Is This The Earliest Artwork Featuring Batman? 0

[Collectr]

I've been curious about an artwork which we previously discussed on a different CGC thread.

We were talking about the earliest Batman original art and someone pointed me to this:

It's 1940, and the Nazis have just invaded France and banned all American comics. At the same time, a company called Sagedition have just purchased the rights to publish DC material in France. What do they do? They call Batman "Le Justicier" and get some French artists to re-draw Batman stories, starting with Detective Comics #30 (cover dated August 1939). Their first magazine is published in September 1940, called "Les Grandes Aventures" and contains this page of Batman material.

 

The earliest pages of American batman art come from Batman #9 and #13 (March-October 1942). 

So I wonder - Could this be the earliest original art featuring Batman?

If you want to quote this post please remove the images so this thread doesn't become a mile long. Thanks

 

Edited October 31, 2018 by Collectr

[Crowzilla]

On 10/30/2018 at 5:30 AM, Collectr said:

The earliest pages of American batman art come from Batman #9 and #13 (March-October 1942). 

Again - there is a page from Batman #1 out there. So that would be earlier than Batman 9 or 13

[N e r V]

Not OA but the production proofs from Detective comics #27 do exist giving us the closest thing to OA from Batman’s first appearance.

 

 

[buyatari]

For sure that is the earliest known Le Justicier artwork. 

Neat bit of history but if I was in the market for the most important Batman artwork available it wouldn’t be on my #10 wanted list.