One of the Super-greats was born 112 years ago.
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As I noted last year, Wayne Boring — born June 5, 1905 — was one of those artists whose style became shorthand when referring to a specific time in Superman’s career — in this case the ’40s and ’50s. There’s the Shuster Superman, the Boring Superman, the Swan Superman, etc.
So here’s this year’s 13 COVERS salute — you can find last year’s here.
As always, if you don’t see your fave, just add it in the comments below or in whichever social-media thread you found this:
Stan Kaye inks
Kaye inks
Kaye inks
Kaye inks
Kaye inks
Kaye inks
Kaye inks
Possibly George Roussos inks
Kaye inks and background figures
Kaye inks
Kaye inks
Kaye inks
Kaye inks
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Cover images and credits from the stout Grand Comics Database.
June 5, 2017
Great covers ! These simple covers from this era has to be given a name. Maybe there is a genre name and I just do not know it. They are so different from darken clutter we see today. Thanks.
June 5, 2017
Man, those sweet! Would love to have everyone of them.
June 20, 2017
Wayne Boring is my ultimate favorite Superman artist with Curt Swan second.
October 27, 2019
These are pretty amazing classic “Superman” covers!