Neil Adams' Batman

[droidofages]

I remember back when All-Star Batman & Robin started up, there was talk of Neal Adams taking over the art after Jim Lee's 12th issue. Turns out that's not the case, but there is still talk of a Neal Adams Batman project. From the most recent 20 Questions with Dan Didio:

7) darknight11 wrote:
What's going on with Neil Adams's Batman project that he posted on his website?

DiDio: Well, since it's never been officially announced, I can't really say if anything's going on with it.

Nrama: Well, it's on his website!

DiDio: And if I had 80 pages in my drawer of it, right now, I still wouldn't be able to talk about it.

So if you go to Neal's site HERE and poke around, you'll find a little news on something called "Odyssey". So I did a quick search for that and found info on CBR from back in 2007 HERE.

"Adams revealed the project to be a mini-series in collaboration with Frank Miller, similarly famous for his hugely acclaimed tales of the Dark Knight. The mini-series is called "Batman: Odyssey" and will be plotted and drawn by Neal Adams."

Hope this actually happens at some point. Adams is one of the best Batman artists out there (or in general) and I for one would love to see his return to the character. In fact, I just picked up Brave & the Bold #85 at the flea market the other day with Neal's now iconic redesign of Green Arrow's costume and was reminded of why he's lauded as one of the best.

[droidofages]

Finally, some more news on this exciting project from CBR:

"DC Comics announced via their blog The Source that Neal Adams "Batman: Odyssey" series will hit shops in July. While various rumors, images and potential collaborators for the series have been floating about news sites and blogs for the better part of two years, DC confirmed that the book will run 12 issues and be written and drawn by Adams, who will also ink the first two issues."
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[Adams:] "It has occurred to me over the years that little bits and pieces have been dropped along the way as Batman has been done. I've sort of wondered why people haven't dealt with or done too much with these various pieces. So when the opportunity presented itself by my deciding, 'I want to step into the comic book thing again because I'm tired of doing these alternate covers and these little bits and pieces for Marvel and DC that don't amount to a hill of beans. I think I ought to do a project.'
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How does Batman deal with that more deadly world when his code is so inflexible in that he won't kill anybody or maim anybody? He's not a goody two-shoes, but his whole job is to frighten criminals who are a cowardly lot, and scare the hell out of them. But now these guys themselves are so scary and dangerous that the question is: How does Batman up the game? How does he deal with it on a new level?"

[monibolis]

The interior art looks amazing!!!

But I'm not kene on the cover

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[Mike]

I agree with Monibolis, that cover is week...last week.