Sunday versus #5

Superman vs. Dinosaur Skeleton

It's best to try not to figure out what kind of dinosaur that actually is, as I believe it started out as a standard T-Rex and then sprouted wings?

I say we just roll with it and enjoy the great panel!

Script by Cary Bates
Pencils by Curt Swan
Inks by Murphy Anderson

Superman #243
The Starry-Eyed Siren Of Space!
October 1971
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The Many Lives of Superman #4

The Many Lives of Superman

Barrister!

Script by Leo Dorfman
Pencils by Al Plastino
Inks by Al Plastino

Action Comics #337
From Riches To Rags
May 1966
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Problems us normal people don't have to worry about

I guess it's the normal person equivalent of leaving the house with no pants on?

Script by Dan Mishkin & Gary Kohn
Pencils by Curt Swan
Inks by Kurt Shaffenberger
Colors by Gene D'Angelo
Letters by A. Kawecki

DC Comics Presents #50
When You Wish Upon A Plnetoid!
October 1982
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Superman Sketchbook #3

Today's sketch comes courtesy from one of the masters of the modern age, Darwyn Cooke! This particular piece was done for PJ Wahlquist during the 2003 VegasCon. Click over here to see it in its full size glory and for a little story on its creation.

Artwork by Darwyn Cooke

And then there was the time...

...that Superman sucked up burning oil from an oil tanker crash on a bridge into his lungs, which he then exhaled into his cape which he had previously used to collect a bunch of popcorn, thus creating a large beanbag slide that people trapped on the bridge could use to get off.


What can your superhero do?

Script by David Campiti & Kevin Juaire
Pencils by Alex Saviuk
Inks by Eduardo Barreto
Colors b Gene D'Angelo
Letters by Helen Vesik

Action Comics #573
If I Were Superman...
November 1985
Copyright (c) DC Comics

Problems with suspension of disbelief

Why does it seem easier to believe that a man can fly, than to believe that Clark Kent has a fan club...much less 23 of them!

(I also think his fans need to get together and work on a catchier chant, as this one neither rhymes nor has good cadence.)

Script by Elizabeth Smith
Pencils by Dick Dillin
Inks by Tex Blaisdell
Colors by Bob LeRose
Letters by Moe Waldinger

Action Comics #477
One Of Those Days!
November 1977
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Well, this is embarassing...

You know you're having a bad day when you get hog tied by a villain.

But by a C-lister like Terra-Man? That's rough.

Script by Cary Bates
Pencils by Curt Swan
Inks by Tex Blaisdell

Action Comics #469
The Night Superman Was Buried In Boot Hill
March 1977
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Sunday versus #4

Superman vs. Plesiosaur

So apparently, 1991 was a very, very good year for fighting dinosaurs!

Script by Roger Stern
Pencils by Kieron Dwyer
Inks by Brad Vancata
Colors by Glenn Whitmore
Letters by Bill Oakley

Action Comics #671
Missing In Action
November 1991
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Awesome Bolland Cover

So here's a cover by an artist who doesn't do near enough straight super-hero work, and even less Superman stuff.

Luckily for us, however, Brian Bolland did give us this awesome cover.


I love that oblivious smile, and how he's adjusting his glasses ever so slightly while the left side of his head has been blown to smithereens.

The flaming wreckage on his shoulder is a nice touch as well.

Artwork by Brian Bolland

Action Comics #571
September 1985
Copyright (c) DC Comics

Famous' Firsts - Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale

We've been lucky enough to have three or four legendary Superman tales that have been released over the last twenty years. One of those modern-day classics is Superman For All Seasons, by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. The two creators have since made themselves a nice little cottage industry, working together to tell out-of-continuity stories from both Marvel and DC.

Their first work together was the reintroduction of The Challengers Of The Unknown to a post crisis world. Their eight issue mini-series is one of the lost gems from the 90's that doesn't get nearly enough recognition as it should. But isn't that always the Challengers' fate?

But you know what? This isn't a Challengers of the Unknown blog. Luckily for us Superman made an appearance in the second issue, giving the world its first published Superman work by Loeb and Sale.

Script by Jeph Loeb
Artwork by Tim Sale
Colors by Lovern Kindzierski
Letters by Bob Pinaha

Challengers Of The Unknown (Vol. 2) #2
Tell The Truth!
April 1991
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