Detective Comics No. 473 Cover by Marshall Rogers
With Neal Adams no longer drawing stories for DC, Batman in the mid 1970s settled into a quiet period with artists like Ernie Chan, John Calnan and regulars Irv Novick and Jim Aparo. So when Marshall Rogers arrived with inker Terry Austin, their stylish angular art and crisp architectural backgrounds brought something new to Detective Comics. Add to that superior scripting by Steve Englehart and their run is well remembered today.
Here’s one of Rogers’ better covers, inked by himself, and with new colour by me.
As published.
Original art scan from Heritage Auctions.
Art made production ready. Trade dress removed, missing art bits drawn in.
New colour version.
Re-created trade dress added.
YOUR BOTTOM OF THE PAGE BONUS
A cover re-creation by Marshall Rogers. Scan from Heritage Auctions.
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