Christmas with the Super-Heroes No. 1 Cover by John Byrne
John Byrne had come to DC Comics to relaunch Superman in 1986 in the wake of Crisis on Infinite Earths. He also contributed to other titles, like this cover in 1988 for a special of reprinted Christmas stories. Having found a scan of the original art, 30 years on I wondered what something a little less starkly white might look like. New packaging and colour.
As published.
Cover sketch by editor Mike Carlin.
Scan from Heritage Auctions.
Cleaned-up art.
With new trade dress.
New colour.
Front cover only.
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