5 New DKIII: THE MASTER RACE Covers Revealed

Did your local comic book retailer order a unique DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE #1 variant cover? They'll hit shelves on November 25th along with the standard covers, but supplies will be limited.

Participating retailers have the opportunity for an artist to design and illustrate a cover exclusively for their store, and the list of retailers and artists is growing by the day. We’ll be revealing artwork on a regular basis, with more to come in the weeks ahead.

Frank Miller has inspired artists and storytellers in the industry for generations. Paying tribute to 1986's BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, this week we're revealing cover art designed by Rafael Albuquerque, Klaus Janson, Eduardo Risso, Tyler Kirkham and Lee Bermejo!

Here's a complete list of retailer variants:

Comic*Pop Collectibles – Matt Wagner

ConBox – Kenneth Rocafort

ComicXposure – Babs Tarr

Heroes Aren't Hard to Find – Brian Stelfreeze

Past Present Future Comics – Tony Daniel

BuyMeToys.com – Gary Frank

Newbury Comics – Michael Allred

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund – Paul Pope

Books-A-Million – Rafael Albuquerque

Silver Snail – Francis Manapul

Hypno Comics – Bill Sienkiewicz

Borderlands Comics and Games – Klaus Janson

Graham Crackers Comics – Darwyn Cooke

Yesteryear Comics – Jason Fabok

Third Eye Comics – Brian Bolland

M&M Comics Service – Dave Dorman

Legacy Comics and Cards – Artgerm

Dynamic Forces – Jae Lee

Midtown Comics – Greg Capullo

Midtown Comics – Marc Silvestri

Rebel Base Comics & Toys – Sean Murphy

Lone Star Comics (mycomicshop.com) – John Cassaday

Dragon’s Lair – Ivan Reis

Tate’s Comics + Toys + More – Kevin Eastman

Cards, Comics & Collectibles – Amanda Conner

Diamond UK – Jock

Forbidden Planet Limited – Adam Hughes

AOD Collectibles – Dale Keown

JScottCampbell.com – J. Scott Campbell

Heroes and Fantasties – Tim Sale

Yancy St. Comics – Kelley Jones

Zapp! Comics – Terry Dodson

Madness Games & Comics – Joshua Middleton

Ssalefish Comics – John Romita, Jr.

Lange's Sports – David Finch

Disposable Heroes Comics – Simon Bisley

Phantom – Walter Simonson

Hastings – Tyler Kirkham

Beyond Comics – Eduardo Risso

Instock Trades – Lee Bermejo

Discount Comic Book Service – Neal Adams

Bulletproof Comics – Gabriele Dell’Otto

They're milking this so hard.

Well, they have to compensate for the 2 mill convergence cost them :P

Is Batman fighting a roided out Scott Summers?

Pretty much. That is the Mutant Leader from TDKR.

They are not revealing cover after cover to stall from the actually contend, are they?

I'm not reading a book Frank Miller has as much as glanced at until I've heard its good!

uhmmmm... the second one... the shadow on the wall of the slingshot is definitely a penis.

Phantom variant huh ??? I really hoping that larry the owner doesn't do this cover as another amazing 300 homage.... he did about 20 different series with an amazing 300 homage. It was cool with gwen and after that they got carried away....

Diggin these covers!!! I might get the Bermejo...

...Everything gets milked these days: Star Wars; that cat with a sad face; Brady. I like milk, it's good for ya.

Low blow, but I agree. Convergence was terrible, but at least I got to see the real Wally West again!

Not any lower than Convergence's sales :P

It wasn't as low as believing fans will eat up anything due to nostalgia. A poor decision overall.

Let it go, yo~

the covers look good hope the art of the book is this good.

Dope covers

Neat.

Nice Bat-Covers.

Dang you guys are slow for a comic news site. Why is their no topic about Bill Finger finally getting his recognition for creating Bats along with Bob K posted yet.

I'm still holding out hope that someone will have the guts to reference Strikes Again in one of these variants.

why is robin young again and in her robin costume? are we just forgetting the second part and just ignoring that??

These actually look terrific

@dadarkknight36310: give it time, these guys work really hard for us.

This is sick! And what @rob1157: said

as awesome as that would be..

...you should really read The Dark Knight Returns.

Beautiful

@mversak: Can't unsee this now...dang it lol

Why is Batman facing this people?

These are awesome!

These covers do seem to all be paying homage to the original series, and completely ignoring DK2. I can't really blame them for that.

Those covers are awesome.

@oldnightcrawler: I'll get to it eventually still have a ton of stories I need to read.

I hope this book can prove Frank Miller's still got it. His recent track record hasn't been that great even though he's still one of the greatest creators of all time

O.O Would love to get that gorgeous Lee Bermejo cover as an art print.

@rob1157 said:

Yeah, they have been working real hard. Where is the story? They could not write a seven sentence paragraph about the Bill Finger news. How hard is that to do. You have other sites that are way busier because they focus on stuff other than comics and they have already posted it. This would have already been posted during the time Babs was here. This news is a big deal.