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Character » Superman appears in 9591 issues.

Rocketed to Earth as an infant from the doomed planet of Krypton, young Kal-El was adopted by the loving Kent family and raised in America's heartland. Using his immense solar-fueled powers, he became Superman to defend mankind from oppression while championing truth, justice, and the American way!

Favorite Superman artist?

#1 Posted by FOOFAN007 (7 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

Who draws Superman the best? Is it Kurt Swan? Is it Gary Frank or Jim Lee? Or how about the great art in All Star Superman?

#2 Posted by Gambit1024 (9889 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

Alex Ross, Jim Lee, and Lionel Yu. In that order.

#3 Posted by SuperShafe (470 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

Alex Ross and Gary Frank. Alex Ross is the best period, Gary Frank is the best for doing a monthly series and not a special project.

#4 Posted by buttersdaman000 (7114 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

Alex Ross, Frank Quietly, Gary Frank and......Curt Swan

#5 Posted by RedheadedAtrocitus (6063 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

Alex Ross, Gary Frank, Ed Benes. Out of the ones you stated its Gary Frank, bar none.

#6 Posted by Batmandemon23 (123 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

Jim lee and maybe Greg capullo

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#7 Posted by MrDirector786 (41694 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

Jim Lee

#8 Edited by ssejllenrad (11808 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

My Top 5

  1. Alex Ross -His paintings are absolutely unparalleled. He is the BEST IMO.
  2. Gary Frank -He draws Supes like Reeve. Nuff said.
  3. Jim Lee -Is there anything this man can't draw?
  4. Ivan Reis -He rarely draws Supes. But when he does, he excels. His Superboy Prime splash page back in SCW is still embedded in my brain.
  5. John Byrne -Almost a retro artist now but he drew the Supes that got me into comics.
#9 Posted by Mercy_ (85044 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio
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#10 Posted by Billy Batson (54586 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

Someone said Quitely?

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#11 Posted by azza04 (1503 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

Shane Davis draws a good Superman.

Superman - Shane Davis
#12 Posted by Skunkstein (554 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

Yo! There is no doubt that Alex Ross is a freakishly talented artist, even though he is not ''your personal style'' there is no discussion that he is objectively a very, very good artist... however he is one of those artists that i would rather have make me a poster, a painting or an occasionally comic book, for me personally it would get tiresome if ''Alex Ross'' was the style of all comics.

I think personally the Superman artists ive overall enjoy the most is Jim Lee and Gary Frank.

#13 Posted by chalkshark (851 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

Alex Ross.

#14 Posted by Deranged Midget (13674 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

Jim Lee, George Perez, Curt Swan.

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#15 Edited by majestic99 (8638 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio
#16 Posted by RyuHayabusa (2015 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

Alex Ross and Jim lee

#17 Posted by majestic99 (8638 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

@RyuHayabusa: What type of artwork has Alex Ross made?

#18 Posted by RyuHayabusa (2015 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

@majestic99: Kingdom come

here you can see his art work Link

#19 Posted by The_Tree (4409 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

Jim Lee and Gary Frank.

#20 Posted by geraldthesloth (33313 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

Lee, and Benes

#21 Posted by Z3RO180 (4074 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

@azza04: What is the first picture from also is it any good??

#22 Posted by badaboop (129 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

I agree with the choice of Alex Ross as the artist who interprets Superman the best. Besides the artists already mentioned, I also think Michael Turner did a pretty good job

#23 Posted by azza04 (1503 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

@Z3RO180: It's just artwork Shane Davis did for the Earth-One graphic novel.

#24 Posted by Mercy_ (85044 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

@Skunkstein said:

Yo! There is no doubt that Alex Ross is a freakishly talented artist, even though he is not ''your personal style'' there is no discussion that he is objectively a very, very good artist... however he is one of those artists that i would rather have make me a poster, a painting or an occasionally comic book, for me personally it would get tiresome if ''Alex Ross'' was the style of all comics.

I think personally the Superman artists ive overall enjoy the most is Jim Lee and Gary Frank.

YES. I have always said that Ross is incredibly talented and iconic, but he's better suited to Variants and covers than actual interiors.

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#25 Posted by PowerHerc (52469 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

My top 10 Superman artists.

  1. Alex Ross
  2. Ed McGuinness
  3. John Bryne
  4. Jim Lee
  5. George Perez
  6. Curt Swan
  7. Ross Andru
  8. Neal Adams
  9. Doug Mahnke
  10. Joe Shuster
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#26 Posted by Jonny_Anonymous (16664 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

I hate Gary Franks Superman

#27 Posted by ComicMan24 (146854 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

Jim Lee

Gary Frank

Ed Benes

Shane Davis

Doug Mahnke

come to mind now.

#28 Posted by Renee (10289 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

Jim and Alex.

#29 Posted by jointron33 (761 posts) - 8 months, 20 days ago - Show Bio

Rob Liefeld

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#30 Posted by sinestro_GL (1594 posts) - 8 months, 14 days ago - Show Bio

Actually, I'm not a fan of Alex Ross' Superman at all...his work on the Bat-universe is better for me...but that's just me I guess.

#31 Posted by geoff2005 (206 posts) - 8 months, 14 days ago - Show Bio

@Mercy_ said:

@Skunkstein said:

Yo! There is no doubt that Alex Ross is a freakishly talented artist, even though he is not ''your personal style'' there is no discussion that he is objectively a very, very good artist... however he is one of those artists that i would rather have make me a poster, a painting or an occasionally comic book, for me personally it would get tiresome if ''Alex Ross'' was the style of all comics.

I think personally the Superman artists ive overall enjoy the most is Jim Lee and Gary Frank.

YES. I have always said that Ross is incredibly talented and iconic, but he's better suited to Variants and covers than actual interiors.

I agree with both, for an ongoing project I think Alex Ross would get tiresome.

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