Take your point. I was trying to emulate the few covers, that had the stamp applied after publication - like a postage stamp. Thanks for the comment - appreciated.
Gotta agree with B, but honestly, I don't really feel the code stamp was even necessary on this one. It takes away from the work as a whole and is rather distracting.
While I do like that Batman is not identified by text on the page, this seems considerably more hastily thrown together than most of your covers. I would've preferred you to keep going and really pulp it out, even add a little text... something like "introducing a bold new character in the tradition of the Shadow" It's still a good illustration and a pretty cool cover anyway.