Celebrating the birthday of writer/artist
Mike Grell (September, 13, 1947).
Mike was a big talent, especially in the 1970s, making a name for himself drawing the Legion of Super-Heroes (as the LSH was taking over the Superboy title)...
...but two of his most iconic covers did not appear there.
Below, are the full covers and a little on what was inside these oversized treasury editions!
Limited Collectors' Edition #C-49 (October-November, 1976)
With this iconic cover,
Mike Grell made sure he'd be remembered by Legion fans for decades to come.
But, Mike was only represented sporadically on the inside of book...
...with the main part of the issue containing reprints of debut of Mordru from
Adventure Comics #369 and
#370 (June and July, 1968), some fact pages about the Legion Headquarters, and the great
Dave Cockrum had his two page diagram of the wedding of Duo Damsel and Bouncing Boy provided (with a guide to the characters in back!).
All-New Collectors' Edition #C-55 (March, 1978)
Here,
Mike did the illustrations for the main story, where Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl finally get married (and he and writer
Paul Levitz made it to the wedding as well,
Paul on the far left,
Mike on the far right), in an odd story influenced by the Time Trapper, who changed the past...and, there are some wonderful fact files on the Legion in the back (though they were drawn by
Jim Sherman and
Jack Abel).
Bits of wonderful Legion history, cementing
Mike Grell's place as an artist in it!
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