CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: ACTION COMICS #1000 COVER GALLERY...

Saturday, 5 May 2018

ACTION COMICS #1000 COVER GALLERY...

Images copyright DC COMICS

Hard to believe that it's been 80 years since SUPERMAN made his debut in ACTION COMICS #1, cover-dated June 1938. Here are the variant covers of the landmark 1000th issue, not counting exclusive store variants (apart from maybe the 10th one). So which one did you buy? (The comic went on sale in April I believe.)

Below, the one that started it all - the very first issue.

4 comments:

Oscar Dowson said...: All rather 'meh,' but I like the Saucer-Jockeys one. At least it has a sense of humour.; 7 May 2018 at 12:03
Kid said...: I like the '30s, '60s and '80s covers, and the Steranko one isn't bad. Overall, I prefer the Steve Rude issue though.; 7 May 2018 at 12:30
Phil S said...: Hey! I got the Mike Allred version.; 18 May 2018 at 00:03
Kid said...: I wonder which version will command the higher price in years to come, eh, PS?; 18 May 2018 at 04:27

About the artist:

From 1985 to 2000 A.D. (little joke there), I contributed to a variety of high profile comics and magazines for various companies.

For IPC/FLEETWAY/EGMONT, I freelanced as a lettering and logo artist on various weekly comics and monthly magazines, and also as a resize comic artist and spot illustrator on pocket books, summer specials and annuals.

For MARVEL U.K., BLACK LIBRARY, REDAN and USBORNE BOOKS, I again freelanced as a lettering artist, also working as a restoration artist for MARVEL U.S., restoring and re-creating certain pages of JACK KIRBY art for their MARVEL MASTERWORKS editions.

I also lettered the MARVELMAN sample pages submitted to MARVEL U.S. when they were considering acquiring the character, which - as we all now know - they DID.

Supplied comic strips, cartoons and illustrated advertisements for local business campaigns and newspaper publication on a professional basis since the age of 16. Did my first paid art job for publication at 14 or 15 for Lanarkshire Education Board.

Have also made TV appearances as a collector of memorabilia.

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Just some of the titles I worked on are:

2000 A.D. * JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE * DICEMAN * SONIC The COMIC * JUDGE DREDD, LAWMAN Of The FUTURE * CRISIS * REVOLVER * EAGLE * TIGER * BATTLE ACTION-FORCE * BUSTER * WHIZZER & CHIPS * WHOOPEE * NIPPER * SCHOOL FUN * ACE VENTURA, PET DETECTIVE * The REAL GHOSTBUSTERS * DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE * COUNT DUCKULA * RUGRATS * The TRANSFORMERS * DEATH'S HEAD * THUNDERCATS * GALAXY RANGERS * DRAGON'S CLAWS * SINDY * MARVEL MASTERWORKS * The TROLLS * LOADED * INFERNO * WARHAMMER * ROSE BLACK.

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