UP FOR SALE IS A HAND DRAWN ONE OF A KIND DETECTIVE COMICS # 40 COVER RECREATION OF THE 1ST COVER APPEARANCE OF THE JOKER EVER IN COMICS AND IS ONE OF THE GREATEST GOLDEN AGE BATMAN COVERS ORIGINAL COMIC ART COLOR SKETCH ON 8 1/2” X 11” HEAVY WEIGHT 110 LB CARD STOCK BY COMIC BOOK ARTIST JAMES CHEN WHO DID THE ARTWORK FOR FIST OF THE DRAGON # 1,2,3 & 4 AND LADY DRAGON # 0. THE JOKER’S 1ST EVER APPEARANCE WAS IN BATMAN # 1 BUT DETECTIVE COMICS # 40 IS THE 1ST TIME THE JOKER WAS ON THE COVER OF A COMIC BOOK MAKING THIS A VERY SOUGHT AFTER COMIC AND A KEY BOOK. THIS ARTWORK WOULD MAKE A GREAT GIFT FOR ANY JOKER OR BATMAN FAN. THE ARTWORK IS SIGNED BY THE ARTIST ON THE BACK. PLEASE NOTE SCAN COLORS MAY BE LIGHTER OR DARKER THAN THE ACTUAL ART. HE WAS NOT APPRECIATED IN HIS LIFETIME AS AN ARTIST. SO MORE PEOPLE WORE CLOTHING CREATED BY JAMES CHEN THAN PROBABLY ANY OTHER DESIGNER EVER. JAMES CHEN ALSO OWNED THE PUBLISHING COMPANY DRAGON COMICS AND WAS THE ARTIST OF COMICS SUCH AS FIST OF THE DRAGON #1,2,3, & 0, LADY DRAGON #1, DRAGON & THE WARRIORS. JAMES CHEN IS ALSO THE SON OF FAMED ARTIST SUI KANG CHEN WHOSE CHINESE PAINTINGS ARE HANGING IN MUSEUMS ALL OVER THE WORLD. JAMES CHEN TRANSITIONED INTO A FINE ARTIST 4 YEARS AGO DOING SCULPTURE, HUGE PAINTINGS AND SKETCHES. HE PRICES HIS SKETCHES VERY CHEAPLY INTENTIONALLY TO MAKE HIS ART AVAILABLE TO THE MASSES ALLOWING HIM TO GAIN RECOGNITION AS THE MOST PROLIFIC FINE ARTIST IN THE WORLD AS HE HAD ALREADY BECAME THE FASHION DESIGNER WITH CLOTHES WORN BY MOST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD (250 MILLION PEOPLE). IT IS PROBABLY ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE HIS ARTWORK IS DISCOVERED BY THE ART GALLERIES, THE ART WORLD AND INDIVIDUAL COLLECTORS. ONE COLLECTOR ALONE BOUGHT 8000 PIECES OF JAMES CHEN’S ART IN A 12 MONTH PERIOD. SO ONCE JAMES CHEN IS DISCOVERED HIS ARTWORK MAY SKY ROCKET IN VALUE.