The covers presented in this book provide a history not just of superman but of comics themselves. See more ideas about superman, superman comic and comic book covers. Supermanbatman premiered in august 2003, an update of the previous series, worlds finest comics, in which superman and batman regularly joined forces supermanbatman explores the camaraderie, antagonism, and friendship between its title. See more ideas about comics, superman comic, comic book covers. Batman comic book covers for all batman comic books for sale. Batman v superman dc comics varient covers unveiled. Precrisis comic covers 1938 1986 precrisis superman comics 19381986 complete cover gallery precrisis superman specials. Supermanbatman is a monthly comic book series published by dc comics that features the publishers two most popular characters. Book 2 19591969, which shows some of superman and batmans sillier adventures, before getting darker with the death of dick grayson in 1969. Worlds finest comics, published by dc from 1941 to 1986, was initially titles worlds best comics. Another series of exclusive variant covers celebrates the upcoming feature film batman v superman. 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. His comic book covers have continued to intrigue and influence generation after generation. Originally, the series was a 96 page quarterly anthology, with the two stars of each issue being batman and superman.
This batman comics price guide will help you to value all the early issues of batman comics, the series which began in 1940. The death and return of superman complete film collection, which collects the death of superman and reign of the supermen animated movies along with. What an every day problem when youre suddenly a fish. The inaugural edition, aka part 1, will explore the superman and action comics covers in his first ten years of inception and include fantastic covers from early artists such as joe shuster, jack burnley, wayne boring, and others. Click on any cover to go to the discussion about that batch of covers. The joker 80th anniversary decade covers have arrived, just as the superman, batman, wonder woman, robin, flash, and catwoman covers have before them. 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.
This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. Superman is an ongoing american comic book series featuring the dc comics superhero superman as its main protagonist. Here are your picks for the 75 greatest batman covers of alltime. Teen titans animated movie 2016 justice league action animated series. I apologize in advance that only baby boomers will likely understand this reference, but this is an actual human fish. Annuals specials worlds finest covers variant covers. Of course, for many years, batman covers were as bright as any other comic book heroes, but as the 1970s rolled around, the covers became dark and more distinctive again. 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. And now, we present the ceremonial unveiling of the aforementioned joker 80th anniversary comic decade covers. Superman comic book covers for all superman comic books for sale. Many old bizarre covers of the original comic, forums, and a small online store.
I remember seeing it as a wall book at a comics kiosk at the late, lamented u. 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. Four new series set in the world of the vertigo classic. A click on the cover leads to the large cover view, a click on the issue number to the issue data. Superman was the first real superhero, he set the standard for everyone that followed and he continues to set the standard. Future installments will deal with batman creators, villains and stories, but this month will be about batman covers. Comicbookresources has the full list of upcoming comic book issues that will feature their own variant covers for batman v superman. I use ink and copic markers to illustrate the comic book cover. Humorous site dedicated to showing that superman is a dick. He does not hold any superpowers, as opposed to the likes of superman or green lantern. A cover gallery for the comic book superman batman. Comic book artists have been especially able to work well with shadows with the character, as his distinctive looks really pops when it is in silhouette.
These are comic books that id love to add to my comic book collection someday, but lol some of these golden age comics sure are a little pricey. Superman, also called the man of steel, is one of the most influential superheroes of dc comics, and superhero comics at large. Superman batman volume 1 variant covers, superman batman volume 1 variant covers, textless covers. While we wait for more details on this big screen adventure, check out the first two variant comic book covers featuring batman and superman. There are so many great comic book covers to bath your eyes in.
Geoff johns and gary frank bring the dc and watchmen universes together. Batman and detective were practically horror comics during much of the early 70s and this issue and cover are prime examples. Superman volume 1 variant covers superman volume 2 variant covers superman. 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. Book 1 19391949, which covers the development of superman and batmans friendship and their growth as heroes. Superman batman volume 1 textless covers, superman batman volume 1 textless covers, comic volumes.
The penultimate chapter of the thrilling 6part story the supergirl from krypton. Volume 1 001200 201400 401600 6017 annuals volume 2 annuals volume 3 annuals specials see also detective comicscovers, legends of the dark knightcovers, shadow of the batcovers, gotham knightscovers, list of batman titles, variant covers. Dynamic forces signed edition, signed by michael turner 299. The strip proved so popular that national launched superman into his own selftitled comic book, the first for any superhero, premiering with.
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