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Jan18

CLASSIC COVERS RE-IMAGINED — SUPERMAN: “It Tickles! No, I Mean It REALLY Tickles!”

Posted by Dan Greenfield on Jan 18, 2026

CLASSIC COVERS RE-IMAGINED — SUPERMAN: “It Tickles! No, I Mean It REALLY Tickles!”

SUNDAY FUNNIES WITH KERRY CALLEN! By KERRY CALLEN In the years 2009 to 2012, there existed an active website called Covered: Artists Re-Interpreting Comic Covers. It contained a lot of fantastic work by a wide variety of artists. It also contained some of my work. At the time, I had gotten out of the habit of drawing and decided to start again. I contributed eight reimagined covers. In many ways, it’s where I developed my own current “superhero art” style. I thought it would be fun to share them here at 13th Dimension! * * * This week we take a look at the classic 1944 Superman #32 cover, pencilled by Wayne Boring. I don’t know if Superman is getting hit by lightning or perhaps an evil scientist’s energy rays. Either way, he’s pretty staid about it. He’s basically just showing off. So — I wondered what he would look like if he was REALLY tickled by it. Yes, I get pretty silly sometimes. As I stated a couple of weeks ago, people who are easily amused are amused more often! — Want more SUNDAY FUNNIES WITH KERRY CALLEN? Come back next week! Want a commission? Send an email to KerryCallenArt@gmail.com. You can also find other work at linktr.ee/kerrycallen. — MORE — BAT-HULK: The Most BATMAN ’66 Story of Them All Wasn’t Even on the TV Show. Click here. — CLASSIC COVERS RE-IMAGINED: TIGRA Gives RED WOLF an Eyeful. Click here. — KERRY CALLEN spent much of his career as an artist and art director, developing product for Hallmark, but has also dabbled in comics for many years. As a freelancer, he creates work for a range of needs, spanning from Mad Magazine to children illustrations. He has two graphic novels available on Amazon worldwide, Halo and Sprocket: The Definitive Collection, as well as Dirtnap: Mystic...

Jan18

The TOP 13 COVERS of JANUARY 1976 — RANKED

Posted by Dan Greenfield on Jan 18, 2026

The TOP 13 COVERS of JANUARY 1976 — RANKED

BRONZE AGE BONANZA: A comics landmark puts a stamp on the start of the feature’s seventh year! ADAMS! KUBERT! GIORDANO! MORE! — Welcome to BRONZE AGE BONANZA — our monthly series that looks at the greatest covers of the Bronze Age — exactly 50 years later. For more info on this feature, click here. — It’s a new year for BRONZE AGE BONANZA! Our seventh! Let’s get right to it: Dig the TOP 13 COVERS OF JANUARY 1976 — RANKED: — 13. Detective Comics #458, DC. This isn’t actually my favorite Batman cover this month. This one is. But I absolutely cannot ignore the debut of the silliest Detective Comics logo ever, with that gigantic head that doesn’t look like the Masked Manhunter as much as it does an Easter Island statue. To add insult to injury, the glorious, original Detective Comics logo sits right above it. (Professor Paul Levitz believes Ernie Chan — who did the cover — probably did the Bat-head. If you know differently, say so in the comments.) — 12. Superboy #216, DC. One of the best-known Legion covers of the ’70s, pretty much because everyone agrees that Tyroc was a poorly conceived, stereotypical mess of a character. Even Mike Grell, who drew this cover, wasn’t a fan. — 11. Captain America #196, Marvel. Cap is a little too awkward looking and the truncated image size doesn’t help, but big props to the King for giving us a Rollerball riff. (“Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan!” Or, better yet, “Steve! Steve! Steve!”) — 10. Ghostly Haunts #49, Charlton. Tom Sutton did some scaryass covers for Charlton in the ’70s. This just might be the scaryassest. — 9. Spidey Super Stories #16, Marvel. The Jawsmania cover of the month — and one of the best, even if it is a note-for-note parody. — 8. Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes, Warner Books/Crown Publishers. This and No. 7 (below) share a lot of the same design DNA but from different angles. As a DC and Neal Adams devotee, my heart picks this one but I think the other one works just a little bit better. — 7. The Avengers #146, Marvel. This and No. 8 (above) share a lot of the same design DNA but from different angles. As a DC and Neal Adams devotee, my heart picks that one but I...

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