The Bat-Man: Second Knight #3 p.36 - Brass Knuckle Haymaker! Dr. Fate

The Bat-Man: Second Knight #3 p.36 - Brass Knuckle Haymaker! Dr. FateNOTE: These pages measure 16. 5" x 21", slightly larger than twice up size! This splash page hits like a freight train, the kind of knockout moment comic art collectors love! Perkins unleashes BatMan in full fury, driving a brassknuckled punch straight into Scarecrow with explosive force. The composition is a stunner: BatMans figure dominates the page, while the background erupts in a burst of shattered lines that amplify the impact. The textures are

But it is the very conversations this image provokes which made us want to offer this print in the first place

the way he leans in just a little when something catches his ear

black inks

Art by Lu Kimmel

A Stunning Example of Vintage Good Girl Art – Call Me Bad (1960) Cover by Charles Fracé

to make him an offer

but still with Union Jack in 3 out of 5 panels and beautiful facial shot of Gavin in the 4th panel

and this page represents his very first steps

flashing back to Dalton hacking Vyasa's corpse from the Banyan tree

and ship directly from Mike Perkins in the United Kingdom

Poison Ivy here is a mirror image of the swamp Thing figure on the following splash page

The narrative genius of the page lies in the visual pacing of the reveal