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Batman #498 p 21 SEMI-SPLASH ('Knightfall Part 15' HISTORIC VERY 1ST PAGE WHERE AZRAEL TAKES OVER FOR PARALIZED BATMAN!) 1993

Media Type: Pencil and Ink
Art Type: Splash Page
Artists: Jim  Aparo penciller
Rick Burchett inker
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After DC's enormous success of The Death of Superman in late 1992 and early 1993 with the follow up Funeral for a Friend, just months later a new story arc was written by Acclaimed writers Denny O'Neill and Doug Moench, this time it was for Batman and it was called "Knightfall". The story arc featured a new genius villain named Bane and similarly to Death of Superman, it was a tremendous success. One could argue with the arrival of Bane as an all new villain, he's remained greater and more popular than Doomsday, making this arc more memorable over the years. Either way, DC did something we haven't seen from either of the "Big 2" publishers in creating back to back classic story arcs merely months apart that have become iconic 30+ years later. This particular page came from Batman #498 written by Doug Moench. Now let's get to the art...... With the previous page from this story arc having Bruce make the decision for Jean Paul Valley to take over the Bat Mantle, here is the very first page in which he Don's the Bat suit! Of course later in issue #500 Azbat's new suit is revealed, where he battles and defeats Bane! Here we have a historic page ending issue #498 with Commissioner Gordon waiting for Batman with the Bat signal over Gotham and JPV and Robin show up swinging as Robin says to "Stick to the shadows and use your horse grating voice Bruce uses." I love Aparo's Gotham cityscape with the Bat signal in the sky also. The best line has to be the close up of the new Batman at the end panel letting Gordon and the reader know despite Bruce's wishes, "he's going for Bane! Bane will have Hell itself to pay." Setting up the showdown of what's to come! A fitting page following the Breaking of the Bat! A major event that defined Batman for the 1990's. A journey from failure of being broke to eventual triumph! Rick Burchett Inks over legendary Batman artist Jim Aparo pencils. Just a great opportunity here to own a great page from this HISTORIC STORY FROM THIS ICONIC title! Compare this great page to the published comic book page in the red link above. ALL art on our website (including this one) are able to be purchased with VERY fair time payments, and trades are always considered towards "ANY" art on our website! Just send us an email to mikeburkey@aol.com and we can try to work something out.

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