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August 14, 2014: John Romita Sr. Draws "Superman" Cover Debut

Superman #34 Variant Superman #34 Variant John Romita Sr., father of current "Superman" artists John Romita Jr., and legendary artist in his own right, has come out of retirement to draw a variant cover for issue #34 of the comic book, which will be available later this month.

As for working with DC Comics, he reminds The Hollywood Reporter, "I worked there in prehistoric times for about eight years," he joked. "It was between 1958 and '65. In those eight years, I did a lot of romance comics."

    This new cover is "the first time I've done Superman on a [comic book] cover," the 84-year-old artist said. "I've done a few sketches when we used to do crossovers, and a couple of paperback covers that had Superman on them, and I've done Superman on sketches for kids on conventions. DC called me and asked me if I would be interested in doing a variant cover, and I told them as long as it wasn't a crowd scene, I'd try it."

"Superman #34", featuring a regular cover by Romita Jr. and variant by Romita Sr., will be released digitally and in comic book stores August 27.



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