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Dark Knight III The Master Race turned out to be a pretty lackluster affair, but the covers....my god, the covers were amazing! The variant covers that is. Basically everyone in the industry who loved DKR when they were coming up (which is everyone) wanted to do homage covers to the original story.
All of the beautiful variant covers were just collected in a hardcover last week and I highly recommend it. Nobody does it like Jim Lee though...his takes on the original Dark Knight imagery is just legendary:
![Jim Lee 1.jpg Jim Lee 1.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206544-c4bcbbf08dfece4bf4f3b4540c2e072d.jpg)
![Jim Lee 2.jpg Jim Lee 2.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206545-0a5cd620286ddf2202ea93244993d79f.jpg)
![Jim Lee 3.jpg Jim Lee 3.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206546-a82e3e26a7fcc70f8f005d6eeb9adf7f.jpg)
![Jim Lee 8.jpg Jim Lee 8.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206549-7389318c6ef7555ee53483f0396d7fa1.jpg)
![Jim Lee 5.jpg Jim Lee 5.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206547-6c4771b740268351d7a450d2bc2d3e8a.jpg)
![Jim Lee 6.jpg Jim Lee 6.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206548-01b5525d10ac418f6b0b390936e738a7.jpg)
My favorite Miller variant wasn't from the regular series but from the crappy Last Crusade one shot. Sadly, this image is not reproduced in the hardcover:
![Miller LC.jpg Miller LC.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206550-2148ad3226bb4bb4e8b639c19cba9efc.jpg)
And here are the amazing Bill Sienkiewicz's takes:
![Bill S 1.jpg Bill S 1.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206551-b7560465ad1f90831da2c599ec54f154.jpg)
![Bill S 8.jpg Bill S 8.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206552-20462fb887c2dc3d5b3adb9efb1b5761.jpg)
![Bill S LC.jpg Bill S LC.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206553-729e1b9d2a311ed25003766380715db8.jpg)
Greg Capullo did this beauty:
![capullo.jpg capullo.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206554-4a7e96a7e8c4753a697cffc5e42e265a.jpg)
The wonderful John Cassady:
![cassady.jpg cassady.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206555-f1e35d4eafbb3106de6ed5fbcfc04b8d.jpg)
And the main man himself, Simon "The Biz" Bisley....I love that he's not afraid to give a thirteen year old girl curves and pokey nipples. It's nice to see he's stayed true to his artistic vision after all these years!
![Dark_Knight_III_The_Master_Race_Vol_1_1_Bisley_Variant.jpg Dark_Knight_III_The_Master_Race_Vol_1_1_Bisley_Variant.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206556-4012c53ce49134b240dff25113c2ca68.jpg)
All of the beautiful variant covers were just collected in a hardcover last week and I highly recommend it. Nobody does it like Jim Lee though...his takes on the original Dark Knight imagery is just legendary:
![Jim Lee 1.jpg Jim Lee 1.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206544-c4bcbbf08dfece4bf4f3b4540c2e072d.jpg)
![Jim Lee 2.jpg Jim Lee 2.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206545-0a5cd620286ddf2202ea93244993d79f.jpg)
![Jim Lee 3.jpg Jim Lee 3.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206546-a82e3e26a7fcc70f8f005d6eeb9adf7f.jpg)
![Jim Lee 8.jpg Jim Lee 8.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206549-7389318c6ef7555ee53483f0396d7fa1.jpg)
![Jim Lee 5.jpg Jim Lee 5.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206547-6c4771b740268351d7a450d2bc2d3e8a.jpg)
![Jim Lee 6.jpg Jim Lee 6.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206548-01b5525d10ac418f6b0b390936e738a7.jpg)
My favorite Miller variant wasn't from the regular series but from the crappy Last Crusade one shot. Sadly, this image is not reproduced in the hardcover:
![Miller LC.jpg Miller LC.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206550-2148ad3226bb4bb4e8b639c19cba9efc.jpg)
And here are the amazing Bill Sienkiewicz's takes:
![Bill S 1.jpg Bill S 1.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206551-b7560465ad1f90831da2c599ec54f154.jpg)
![Bill S 8.jpg Bill S 8.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206552-20462fb887c2dc3d5b3adb9efb1b5761.jpg)
![Bill S LC.jpg Bill S LC.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206553-729e1b9d2a311ed25003766380715db8.jpg)
Greg Capullo did this beauty:
![capullo.jpg capullo.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206554-4a7e96a7e8c4753a697cffc5e42e265a.jpg)
The wonderful John Cassady:
![cassady.jpg cassady.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206555-f1e35d4eafbb3106de6ed5fbcfc04b8d.jpg)
And the main man himself, Simon "The Biz" Bisley....I love that he's not afraid to give a thirteen year old girl curves and pokey nipples. It's nice to see he's stayed true to his artistic vision after all these years!
![Dark_Knight_III_The_Master_Race_Vol_1_1_Bisley_Variant.jpg Dark_Knight_III_The_Master_Race_Vol_1_1_Bisley_Variant.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/sideshowcollectors/data/attachments/206/206556-4012c53ce49134b240dff25113c2ca68.jpg)