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Batman No. 47by *dryponder

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Batman #47, redrawn by me and submitted to the super-cool Covered blog.

Here’s the original version of Batman #47, by Batman co-creator Bob Kane and inker Charles Paris, for one of the major expansions of Batman’s origin by writer and frequently overlooked Batman co-creator Bill Finger:
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This scene is my favorite moment in any story ever, but it’s often missed in retellings of Batman’s origin. In the original tale, a little boy dedicates his life to using all of his abilities to help everyone he can. To my mind, Batman doesn’t work without the mission beginning here, when Bruce is still a child, shortly after his parents’ deaths. It’s an eight-year-old’s response to the tragic crime that broke his world.

What I needed was a superhero, so I shall become a superhero for everyone else.

I took some liberties with the arrangement of elements, placing the background props in the Batcave, altered the newspaper headline to include both Waynes together, and nixed the cover logos in favor of an more illustrative feel. I also decided to show young Bruce about a minute later than he appeared on the original cover, rising from his despair with steely resolve to save everyone everywhere from everything.

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*PhantomGirl Aug 15, 2011

I can totally understand-poor Bruce.

I'd write more, but it's hard to write with a broken hand XD.

~robertwilsoniv Jan 26, 2011

I really dig it. Great composition choices, love the registers of color.

*dryponder Jan 26, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

thanks man!

~leroysquab Jan 9, 2011

A very well done and stylish reinterpretation. Excellent.

*BillWalko Jan 6, 2011

Beautiful, Dean! Love it!

~FrankJ21 Jan 5, 2011

Great stuff! It really comes together in a powerful way!

~dio-03 Jan 5, 2011 Student Artist

i think this is a fitting tribute without being a straight up rip of the poses with your style over-imposed. cheers!

*DDeal12 Jan 5, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Really Cool. I agree w/ paulie (better than the original).

~ComicBookArtFiend Jan 4, 2011

Bill Finger's "The Origin of Batman" is unsurpassed as far as origin stories for Batman go. With him, we get the horror of what happened, but the joy of seeing Bruce Wayne emerge from the tragedy a good, noble, and compassionate man. Basically John Walsh as a superhero, which is what Batman would be in real life. With BATMAN: YEAR ONE and beyond, we get a Bruce Wayne who's seriously disturbed and screwy at best or every bit as evil and psychotic as his enemies at worst. It's a trend that's plagued Batman for 25 years and counting, and I feel it's to his detriment. Under Finger and the guys who followed from 1940-1986, Batman wasn't turned into a monster or a lunatic by his losses, but came away determined to be a better man. That, to me, is the essence of Batman, and that's been sadly lost and ignored.

To see Finger paid such tribute does my heart good. Props to you, sir.

~ChrisSamnee Jan 4, 2011

This is great, Dean!! : D

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