Batman #227 — Standard cover

Detective Comics #31 collection

Batman #227 — Standard cover

Standard cover

Batman #227 — Standard cover. Neal Adams explicitly confirms that his editor requested Detective Comics #31 and explains the additional influence of contemporary gothic-romance jackets. This is the central intermediary for many later covers in this catalog.

Cover artist
Neal Adams
Publisher
DC Comics
Published
October 20, 1970
Cover characters
Batman (Bruce Wayne) · Additional identities under review
Homage to
Detective Comics #31
Research status
Verified
Homage type
Direct homage
Catalog ID
CL-DC31-0001

Edition details

Exclusive
No exclusive designation identified
Convention
No convention designation identified
Print Run
Not publicly confirmed
Format / Finish
Standard cover
Country / Language
US / English

Research notes and sources

Researched 2026-10-20. Looming and foreground Batman plus fleeing woman; the woman is not assigned solely from the interior cast. Neal Adams explicitly confirms that his editor requested Detective Comics #31 and explains the additional influence of contemporary gothic-romance jackets. This is the central intermediary for many later covers in this catalog.

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