With Absolute Batman #25 in the books, we decided to take a look back at some other classic Batman covers- We asked our friends to tell us their favorite Batman cover of all time, some no brainers and some surprises!
GoodNightRoseBooks : Batman New 52 Vol 6 It’s not a single issue but this is one of my favorite covers, it’s stark, idealistic but also honest about the tole the fight has on Batman, that it never ends.
Buzzard Brothers: Batman 227, Neal Adams took a classic cover and recreated it with a more gothic mood
Pat from Brickhouse Collectibles: Killing Joke #1. The story is so good, the cover by being associated with it, stuck. Didn’t hurt that Bolland is amazing as well.
Alex Osborne (creator of Polar Destroyer): Batman 516 is the first Batman comic I remember buying after watching the animated series for the first time. I don’t necessarily know if it would be my favorite, but it is sentimental.
TheBoomStew: Easily Batman 608 second print because Hush is my favorite Batman story and it’s the beginning. Jim Lee is the greatest of all time, and I love his Batman on a gargoyle looking over Gotham.
Grant from Nirvana: Detective Comics 587. It’s a cover that exemplifies so much about Batman, the alley representing his origin and usually the place readers are introduced to him. He’s in his element, in shadow, not fully shown putting out that monstrous energy to terrify evil does. The age seems halfway from silver age shadow and mystery to the more modern grimdark gritty crime stories we’re familiar with. Plus, the lightning almost makes it to where I can hear the animated series opening music which was my introduction to Batman.
Lithograph Comics: Detective Comics 880. It’s clever, eye-catching, and very unique. Almost impossible to miss even if it’s on a giant wall of comics. I love that the overall image of Joker looks somewhat normal at a glance but then you realize it’s made up of all the small bats.
Jonathan from Snake Eyes Comics: Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Special #3 I have to pick a Sale cover, and the Pumpkin series that he did with these specials leading into Long Halloween are hard to pick from, but Ghosts is probably the winner for me- the hood, the Batman symbol and the fonts all give you the feel for the atmosphere that makes Loeb and Sale’s Batman so defining.
