Adam Hughes’ Variant Cover for ACTION COMICS #900

Posted on 03/28/11 at 5:29 PM in Articles by Conor Kilpatrick 20 Comments

DC Comics has released the Adam Hughes (tribute to Neal Adams and Superman #233) variant cover to Action Comics #900:
 

 

I like it a lot. I especially like the way the broken chain links spell out 900. It's a really iconic look and appropriate for the celebratory nature of a comic book like Action Comics, the book that brought us Superman in 1938, making it to 900 issues. It makes me wonder why the dark and brooding David Finch cover (seen below), which I like as an image, but not as the cover to Action Comics #900, is not the variant.
 


 

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  1. overcommitter overcommitter says:
    March 28, 2011 at 5:33 pm

    I think it really looks like AH! drew Neal Adams AS Supes!  Very cool.

  2. wallythegreenmonster wallythegreenmonster says:
    March 28, 2011 at 5:35 pm

    i much prefer the regular cover. I don’t care for the logo “explosion” and the “900″ type treatments. I just LOVE that Action Comics logo…there is no need to eff with it. Plus i love the painterly quality of the darker cover. The variant looks like a regular comic book cover you’d see on any given week.  

  3. ResurrectionFlan ResurrectionFlan says:
    March 28, 2011 at 5:41 pm

    @wallythegreenmonster  .. which exist because of Action Comics.

  4. misterckent misterckent says:
    March 28, 2011 at 5:43 pm

    I love Adam Hughes.  I just had to write my LCS to find out what it’ll take for me to own this.

  5. Paul Montgomery PaulMontgomery (@fuzzytypewriter) says:
    March 28, 2011 at 5:44 pm

    I really dig the chain concept. Looks amazing. 

  6. Jeff Reid JeffR (@JeffRReid) says:
    March 28, 2011 at 5:46 pm

    This Hughes cover is great, especially when you compare it to Superman #233. It’s neat that Hughes took a slightly different “camera angle” to make his cover pop.

  7. warmachine15 warmachine15 says:
    March 28, 2011 at 5:46 pm

    The chain thing is AWESOME.

  8. MegaPhilip MegaPhilip says:
    March 28, 2011 at 6:01 pm

    I’m all for tasteful tributes but I like the Finch one much better.

  9. FoeApple FoeApple says:
    March 28, 2011 at 6:46 pm

    my jaw seriously jsut fell open.

  10. wallythegreenmonster wallythegreenmonster says:
    March 28, 2011 at 7:17 pm

    @ResurrectionFlan–huh?

  11. Bryce31 Bryce31 says:
    March 28, 2011 at 8:11 pm

    One of his better covers I believe.

  12. DocSamson DocSamson says:
    March 28, 2011 at 8:44 pm

    Looks like he’s taking a nap while breaking the chains to me.

  13. Gramercy Gramercy says:
    March 28, 2011 at 8:51 pm

    amazing! I totally agree, that the finch cover is not appropriate at all

  14. ato220 ato220 says:
    March 28, 2011 at 9:04 pm

    Is this a ratio type variant or a cover a/b thing

  15. TexasZombie99 TexasZombie99 says:
    March 28, 2011 at 9:12 pm

    If I were a fresh face walking into a comic shop, I wouldn’t gravitate toward the muddy dark Finch cover at all, the Hughes cover is awesome.

  16. Crucio Crucio says:
    March 28, 2011 at 10:14 pm

    Love the Hughes cover. The Finch cover is great but I’d walk right by it and not think about it. The Hughes cover I’d pick up and admire and then put back. I love Superman not a big fan of his comics in the last few years.

  17. MBurnsOH MBurnsOH says:
    March 28, 2011 at 10:28 pm

    Crap, I like the variant better.  So hard to get!

  18. TheGoose says:
    March 28, 2011 at 11:30 pm

    Love the chain symbolism.

  19. SuperMoore SuperMoore says:
    March 29, 2011 at 1:54 am

    Very nice!

  20. Tork Tork says:
    March 29, 2011 at 8:12 pm

    Supes has been breaking chains with his pecs since the Siegel and Shuster days.

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