Greatest Batman Cover

"Awesome..."
--Nick Lowe, 1984.

Just checking the true fans of the Bat for their thoughts. DC's Batman Archives contained my favorite Batman cover (from Batman #20, 1943).

What do you think?

I am not sure how politically correct this one is, however.

Batman has obviously endangered Robin and broken at least two laws. First, Robin is way too young to be driving, I mean with the size of the Batmobile on this one, Robin has to be standing up--and judging by his expression, he is frightened.

The other law Batman breaks is child endangerment--I mean those aren't bird droppings on the windshield.

We can assume that Batman is fighting some fairly stupid baddies as this action was taking place--I mean, doesn't it make more sense to shoot the DRIVER rather than the passinger?

One has to admit, what a great cover. The action of the car, the expression on Batman's face, the sense of fear one can see in Robin, the red stripe on the Batmobile, the car coming through the cover. This is a fairly famous cover, as I have it on a T-Shirt. There is action and a sense of innocence on this one, and it speaks to the character of Batman as a tough guy who is ready to face death (whether it is bullet holes or a 12 year old's inability to drive) to protect all of us weaker mortals.

Go Batman(!), as this one is timeless. Feel free to add your votes for favorite Batman cover.