Mike Mignola 1994 Showcase #3 Original Production Art Cover DC Comics Batman VIL

  

And check out OUR NEWLY LISTED ITEMS. This is an original printed production art cover for Showcase'94 #3, published by DC Comics in March of 1994. It features an awesome cover image, with artwork by the legendary Mike Mignola, who is now best-known as the creator and artist of Hellboy. But he has also done some great work on Batman and related characters, including the classic Gotham By Gaslight, and here his signature style is on full display with classic Arkham Asylum Batman villains including Two-Face, the Scarecrow, and Poison Ivy.

This is a full-color production art cover, including both the front and back covers, and with printing on both sides of the covers, the same way it looks in the published comic. The inside of the front cover has a full-page ad for the new Dark Knight, with a classic image by Brian Stelfreeze, and the inside back cover has an ad for The Best Of Star Trek The Next Generation. It has printer color code bars going across the bottom of the front and back covers (see picture), and also on the lower left side of the back cover. The piece measures approximately 13 3/4" by 11 3/8" when unfolded, and is slightly larger than the actual size comic. This is NOT a mass-produced print or lithograph. It is a production art cover that is created during the production process for the comic. This is a very cool and rare collectible that you will hardly ever get a chance to see. A great piece which would look fantastic framed and prominently displayed.

Please note that this is an authentic piece from the first printing, not something made for a later reprint or collection book. We have been told there are reprint production art pieces being listed by other sellers that make them seem to be old and from original printings, even though they are not for example, older production art did not have the words on a separate sheet from the images. Those kinds of things were only done much more recently, using computer technology.

We advise buyers to be careful, as there are disreputable sellers tricking many people into believing they are purchasing items that are older and more valuable than what they actually are. Some sellers simply do not state their items are from reprints, while others make very long listings and put a tiny mention about reprints buried deep in the listing, and/or use a hard-to-read font color (like yellow) to prevent buyers from seeing this information. Unfortunately, everything else in the listing the title, pictures of the cover of the comic from the 1st printing, etc. This item is a genuine piece from the first print, not something made for a reprint.

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