The original Death of Superman cover artwork for Advance Comics #47 by artists Jon Bogdanove and Dennis Janke that first showed comic book fans the sight of the villainous Doomsday is being sold at auction.In Heritage Auction’s latest Comics and Comic Art Signature Auction on April 4-7, a number of original pieces of artwork by longtime Superman artist, Jon Bogdanove (who launched Superman: The Man of Steel with writer Louise Simonson and inker Dennis Janke in 1991, remaining on the series together through Superman: The Man of Steel #82) are being auctioned off, most notably the iconic Death of Superman preview art, which was directly responsible for the media frenzy about the Death of Superman back in 1992.Well, a reporter for New York Newsday, William McTernan, saw this magazine, saw “Death of Superman” on the cover, and thought it made for a great story idea, and so on September 4, Newsday ran an article about Superman’s then-impending death, and the media frenzy took off from there, making this one of the most-publicized stories in the history of comic books (most likely THE most publicized, really).
The original Death of Superman cover artwork for Advance Comics #47 by artists Jon Bogdanove and Dennis Janke that first showed comic book fans the sight of the villainous Doomsday is being sold at auction.
In Heritage Auction’s latest Comics and Comic Art Signature Auction on April 4-7, a number of original pieces of artwork by longtime Superman artist, Jon Bogdanove (who launched Superman: The Man of Steel with writer Louise Simonson and inker Dennis Janke in 1991, remaining on the series together through Superman: The Man of Steel #82) are being auctioned off, most notably the iconic Death of Superman preview art, which was directly responsible for the media frenzy about the Death of Superman back in 1992.
Well, a reporter for New York Newsday, William McTernan, saw this magazine, saw “Death of Superman” on the cover, and thought it made for a great story idea, and so on September 4, Newsday ran an article about Superman’s then-impending death, and the media frenzy took off from there, making this one of the most-publicized stories in the history of comic books (most likely THE most publicized, really).
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