Detective Comics #478 - Marshall Rogers art & cover + 1st Clayface

Marshall Rogers

4.  Detective Comics v1 #478 featuring Batman, 1978 - A scientist whose experiment goes awry becomes the third iteration of Clayface, the bronze age version of an earlier villain. The opening splash is a worm's eye view of a theft-in-progress, as the Batman descends upon the perpetrators. A higher degree of craftsmanship appears in Marshall Rogers' layouts and sequencing. Page four's multiple panels within a panel (see interior page below) is particularly effective, slowing the pace to a crawl. Other techniques, such as the medical diagnosis shared by a succession of doctors (page 12), are examples of Rogers at his very best. The drawings themselves are superlative, due to the fine details maintained by inker Dick Giordano. This story was later reprinted in Shadow of the Batman #5 and the Batman Strange Apparitions trade paperback. This is 11 of 13 Detective Comics issues by Rogers. /// key 1st appearance, 1st origin bronze age Clayface / Top 10 Rogers comics / Rogers gallery

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Rogers cover pencils (Dick Giordano inks) = ***
"Clayface Is Back!" Rogers story pencils (Dick Giordano inks) 17 pages = *****
 

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