John Calnan
Batman 306 (December 1978)
Conway does a riff on High Noon with Batman protecting a drug dealer from the vigilante, the Black Spider. Because Conway keeps all Batman’s plans from the reader, it does have some successful plot twists. Except maybe when Batman falls down the entire Wayne Foundation tree and lives. The only real damage is to his […]
MoreBatman 305 (November 1978)
There’s something off about the art in the feature story. John Calnan is actually really ambitious–interesting composition, lots of dynamic movement–but none of it works. There’s no depth; someone’s hand–gesturing–will look affixed to his or her face. Not sure if it’s inker Dave Hunt or Calnan, but since Hunt does all right inking the backup, […]
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