Posted By Dan Greenfield on Nov 30, 2021 | 2 comments

The fan-fave creator turns 69!

Keith Giffen — born 69 years ago on Nov. 30, 1952 — is one of comics’ most respected creators. Legion? Check. JLI? Check? Lobo? Check. And much, much more, obviously.

For this year’s 13 COVERS birthday salute, though, it’s all Ambush Bug all the time. Why? Because he’s awesome.

Ambush Bug, a Giffen creation, debuted in 1982’s DC Comics Presents #52, by our pal Paul Kupperberg, Giffen and Sal Trapani. He didn’t make the cover, but here’s his first appearance:

Kupperberg script, Giffen pencils, Trapani inks

Rad.

So dig these 13 COVERS by Giffen and a coterie of inkers:

Bob Oksner inks

Al Milgrom inks

Oksner inks

The image on those piled-up covers is by Darwyn Cooke, for the never-released Ambush Bug: Year None #6.

Al Gordon inks

Oksner inks

Dick Giordano inks

Oksner inks

Oksner inks

Oksner inks

Oksner inks

Oksner inks

Oksner inks

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MORE

— PAUL KUPPERBERG: My 13 Favorite Pieces of KEITH GIFFEN Original Art. Click here.

— LEVITZ AND GIFFEN: When the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES Was at Its Best. Click here.