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cover art by Rafael DeSoto
better image than previously posted
gouache on illustration board, 11″ by 17″
1963 Avon paperback original
cover art by H.J. Ward
“In Chapter 2 of the 1943 serial Batman — ‘The Bat’s Cave’ — Bruce Wayne’s butler Alfred wiles away the time reading the October 1940 issue of Spicy Detective. The “spicy” element should be obvious from the cover art—and from the prim Alfred’s startled expression.””In Chapter 2 of the 1943 serial Batman — “The Bat’s Cave” — Bruce Wayne’s butler Alfred wiles away the time reading the October 1940 issue of Spicy Detective. The “spicy” element should be obvious from the cover art—and from the prim Alfred’s startled expression.” [donherron.com]