'It would be the saddest thing in the world if we stopped,' adds Kevin Kiniry, DC Collectibles vice president of creative services. 'And it's Batman so he'll always be selling OK because people really like the character,' he says. What has kept the statues popular for eight years and counting is they've always represented works of art by illustrators from all eras of Bat-history, according to Jim Fletcher, design director for DC Collectibles' creative services division. 4, DC Comics debuts a new six-issue Batman: Black and White miniseries with art from Murphy, Chris Samnee, Marc Silvestri, Neal Adams and more. The 'Black and White' collectible series celebrates its 50th statue (priced at $79.95) in stores today, a piece by Punk Rock Jesus artist Sean Murphy. The two-toned line - and the longest-running for DC Collectibles - started in 2005 with illustrator Eduardo Risso's take on the Caped Crusader and was inspired by the Batman: Black and White book launched in 1996. Until then, collectors have quite a few other Dark Knights to choose from, and even more on the way.

Jones, Rafael Grampá, Rafael Albuquerque, Alex Niño, Dave Bullock, Lee Bermejo, Damion Scott, Riccardo Burchielli, Rian Hughes, Stéphane Roux, Kenneth Rocafort, Michael Allred, Dustin Nguyen, Rubén Pellejero, Sean Galloway, Derek Laufman, Paolo Rivera, Joe Rivera, Javier Pulido, Chris Weston, Victor Ibáñez, Andrew Robinson, Cliff Chiang, Becky Cloonan, Dave Taylor, Adam Hughes and Dave Johnson.Perhaps Ben Affleck will get his own Batman 'Black and White' statue one day. Art by Michael Cho, Neal Adams, Joe Quinones, Sean Murphy, Chris Samnee, J.G. x 10-in., 288 pages, B&W.įeaturing Stories by: Chip Kidd, Neal Adams, Maris Wicks, John Arcudi, Howard Mackie, Dan DiDio, Rafael Grampá, Rafael Albuquerque, Jeff Lemire, Michael Uslan, Lee Bermejo, Damion Scott, Marv Wolfman, Rian Hughes, Paul Dini, Nathan Edmondson, Michael Allred, Lee Allred, Dustin Nguyen, David Macho, Sean Galloway, Ivan Brandon, Keith Giffen, Blair Butler, Len Wein, Jimmy Palmiotti, Cliff Chiang, Olly Moss, Dave Taylor, Adam Hughes and Dave Johnson.

The legendary, Eisner Award-winning series BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE returns in a brand-new volume featuring tales of the Dark Knight. If you use the 'Add to want list' tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.

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