Superstitious and cowardly lot

[madmarva]

I would love to read a comic by Byrne based on this image.

[UnderdogDJLSW]

It would be fun to see those villains together in a classic (now retro) story.

[The Toyroom]

Byrne did some nice Bat-work on "Batman 3-D" many years ago...

[madmarva]

Byrne did some nice Bat-work on "Batman 3-D" many years ago...

I just looked through that book the other day, but I couldn't find the 3-D glasses. It still looked good.

He never did a proper run on Batman. There was the Generations stuff and the first issue of "The Legend of the Batman" way back when, the Cap team-up, 3-D book, and the story with no words but I don't think he drew it. Probably some others.

I know it would never happen but it'd would be fun if DC would give Mark Waid and Byrne a book called Earth Classic and allow it to be a book like many hoped Earth 2 would be.

I'm pretty sure Byrne and Waid don't care for each other and both have issues with DC or DC has issues with them, and of course classic is not in DC's vocabulary any more, but I'd still like to see it.

[Figuremod73]

I know it would never happen but it'd would be fun if DC would give Mark Waid and Byrne a book called Earth Classic and allow it to be a book like many hoped Earth 2 would be.

Byrne could probably be persuaded to do something like that if he wrote it on his own.

That image reminds me of what I liked about the old DC. Fun and dramatic without being overdone with realism and grittyness.

[samurainoir]

Coincidentally, I just picked up Batman 3-D recently as well.
1990 Graphic Novel BATMAN 3D John Byrne w/ 3-D Glasses | eBay
BATMAN 3D!!! 1990 John Byrne - NM/M! First Print! Glasses attached! | eBay


Let's not forget Batman/Captain America!
BATMAN CAPTAIN AMERICA Squarebound JOHN BYRNE Marvel DC Comic Book 1996 NM | eBay
Batman / Captain p.5 - Batman and Robin Action Splash 1996 Signed by John Byrne | eBay

[Earth 2 Chris]

Both of those books are great fun. Man, I miss good comics more and more every day.

Chris

[The Bat]

Byrne did some nice Bat-work on "Batman 3-D" many years ago...

Yeah...I own that book! LOVE the way Byrne draws BATMAN!

[PNGwynne]

I loved Batman 3-D--one of the better recent version of the Penguin, IMO.

What is the initial art from?

[PNGwynne]

If you look closely in the shiny silk of Cobblepot's top hat and monocle reflection, you can see a bat-shadow in it--cool!!

[Earth 2 Chris]

^I'm guessing it's a recent commission?

Byrne also did artwork for some young reader Batman books in the last few years. Some of the work's a bit rushed, but it's nice to see the traditional, Bronze Age Batman in something.

Chris

[madmarva]

^

What is the initial art from?

Chris nailed it. It's a commission piece

www.artofjohnbyrne.com/gallery/

[The Toyroom]

Holy Moley! That's an INCREDIBLE piece!

[Robin NY]

why do Byrne and Waid not care for each other and what issues does DC have with them? Pardon me I have been out of the loop for a long time

[madmarva]

^ If I remember correctly Byrne and Waid had an internet spat several years ago.

After Byrne's last run on Action Comics with Gail Simone and a reboot of Doom Patrol that flopped several years ago, Byrne quit getting work from DC. Don't know if he's turned down opportunities or if the door is closed to him by DC. But reading between the lines of what Byrne has posted on the subject, the offers quit coming.

After his work on Brave and Bold and Flash did not sell as well as DC would have liked, Waid and DC kind of parted ways. Waid concentrated on his series for Boom, started writing on the Spider-Man title when it came out weekly and has since shifted to Daredevil, which he's done an excellent job with.