Having established himself creatively and financially with superhero projects, ross turned to the real world with uncle sam, a 96page story that took a hard look at the dark side of american history. Dc released its line of 100 page super spectacular books. Calligraphy school handwritten brush trash graffiti old school various. Alex ross prints, posters and hard covers for sale. They tend to be direct tributes, although occasionally there are. Volume 1 001200 201400 401714 annuals volume 2 annuals volume 3 annuals volume 4 annuals volume 5 see also adventures of superman covers, action comics covers, superman. Comic book covers presented at cover browser are republished. His comic book covers have continued to intrigue and influence generation after generation. Cover to cover is the definitive guide to the most memorable. Homage covers the largest portion of covers that pay homage are usually honouring the work of previous comic book covers. He was hired by marvel comics to illustrate marvels central characters in the comic book event, marvels 1994.
Superman is an icon and that is what this book is all about. Comic book covers presented at cover browser are republished within a fair use context. Home labs random about this is the sister site of vintage ad browser. The series covers the adventures of superman and his allies, particularly his kryptonian family. Superman comic book covers for all superman comic books for sale. Volume 1 001200 201400 401714 annuals volume 2 annuals volume 3 annuals volume 4 annuals volume 5 see also adventures of supermancovers, action comicscovers, superman. While it was common to show off supermans abilities on the cover at this point in his history, this one was one of the earliest to show his flight by having him lift off above the city.
Many old bizarre covers of the original comic, forums, and a small online store. Superman the dark side of apokolips is a book that is part comic and part chapter book about superman who, in addition being super strong and able to fly, has some interesting powers, like ice breath. The later, stranger covers here, in which batman and superman each participate in the interplanetary olympics, are just a byproduct of the silver age of comics, which was just plain weird. Superman was the first real superhero, he set the standard for everyone that followed and he continues to set the standard. Then national comics until 1961, national periodical publications until 1976.
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With a career that has spanned almost 80 years within the pages of thousands upon thousands of comics, creating a list of his most memorable covers was by no means an easy task because, lets face it, superman comics are the standard of superhero comics. Adventures strangers in paradise sugar and spike superman action comics adventure comics allstar superman giant superman annual jimmy olsen legion of superheroes 1989. The adventures of superman unrelated to the previous the adventures of superman title, this book, which began in 20 and ended in 2014, was a threetimesamonth digital comic anthology of noncanonical superman stories by rotating creative teams. If you are a superman fan, you will thoroughly enjoy this cd. We have the worlds largest selection of superman comic books and graphic novels. Retailers recently received a message from dc comics regarding the upcoming issues of superman and supergirl, and it seems the original covers for the issues are undergoing some changes.
When somone says, superman comics, this is what they mean. See more ideas about supergirl comic, comic book covers and supergirl. Mar 21, 2018 a collection of the superman comic book covers showcasing the incredible talent of the artists and designers and their stunning works of art. Fire, ice decorative typewriter stencil, army retro initials grid various. Superman was the title of the monthly comic book featuring superman. A musthave for all popculture, graphic design, comicbook and superman fans, superman. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. Geoff johns and gary frank bring the dc and watchmen universes together. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. In the comics, superman, whose birth name is kalel he was born on the alien planet krypton before being rocketed to earth as an infant by his scientist father moments before the planets destruction, poses as journalist clark kent. Superman, also called the man of steel, is one of the most influential superheroes of dc comics, and superhero comics at large. Precrisis comic covers 1938 1986 precrisis superman comics 19381986 complete cover gallery precrisis superman specials. The modern age 1997 should actually say both covers.
However, there some really great superman covers in there as well. He leads a rebellion against an evil villain, darkseid, who. This oneshot comic featuring the superman from earth22 has an amazingly drawn. The strip proved so popular that national launched superman into his own selftitled comic book, the first for any. If you can, you really are more powerful than a locomotive, because this 27inch tall x 20inch wide puzzle is a challenge. Action comics witness the origin and first appearance of supergirl in the supergirl from krypton. Can you assemble this sensational superman comic book covers 1,000piece puzzle faster than a speeding bullet. This is clearly his best and most famous one, which is why it is on this list. The print edition collected three digital chapters a month. Superman has been gracing the covers of comic books since he first.
The covers presented in this book provide a history not just of superman but of comics themselves. The superman family adventures is a superman comic book series, aimed at children and based on the previous dc artwork of art baltazar, including tiny titans and dc superpets the series also seems to be in continuity with those two other lines. List rules vote up the superman comic book covers that you find most alarming. Episode superman comic book cover dated june action comics old superman.
This page contains all cover art images in the database for this particular comic series. Superman has been coming to the aid of civilians and pretty brunette bombshells for decades. Humorous site dedicated to showing that superman is a dick. Chinese, jpn arabic mexican roman, greek russian various. There are many incredible artists in the field who have crafted breathtaking images in service of their bookcovers, and this list leaves off some of the very best. I use ink and copic markers to illustrate the comic book cover. See more ideas about superman, superman comic and comic book covers. Superman is an ongoing american comic book series featuring the dc comics superhero superman as its main protagonist. Precrisis superboy comic covers 19451978 includes more fun comics, adventure comics, and superboy comics. Superman volume 1 variant covers superman volume 2 variant covers superman. Most of neal adams memorable covers came while he was working on batman and detective comics.