Time Magazine Superman HE'S 50 March 14 1988 SIGNED John Byrne Jerry Ordway Art For Sale

Cover dated March 14, 1988, this 35 year old issue of Timefeatures a stunning Superman cover by John Byrne (pencils) and Jerry Ordway (inks). When this issue was released, Byrne had recently revamped the Man of Steel for DC Comics and Ordway was illustrating The Adventures of Superman title. Superman's appearance in the magazinewas unusual for the period and, in many ways (especially his featured appearance on the cover itself) it was a first for a publication that until that time tended to ignore popular culture in favor of highbrow content. The 8-page story includes photos and gives a brief history of Superman's first 50 years. It also features an additional interior illustration by Byrne and Ordway. The magazine is in near mint condition (great eye appeal but does have some minor wear - mostly the spine and bottom center edge of the cover, see scans) and it will be shipped with the utmost care. It is signed by hand by both John Byrne and Jerry Ordway. Please note- the signatures are real. They are the actual, hand-signed signatures of both Byrne and Ordway. They are not pre-printed images on the cover.Includes COA.

Of note, John Byrne once shard about this cover:

I don’t recall what I was paid for that TIME cover. I have done the best I can to blot most of that experience out of my mind. Just about everything that could have gone wrong went wrong – including the cover been featured later than it was supposed to be and so blowing all the hype.

The worst part was that the art director at TIME decided he knew more about what comics look and read like than, you know, people who do comics for a living, and so added that godawful word balloon to the cover, which not only has some of the worst lettering I have ever seen, but also has Superman referring to his “supernatural” powers.

When he signed this issue, he 'corrected' the text by striking through the word 'supernatural.' A rare opportunity to own a piece both signed and edited (however minusculely) by Byrne.