Here’s a treat that readers of a certain age in Britain will enjoy. Back in 1980, DC put out a monthly magazine called Superheroes. It was black and white reprints inside but what made it special were the original covers from a guy called Alan Craddock. I’ve only got scans of a few, and some others from the run by Bryan Talbot, Bob Wakelin and Garry Leach. I loved these comics when I was a kid.
I always loved that the artist used an actual Inter City British Rail train, so I knew Superman and The Flash were racing in Britain. That made it even cooler. I had one of those trains for my train set when I was a lad, that’s how I know. Nothing geeky about comics and train sets. Nothing at all. This is from #8.
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Anything to do with Superman was supercool for me back in the 80s, and I loved this take on the action from Superman 2, with Zod, Ursa and the big boy with the beard whose name I have somehow forgotten. I’m going to have to Google this. Non. There you go. From #7.
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From #3, Batman doesn’t get the joke.
Holy-big-sized-version Batman!
This was the cover to Superheroes #1. How amazing is that? Worth buying it for that alone. Not that I bought it, I was a kid with no money. My folks got me it.
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Look at the colours on this pin-up of the Huntress and Batman too, dynamite.
Enjoy the large version.
You don’t see Bryan Talbot doing much superhero stuff these days, but this is a corker from #11 featuring Hawkman and Batman.
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From #2, this is by Garry Leach.
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Not sure why Wonder Woman is looking so aghast, but this is from #9 and is by Bob Wakelin.
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This is definitely the worst of the lot, maybe that’s why it’s credited to The Studio.
Anyway, the big version is here.
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