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Superman #149 COVER by Frenz/Buscema, 1999 -- 1st app of Strange Visitor (and Superman's reaction)!

Location: SUPERMAN (Rich Buckler, Ron Frenz, Kerry Gammill, Tom Grummett, Dan Jurgens, Dale Keown)
Artists: Ron Frenz (Penciller) , Sal Buscema (Inker)

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Superman #149 COVER by Frenz/Buscema, 1999 -- 1st app of Strange Visitor (and Superman's reaction)!

Location: SUPERMAN (Rich Buckler, Ron Frenz, Kerry Gammill, Tom Grummett, Dan Jurgens, Dale Keown)
Title: Superman #149 COVER by Frenz/Buscema, 1999 -- 1st app of Strange Visitor (and Superman's reaction)!*
Artist: Ron Frenz (Penciller) , Sal Buscema (Inker)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Cover
For Sale Status: NFS
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Added to Site: 7/7/2020

One very interesting thing about this cover (besides it being the very first appearance of the character Strange Visitor) is that for the published comic book, Superman was edited out of the image. This was so that the cover matched the cover of Superman #123, with only one central character situated to the right of center. I have attached pics of both the Superman #123 and Superman #149 published comic books to show this.

But I am personally very glad that Superman is on the original art, because you get his astonished reaction to this new Strange Visitor.

I'm a huge fan of Frenz Superman covers, so I was very happy to grab this one.

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David Askani’Son Member Since 2012
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Posted On 7/7/2020

Haha what a great cover of Superman, looks like he’s even shocked he’s not in the published version :)

Ruben DaCollector Member Since 2008

Posted On 7/7/2020

David Askani’Son wrote:

" Haha what a great cover of Superman, looks like he’s even shocked he’s not in the published version :)
"

Hah! "Why am I the one who gets left off the cover?!" I like covers like these, because they tell a story about the decision making and production process and you get a bonus Superman image that comics readers never saw or even know exists. But if I owned this cover Paul, I'd really be jonesing to hunt down the Superman #123 cover now!

David Askani’Son Member Since 2012
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Posted On 7/7/2020

Ruben DaCollector wrote:

" Hah! "Why am I the one who gets left off the cover?!" I like covers like these, because they tell a story about the decision making and production process and you get a bonus Superman image that comics readers never saw or even know exists. But if I owned this cover Paul, I'd really be jonesing to hunt down the Superman #123 cover now!
"

Hahah totally!

Troy C. Punswick Member Since 2008

Posted On 7/7/2020

You keep racking up a lot of 1st appearances. Congrats!!!

Dean Abraham Member Since 2008

Posted On 7/8/2020

another absolute cracker

Duke Fleed Member Since 2013

Posted On 7/9/2020

A real cartoony cover - compared with Frenz's earlier run at Marvel. Congrats P!

K Gearon Member Since 2011

Posted On 7/9/2020

Great Frenz piece and homage to a super (pun intended) recognizable cover! Sweet inks. I actually think it's really cool that you got Supes on the left even though it wasn't published that way - makes for a nice story :) Congrats!

John C Member Since 2014

Posted On 7/11/2020

I never forgave Sharon for attacking a monkey.

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