My Adventures in Pop Culture: A

Saturday, December 2, 2017

Neal Adams

In June 2005, my wife and I were invited by friends of mine who worked at the time for DC Comics to their screening of the Christopher Nolan film, "Batman Begins". My wife was chatting up another woman in the line while we were waiting. When her husband stepped into line, I recognized him to be Neal Adams, one of the classic Batman artists in comics history. He is also responsible for getting Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster long-deserved payment and creators' credit for their creation of Superman. After chatting for a bit, I mentioned that I would be at Comic-Con in San Diego the next month. When I went to visit them in San Diego at their booth, they recognized me and were terrific. Neal signed my copy of "Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams"...

While in line for the movie, another gentleman walked up. Neal says "Hey Denny!" It was Denny O'Neill, who co-created Ras al Ghul. Neal and Denny both signed this copy of Batman (I didn't get them to sign it, but I do own it), which is the first official appearance of Two-Face since the Golden Age...