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AEDCHRIS WARNER BATMAN #408 COMIC BOOK PAGE ORIGINAL ART.
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About Auction
TimedSep 28, 2026 - Oct 21, 2026
Hake's Auctions hakes@hakes.com
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- Lot Description
11.25x16.5" artboard has pencil original art by Chris Warner w/inks by Mike DeCarlo for Batman #408, published by DC Comics June 1987. Page is from Max Allan Collin's "Did Robin Die Tonight?" storyline and features five panels, showing Batman and Commissioner Gordon. Story page 8. When questioned by Gordon, Batman reveals that Robin is not actually dead, but that Batman will now operate alone. Last panel features Vicki Vale in bed talking to Alfred on the phone. This issue features the introduction of the post-Crisis Jason Todd. Final appearance of Dick Grayson as Robin. All word balloons are pasted stats. Bottom margin has been signed in black ink by Warner and DeCarlo. Back has DC Comics copyright inkstamp. Top margin has been unevenly trimmed. Lt. aging/handling wear. Some lt. margin dust soiling, but o/w art remains clean and Exc. Comes w/multi-signed reading copy of the comic this art was produced for, signed on page one by writer Max Collins, colorists Anthony Tollin and Adrienne Roy. Warner and DeCarlo have both signed on pages 2-4, 7-8. Lawrence Klein Collection.
- Provenance
From the collection of long-time comic book and comic art collector Lawrence Klein, founder of the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) and the MoCCA Arts Fest, this auction presents a lovingly-curated selection from a lifelong collector. Klein’s connections within the industry have given him unique insight and opportunities to procure an impressive assemblage of art from some of the hottest names in the comic publishing world from the past several decades.
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