COMICS: Clayface Takes The Spotlight In First Look At BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #24

COMICS: Clayface Takes The Spotlight In First Look At BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #24

Batman has defeated Clayface, and the villain is now locked up in Arkham Asylum. However, his story is far from over, and in this first look at Gregg Hurwitz (Moon Knight) and Alex Maleev's (Daredevil) Batman: The Dark Knight #24, we learn more about what turned him into the monster he is!

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By JoshWilding - Oct 20, 2013 03:10 PM EST
Filed Under: DC Comics

Now that he's locked up in Arkham, Gotham City is safe from the threat of Clayface. But what led Clayface to become the monster that he is? The answers lie here.














BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #24
Written by GREGG HURWITZ
Pencils & Cover by ALEX MALEEV

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JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 10/20/2013, 3:48 PM
One of the most underrated baddies!
Humperdink
Humperdink - 10/20/2013, 3:48 PM
Lovely artwork.

I loved it when Clayface showed up in the second Arkham Asylum game. Did not see that coming.
Humperdink
Humperdink - 10/20/2013, 3:48 PM
@JoeMomma29

Truly.
3DWitchHunt
3DWitchHunt - 10/20/2013, 3:51 PM
Great cover
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 10/20/2013, 3:54 PM
Awesome cover.
may be just me but Clayface, dare I say, looks cute
MrCBM56
MrCBM56 - 10/20/2013, 4:12 PM
Clay face would be an awesome villain if directors can hop off that realistic approach bullshit.
Super12
Super12 - 10/20/2013, 4:15 PM
@joemomma - agreed. real like a lot of Batman's villains he has some real emotional depth to his story.
Space
Space - 10/20/2013, 4:21 PM
nice art, great cover.
SuperiorMrGod
SuperiorMrGod - 10/20/2013, 4:22 PM
That art is so damn ugly that its turned me off from the story.
SuperiorMrGod
SuperiorMrGod - 10/20/2013, 4:22 PM
Seriously like, possibly the worst art in comics IMO.
smell
smell - 10/20/2013, 4:23 PM
Clayface is the sandman of batman universe lol
Space
Space - 10/20/2013, 4:24 PM
forgot to mention, Clayface reminds me of Oogie Boogie
ShogunNevets
ShogunNevets - 10/20/2013, 5:16 PM
Great cover and sory
fatcobra
fatcobra - 10/20/2013, 5:25 PM
I like Clayface alot, but they seriously need to move beyond the animated series design. It's been 20 years, I'd like to see something different. That said Maleev is a truly gifted artist. One of the best in the industry.
maninfinesuit
maninfinesuit - 10/20/2013, 5:40 PM
That's actually a very, very cool cover, but I can never seem to take Clayface seriously because of his goofy movie monster appearance.
maninfinesuit
maninfinesuit - 10/20/2013, 5:41 PM
Except the version on The Batman. That whole story arc was great, and the design wasn't bad either.
dckizzle
dckizzle - 10/20/2013, 5:45 PM
Cool looking hope we see him in a movie
EdgyOutsider
EdgyOutsider - 10/20/2013, 6:02 PM
Clayface has always been a meh villain. I like the way this looks so far. But, as far as him in a film. It would just end up cartoony. If people thought, The Lizard was cartoony, Clayface would get worse backlash.
GetsugaTensho22
GetsugaTensho22 - 10/20/2013, 9:06 PM
He's an okay-ish villain.
But to feature him in a movie? That'd be the stupidest move ever. They "could" make him some sort of Mystique-type covert merc/agent, which would be cool, but we've already seen that before. This big hulking clay monster crap is just stupid as shit.
TerminalVoyd
TerminalVoyd - 10/21/2013, 12:01 AM
Every time someone says Clayface would be silly or stupid on film, I feel like I've just encountered one more person who hasn't seen Carpenter's The Thing. Because as a baseline approach to jump off of, I can't think of too many better ones.
thewolfx
thewolfx - 10/21/2013, 12:55 AM
All who dought clayface need to stop eating tard tacos
loki668
loki668 - 10/21/2013, 3:00 AM
I like how he looks in this art. He looks like Jabba the Hutt after a stint on "The Biggest Loser".
unknownfacts
unknownfacts - 10/21/2013, 4:23 AM
They should use his Arkham City look that was the best Clayface since The Batman.But still look like a decent story after all not every story needs to be a blockbuster advent.
Archangel82
Archangel82 - 10/21/2013, 5:14 AM
I love Alex Maleev's art work. I always dig the retro look.
KrazyForKomix
KrazyForKomix - 10/21/2013, 6:42 AM
I love the art! Maleev is perfect for Batman.
But Im confused about the story . . .
I mean . . . it's a story arc. It started in issue 22 and it will end in 25. Where's the mega-crossover event? Where's the special cosmic incident logo? What's the reading order . . ?I've been trained to pick up the crossover issues . . . I'm so confused.
campblood
campblood - 10/21/2013, 8:25 AM
still waiting to see him in a movie
DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 10/21/2013, 12:07 PM
So which Clayface is it? Because they talk about him as if he were anactor, so it could be the first Clayface, from the Golden Age Basil Karlo, but he has the condition of all the other Clayfaces. He does look like the Batman - TAS Clayface, though, which was Matt Hagan, with a bit of Basil Karlo mixed in.
TerminalVoyd
TerminalVoyd - 10/21/2013, 6:24 PM
@ DukeAcureds

Prior to the New 52 reboot, Basil Karlo, Preson Payne (Clayface III) and Sondra Fuller (Clayface IV/Lady Clay) attempted to resurrect Matt Hagen (Clayface II) in "The Mudpack". While it didn't work, Karlo got enough genetic material from Hagen's corpse, along with blood from Payne and Fuller to give himself their collected powers, becoming pretty much the ultimate Clayface.

I can only assume either some version of The Mudpack storyline took place in the unseen history of the DCnU Batman or Karlo acquired his powers in a way reminiscent to Hagen acquiring in the original continuity. Hopefully this story covers those details.
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