![]() ![]() ![]() But that was enough for the DC braintrust to knight Adams as chief cover artist for the prestigious Batman and Detective Comics titles as well.įor this article I reread two of the Adams teamup issues I remember buying in 1969– Brave & Bold 86 with Deadman and Detective 404 (a tribute to Joe Kubert’s wonderful Enemy Ace). Those Batman teamup issues ranged from the sublime-The Spectre, Deadman, Phantom Stranger, Green Arrow-to the occasionally eye-rolling (Metal Men?). That was where his transformation of Batman into THE Batman first took place. Beginning in 1967 his dramatic covers breathed new life into moribund franchises ranging from Action Comics to Worlds Finest to House of Mystery/House of Secrets.īut the rebirth of DC really began when Adams was assigned the teamup title The Brave and the Bold. ![]() MB: Just as Jack Kirby served as the gateway drug to the entire Marvel line in the first half of the Sixties, DC quickly learned that Neal Adams was just too good not to deploy universally as their primary cover artist. HD: I feel like Adams would still be a comic book legend even if Deadman was the only thing he did. ![]()
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