A tip of the cape to Jack Burnley…
In case you’ve been unaware, artist Ryan Sook is doing a run of variant covers for Action Comics’ Lex Luthor: Year One arc by Mark Waid and Patricio Delpeche — each homaging (or parodying, if you prefer) a classic Superman cover of the past.
Lex is, after all, the hero of his own story.
Anyway, January’s Action Comics #1106 keeps the gag going with a riff on 1943’s Superman #21 cover by Jack Burnley.
Dig this:
And here’s the original:
The cover follows last week’s Action Comics #1103, a takeoff on 1986’s Man of Steel #1 by John Byrne, and November 11’s Action Comics #1104, which winks at Jerry Ordway’s cover for 1986’s Adventures of Superman #424 (which in turn homaged Fred Ray’s classic Superman #14 cover from 1941).
Then there’s December 9’s Issue #1105, which is a variation on 2004’s Superman #204, by Jim Lee and Scott Williams:
But hold on, we’re not done!
Here’s Issue #1104, now with period-mimicking trade dress:
Lex, you are a card.
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MORE
— ACTION COMICS #1100 Gives Us a Lovely RYAN SOOK Cover That Honors SUPERMAN’s History. Click here.
— Upcoming LEX LUTHOR: YEAR ONE Gives the BRONZE AGE (and JERRY ORDWAY) Some Love. Click here.
