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John Byrne
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Posted: 24 December 2007 at 7:33am \| IP Logged \| 1

The recoloring and redrawing is a tad too Lucasian for me.

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Andrew Hess
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Posted: 24 December 2007 at 10:47am \| IP Logged \| 2

The recoloring I'm okay with; in my mind, changing the color from the cheap color printed on cheap paper to more modern coloring on expensive paper makes sense. (If it was being printed on newsprint I would not want it recolored.)

But added to it the fact that it has been redrawn and re-lettered? Too much. Which calls in to question the recoloring, too.

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John Byrne
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Posted: 24 December 2007 at 11:23am \| IP Logged \| 3

Just noticed Neal redrew Batman's head on the Hellgramite splash, but didn't
correct the odd tangent between his pointing finger and the knuckle of his
other hand.

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Michael Penn
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Posted: 24 December 2007 at 11:42am \| IP Logged \| 4

I would love to give Neal Adams my money by buying his un-doctored work. Shoot!

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Ted Pugliese
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Posted: 24 December 2007 at 1:55pm \| IP Logged \| 5

The Batman by Neal Adams HCs also reprint this, my very first Batman comic, from 1975, and I still have it!

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Ted Pugliese
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Posted: 24 December 2007 at 1:56pm \| IP Logged \| 6

My mom used this comic for the pattern to make me my Robin costume.

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Marc Baptiste
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Posted: 24 December 2007 at 3:00pm \| IP Logged \| 7

I never noticed the redrawing... ugh. I forced myself to put up with the "shiny" recoloring, but I REALLY don't like redrawing in reprints.

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Gerry Turnbull
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Posted: 24 December 2007 at 4:28pm \| IP Logged \| 8

these Adams issues are classics in every sense.Why would he want to change them so much?