PART SIX Of COMIC COVERS 'SNAP'!

 

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Fifty-one years after the debut of ACTION COMICS #1, the cover design by JOE SHUSTER was used again by GEORGE PEREZ for issue #643 - when SUPERMAN returned as the star attraction after months of featuring in only a regular double-page strip, drawn by the legendary CURT SWAN.  The main difference, I suppose, is that on the first cover, ol' Supes is only leaping - whereas, in the newer version, he's a fully paid-up member of the superhero flying club.  Curiously, for all the detail that Perez includes, his figure's torso seems far more stiff than Shuster's.  Just goes to show that the old guard had their strengths as well, and that it wasn't just the bold young turks who could teach us a thing or two.

 

COMIC COVERS 'SNAP'! PART FIVE...

Copyright MARVEL COMICS

Time now for yet another game of COMIC COVERS 'SNAP', so here are the covers for X-MEN #s 1 and 104.  As you can see, the latter is based on the former, although only one original X-Man remains in the lineup.  When issue 104 was reprinted in CLASSIC X-MEN #12, another version of the layout saw print, but I don't have it to hand at the moment and I'm not tearing the house apart to find it - you'll just have to trust me.  In the meantime, enjoy these two interesting variations on a theme. 

Aha!  I just remembered that the third version of the cover (below) was reprinted in my within-reach-copy of The OFFICIAL MARVEL INDEX To The X-MEN, so here it is.  Phew, handy, that - saves me rummaging through boxes of comics in my attic.  So, which one of the three do you prefer?  Feel free to share in the comments section.