The Bat-Man: Second Knight #1 p.21 - Enter: Lois Lane! Joe Chill

The Bat-Man: Second Knight #1 p.21 - Enter: Lois Lane! Joe ChillThe wonderful introduction of the Golden Age Lois Lane into this series! Attention North American Collectors: Please exercise patience, as these Second Knight pages will be shipped to you by me from Canada, but you will have to wait until the artist ships them to me first, which may take a couple of weeks or so before I have them. Attention Collectors in Europe & Asia: This art will ship to you directly from the artist in the UK, but please be patient

this page is dripping with suspense and eerie storytelling

NOTE: In the interest of full disclosure

It serves as a poignant and powerful tribute to a character whose ultimate sacrifice defines the climax of the "Death of a Judge" arc

fine line detail

a quiet shudder passes through the room and no one knows if it's fear or the excitement of something new

This is the first appearance of Ralph Brentner in this adaptation

before launching a devastating missile strike in the final panel

widely regarded as the "God of Manga"

meaning that the first four censored panels remain a hidden treasure for comic art collectors

DC editorial discovered that the statues at the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial are copyrighted and as such

So what you are seeing here are the original pencil layouts on a standard DC bristol board by Ethan Van Sciver

Such a gorgeous page