then how come nearly ALL dealers with any kind of reputation didnt have any of these... EVER!
I suspect that there are many posters that 'dealers with any kind of reputation' haven't handled for a variety of reasons.
But, if Charlie can get some info from Suren Galadjian, the artist of the Wolverine posters for BLT Communications (the studio credited with the 'armed joker' style poster here:
http://impawards.com/2008/dark_knight_ver12.html ), then maybe we'll get a definitive answer.
I have emailed BLT twice for info with no success.
Charlie has had better luck.
Let's see what happens.