Marshall Rogers was the second great modern Batman artist. The first was Neal Adams, who in the 1960s electrified the comics world with what looked like photo-realistic (if highly stylized) images of superheroes, Batman included. The second was Marshall Rogers, who brought a different kind of style (or more aptly, stylishness) to Batman in the 1970s.
I still have a set of Marshall Rogers Batman prints somewhere in storage. Here are a couple of examples of his work, covers from Detective Comics. It’s hard to see from them what set Rogers apart, unfortunately.
[…] Almost two weeks ago I noted the passing of Batman artist Marshall Rogers–today I surfed over and saw Dave’s (of Dave’s Long Box) write-up on Rogers in the form or a review/discussion of Detective #479 (there are some scanned panels included as well). If this is a topic of interest, I would recommend reading the piece (indeed, I heartily recommend Dave’s site to any fan of comics who has a slightly off-kilter sense of humor). […]
Marshall Rogers was the second great modern Batman artist. The first was Neal Adams, who in the 1960s electrified the comics world with what looked like photo-realistic (if highly stylized) images of superheroes, Batman included. The second was Marshall Rogers, who brought a different kind of style (or more aptly, stylishness) to Batman in the 1970s.
I still have a set of Marshall Rogers Batman prints somewhere in storage. Here are a couple of examples of his work, covers from Detective Comics. It’s hard to see from them what set Rogers apart, unfortunately.
http://www.comic-covers.com/DC/DCC-G/DetectiveComics/imagepages/image474.html
http://www.comic-covers.com/DC/DCC-G/DetectiveComics/imagepages/image476.html
http://www.comic-covers.com/DC/DCC-G/DetectiveComics/imagepages/image477.html
http://www.dccomics.com/media/covers/1269_400×600.jpg
Comment by Kingdaddy — April 2, 2024 @ 3:14 pm
[…] Almost two weeks ago I noted the passing of Batman artist Marshall Rogers–today I surfed over and saw Dave’s (of Dave’s Long Box) write-up on Rogers in the form or a review/discussion of Detective #479 (there are some scanned panels included as well). If this is a topic of interest, I would recommend reading the piece (indeed, I heartily recommend Dave’s site to any fan of comics who has a slightly off-kilter sense of humor). […]
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