COMICS: Jim Lee's Early Sketches for Action Comics #1 Cover

COMICS: Jim Lee's Early Sketches for Action Comics #1 Cover

The cover of the new Action Comics #1 (coming next month from DC) is fairly well known at this point, but now artist Jim Lee has released a couple of early sketches for different designs he had come up with.

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By EdGross - Aug 14, 2011 08:08 PM EST
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cable23
cable23 - 8/14/2011, 9:07 PM
Damn I was in the midst of posting this since Friday but I was too busy. lol Nice find though as usual.
reverendjonnynemo
reverendjonnynemo - 8/14/2011, 9:09 PM
They're both shite... if this is gong to be Action #1, it needs more reverence.
cable23
cable23 - 8/14/2011, 9:13 PM
@thereverendjonnynemo I agree issue#1 needs to be symbolic. Thats why I like the variant issue because its a reimaging of the first Action Comic that introduced Superman.
reverendjonnynemo
reverendjonnynemo - 8/14/2011, 9:17 PM
Yup... at least the first sketch comes close. A number one should pay homage to the ground laid before, and if not, a unique look that says "I've arrived".
ALmighty1080
ALmighty1080 - 8/14/2011, 9:22 PM
damn that is badass
BatmanFanman
BatmanFanman - 8/14/2011, 9:33 PM
Ahem, don't you mean to say Superman #1? Action Comics #1 has Supes in jeans and a shirt running from the police.
DarthTesla
DarthTesla - 8/14/2011, 9:35 PM
More awesome work from the king.

The 2nd one especially.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 8/14/2011, 10:08 PM
HE'S MY FAVORITE ARTIST.
gangbuster
gangbuster - 8/14/2011, 10:21 PM
The first cover captures some of the original dynamism of the original Action Comics. Second one not so much. Could easily be a WildCATS cover.
MaddMonkk
MaddMonkk - 8/14/2011, 10:25 PM
Looks more like Superboy or Superteen than Superman. Why is he de-aged? Is it still Clark Kent or what?
headlopper
headlopper - 8/14/2011, 10:30 PM
That's why the man gets the big bucks, but I hope he doesn't pull out of the book like he did with All-Star Batman & Robin the boy wonder.
Speaking of that, I'm still amused when I think about the issue where Robin jabs Green Lantern in the throat and Batman has to save Jordan's life by sticking a make shift straw in his trachea.Good stuff.
weaponx123
weaponx123 - 8/14/2011, 10:44 PM
Jim Lee is one of my favorite artist's of all time!
ScionStorm
ScionStorm - 8/14/2011, 11:59 PM
^The fact? That sounds terrible. Where is the report that kids don't read for fun anymore? I need to see this study for myself.
ScionStorm
ScionStorm - 8/15/2011, 12:01 AM
Curse you deedty. Souless spammer. My last post is directed at Nobo.
GLprime2814
GLprime2814 - 8/15/2011, 12:09 AM
I've always been a fan of the images of superman stoping a train. I mean we've all have experienced a train or subway run past you and you cam feel the power, I don't know many a people who have ad a chance to be part of a meteor shower so can't compare scale.
So when you see one guy stoping a train with his hands it has a bigger effect.
reverendjonnynemo
reverendjonnynemo - 8/15/2011, 1:08 AM
Howcum the spammers aren't having their accounts disabled?
DetBullock
DetBullock - 8/15/2011, 3:22 AM
Morales' cover is way better.
rbfn04
rbfn04 - 8/15/2011, 4:45 AM
Nobody can make that armour look good. DC trying to "marvelize" Supes is a huge mistake. Bring Supes back. FIRE DIDIO! FIRE LEE!
DarrkEvil
DarrkEvil - 8/15/2011, 4:49 AM
these are some great drawing..nuff said !
Solomon
Solomon - 8/15/2011, 6:36 AM
So much better than the Perez cover!
poopmcscoot
poopmcscoot - 8/15/2011, 12:43 PM
Jim Lee is a good artist. I don't think they should of let him re design all the characters though. Also why is no one else mentioning the fact that in sketch #2 Supes forearm and hand has morphed into some crazy alien gun weapon thing. Is that some kind of new power for him? If so that is horrible. This whole DCNU has epic fail written all over it. They will back out and go back to status quo in 2 years tops, using some kind of alternate reality thing event story. This reminds me of the Heroes Reborn crap from Marvel.
ar8898
ar8898 - 8/15/2011, 3:26 PM
Jim Lee draws a nice Superman, too bad the George Perez version doesn't look half as good.
rbfn04
rbfn04 - 8/15/2011, 4:24 PM
Jim Lee should never had designed anything. Supes new uniform is terrible...

I'll take Perez's art anyday
GUNGRAVE1
GUNGRAVE1 - 8/15/2011, 5:13 PM
Jim lee is the king of art.
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