Jason Liebig has edited for Marvel's X-Titles and Desperado Publishing, as well as spending time at DC Comics in the early '90s. He's quite the aficionado for pop culture ephemera, with an emphasis on the 1970s (bumper stickers, concert tickets, etc.) The man also has a massive collection of product packaging like cereal boxes, candy wrappers and the like at his flicker account. After passing through a few hundred pages of material over a span of hours, I thought I'd offer a few spotlight posts of images Liebig has to offer DC fans.
For instance, Superman's name and likeness have been used to push countless products over the years, and just to give you an idea, check out these links:
- 1981 Superman Peanut Butter label
- 1983 Dow Ziploc sandwich bags box advertising Free Superman III stickers
- Superman Vitamins Complete - Early 1990's
- Superman Vitamins Extra C - Early 1990's
- 1991 Nature Made Children's Chewable Superman Vitamins Extra C box featuring Supergirl and Wonder Woman
- 1991 Nature Made Children's Chewable Superman Vitamins Complete box (advertising 1 of 12 DC Heroes trading cards inside)
Besides the 1989 Superman titles promotion poster pictured above that was used to announce George Pérez's arrival on the books, Liebig also has ginormous high resolution scans of the following:
- 1984 Superman The Secret Years promo poster
- 1985 Crisis on Infinite Earths Death of Supergirl poster by George Pérez
- 1986 DC Comics On Sale Here poster (featuring John Byrne's Superman)
- 1987 Superman vs. Superboy John Byrne promo poster
- 1989 Superboy the Comic Book promo poster by Kevin Maguire
- 1993 Speeding Bullets Elseworlds poster (Clark Kent as Batman by Ed Barreto)
- 1994 Showcase 95 promotional poster (featuring Supergirl, Mongul & more by Tom Grummett!)
OOooooh, what a nice poster. Love the way the cityscape is rendered, plus it has a nice old school feel to it.
ReplyDeleteWhat "hit TV series" about Superman was around in the 80's? I'm drawing a blank. That was pre-Lois and Clark.
Hyperbole strikes again. Superboy did limp along for, what, three seasons?
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