Jim Aparo Unpublished Batman Cover

 

 

Jim Aparo drew a Batman cover that was slated to appear on 1979's Detective Comics #481 but then there was a change. Starting with that issue Detective would become a Dollar Comic sub-billed as Batman Family and the Aparo cover no longer served the purpose. Mr. Aparo was paid for his work but the cover never saw print.

That's not stopping us from enjoying the drawing though! The original artwork sold at auction recently for $5841 but here it is for you and all the other hayfamzonders to peruse at no charge: