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Who's Who in the DC Universe Vol 1 #1 Cover by THE Jerry Ordway!

Artist: Jerry Ordway (All)

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Title:	Who's Who in the DC Universe Vol 1 #1 Cover by THE Jerry Ordway!
Artist:	Jerry Ordway (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,223
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Comments:	1
Added to Site:	12/23/2017
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Appearing in "Who's Who in the DC Universe"
Featured Characters:

Amanda Waller
Amethyst
Brotherhood of Dada
Mister Nobody
Sleepwalk
The Fog
Frenzy
The Quiz
Abel and Cain
Challengers of the Unknown
Prof Haley
Rocky Davis
Red Ryan
Ace Morgan
Darkseid
Dominators
El Diablo
Fire
Geo-Force
Hawk
Jericho
Kono
Jonathan Kent
Martha Kent
Ocean Master
Orion
Rokk Krinn
Scarecrow
Sinestro
Stanley and His Monster
Superman
Time Masters
Rip Hunter
Jeff Smith
Bonnie Baxter
Corky Baxter
Dan Hunter
Antonia
Wotan
Locations:

Atlantis
Vehicles:

Blue Beetle's Bug

Jerry Ordway, a key contributor to Superman's huge success in the late 80s and early 90s, drew this 1990 cover for Who's Who in the DC Universe #1. This was DC's second complete Who's Who project following the one that appeared in 1985-1986. This one was done in a loose-leaf, three-hole punched format so that the pages did not have to appear alphabetically. Thus, the first issue was able to feature Superman on the cover, which is the piece offered here. It's a classic Superman illustration, with the Man of Steel flying over Metropolis, with the Daily Planet globe in the background.

For almost eight decades now, Superman has been the most well-known superhero in the world. He continuous presence in comic books as well as movies, TV, video games, merchandise and more has made the Man of Steel an icon for the ages. The revamp by John Byrne in 1986 modernized the character for a new era. After his apparent death in the 2016 hit film Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, Superman will return in this November's Justice League movie. A popular TV version of Superman was recently introduced in the hit network series devoted to his cousin, Supergirl. In current comic books, Superman is seeing renewed popularity as the beloved post-Crisis version has returned to replace the younger New 52 version as part of DC's Rebirth initiative. This mature Superman is the version of the character that has been married Lois Lane since the 90s and they now have a young son, the new Superboy, which is making for some great new storytelling opportunities.

Jerry Ordway first made his mark working with writer Roy Thomas on DC's "Earth-Two" books in the early 1980s--penciling All-Star Squadron and Infinity, Inc.. He then spent some time inking a couple of high profile projects in the 80s--Crisis on Infinite Earths and John Byrne's Fantastic Four. From 1986 to 1993, he was a key penciler on Superman working with John Byrne during Byrne's popular revamp and then staying on after Byrne left and contributing to the best-selling "Death of Superman" era. He then went on to revamp DC's Captain Marvel in the long-running Power of Shazam!, which he both wrote and drew.

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Vik V
Member Since 2016

Posted on 12/23/2017

Wow! THE classic Superman on a cover! Congrats!

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