The late, great artist was born 97 years ago, on Dec. 11, 1927…
Hard to believe, but we haven’t run a 13 COVERS birthday salute to Big John Buscema in three years. Three years!
Sure, we’ve done other tributes, but not our tried-and-trusty signature feature.
So let’s fix that right now with 13 COVERS that soar the spaceways!
(By the way, also check out Joe Jusko’s appreciation of Buscema. You’ll dig it.)
Far out!
Joe Sinnott inks
Dan Adkins inks
Sinnott inks
Frank Giacoia or Sal Buscema inks
Sal Buscema inks
Adkins inks
Sinnott inks
Sal Buscema inks
Chic Stone inks
John Romita inks
Adkins inks
Adkins inks
Adkins inks
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MORE
— JOHN BUSCEMA: A Birthday Appreciation, by JOE JUSKO. Click here.
— 13 COVERS: A JOHN BUSCEMA Birthday Celebration — 2021 Edition. Click here.
December 11, 2024
Issue number 6 was one of the scariest comics I ever read
December 11, 2024
The cover of Silver Surfer no. 4 is as iconic as Avengers no. 4. Two great artists flexing their muscles.
December 11, 2024
I’m still a huge fan of Big John. I owned How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way in hardcover and wore that sucker out in the late 70s.
December 12, 2024
I had the complete Surfer run when I was a kid but it went missing with the bulk of my childhood collection sometime in the 70’s. I was very fortunate to have been able to repurchase all 18 issues from a dealer at a con back around 2010 for less than you can buy issues 1, 3 or 4 for now.
December 12, 2024
I’ve always loved that Silver Surfer/Thor cover for issue four. As powerful as the Silver Surfer is, it looks like Thor is about to send him flying to the other side of the universe.
December 13, 2024
Issue 3 has always been my favorite and issue 1.