1970s stories reprinted in this attractive, pricey hardcover range from moody ghost stories set in haunted houses to more traditional superhero scenarios, such as the trilogy in which Batman fights the Man-Bat, a scientist transformed into a giant flying fiend. More than three decades after retail these comics first appeared, Adams' conception of Batman remains the template for today's renditions of the Caped Crusader.