Batman: The Killing Joke cover art

[Bronty]

Would love to see a pic also - congrats!

 

As for covers and panels - there's 20 panels but only one cover...

[eewwnuk]

cover all day.

[JadeGiant]

I am back to the cover ... really tough call.

[Claudio]

Cover. For me, the cover is a 10.0 and the panel is a 9.996

[Ironmandrd]

Yup, both amazing but I'd take the panel page, both for the final image and the story "origin" reveal sequence (I don't collect DC OA).

[BCarter27]

The page, definitely. Go ahead and read it. Panels 3 and 4... whoa.

 

Also, on the page, there is a tie in to the opening and closing of the book.

 

The cover would creep me out too much if it were hanging up. Perhaps you forget what he is doing with that camera?

[Mr. Machismo]

I'm a cover/splash guy, so definitely the cover. Having said that, that is one of the greatest panel pages I've seen. Thanks for posting the black and whites, Felix.

[alxjhnsn]

Panel

[chrisco37]

When someone says "The Killing Joke", what's the first image you picture? The cover.

 

 

[Mr. Machismo]

When someone says "The Killing Joke", what's the first image you picture? The cover.

 

 

Agreed. However – for collectors / more "serious" fans – I'd bet when someone says "Joker", the panel page image is often what they recall.

[Claudio]

I am not so sure. We have a lot of collectors here and it seems to be split. Both pieces definitely have the merits and it is a tough choice regardless.

[drdroom]

IIRC, the question wasn't "which is better" but "which one sells higher," right? So it's the cover, because "cover"

[Superhero]

Attached is a scan of the page from the comic. I haven't yet received the actual page but I will scan it once I receive it. So excited!!!! Again, a big thank you to my friends on the board who helped me with this.

 

 

[TeddieMercede]

That's an incredible page.

 

And yeah I'd take the Joker origin panel page over the cover also.

[Bronty]

Sweet page congrats!

[Eric Seffinga]

Yeah, that's a good one!

[chrisco37]

When someone says "The Killing Joke", what's the first image you picture? The cover.

 

 

Agreed. However – for collectors / more "serious" fans – I'd bet when someone says "Joker", the panel page image is often what they recall.

 

That's a decent point actually. I think, as far as panel pages go (and someone else said it too), you'd be hard pressed to find anything better.

 

 

[*paull*]

Hands down, the cover. It's not only a fantastic image, but it's also a unseen panel from the story.

[NinjaSealed]

I think the page and the cover would be pretty even odds at auction as to which finishes higher. They would probably finish fairly close.

One thing I am not sure if people are forgetting, but that panel is probably the most commonly licensed Joker image since its creation and has appeared on everything. It's far more than just a page. Hell, It's even the cover to the Batman Noir version of The Killing Joke that just released.

 

I would take the page over the cover any day of the week and it wouldn't even be close.

[Mr. Machismo]

Anyone know who owns these / any history behind their sale?