{"id":4560,"date":"2012-09-11T09:47:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T16:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/?p=4560"},"modified":"2012-09-11T09:47:51","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T16:47:51","slug":"comic-book-cover-swipes-exposed-128-superman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/comic-book-cover-swipes-exposed-128-superman\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Book Cover Swipes Exposed #128 Superman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"b18d58\">After looking at hundreds of comic book covers, it becomes quickly apparent that not every cover is 100% original. Whether done intentionally or even underhandedly, there&#8217;s something about uncovering these &#8220;swipes&#8221; that adds a new element of fun to reading and collecting comics.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>The rematch between <strong>Guy Gardner <\/strong>and <strong>Superman <\/strong>is a direct swipe of their first battle. Although, it should be mentioned that the first battle (in #688) was between Guy and the <strong>Eradicator <\/strong>(who was posing as Superman). At that time, Superman was &#8220;dead&#8221; but don&#8217;t you worry! He came back &#8230; with a mullet.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blogimages\/superman-v2-123.jpg\" alt=\"Superman vol. II #123\" title=\"Superman vol. II #123\" \/><br \/>\nSuperman vol. II #123<br \/>\nMay 1997<br \/>\nRon Frenz\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blogimages\/mr-mxyzptlk-villains-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mr. Myxzptlk (Villains) #1\" title=\"Mr. Myxzptlk (Villains) #1\" \/><br \/>\nMr. Myxzptlk (Villains) #1<br \/>\nFebruary 1998<br \/>\nJason Pearson\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blogimages\/superman-v2-149.jpg\" alt=\"Superman vol. II #149\" title=\"Superman vol. II #149\" \/><br \/>\nSuperman vol. II #149<br \/>\nOctober 1999<br \/>\nRon Frenz\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><u>On Ebay<\/u>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics__W0QQ_sacatZCyberspaceComicsQQ_sidZ13296653?_nkw=%22superman%22&#038;submit=Search&#038;LH_TitleDesc=1\">Superman<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">On AtomicAvenue<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicavenue.com\/atomic\/SellerIssues.aspx?XT=1&amp;T=superman&amp;S=cyberspacecomics\" target=\"_blank\">Superman<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After looking at hundreds of comic book covers, it becomes quickly apparent that not every cover is 100% original. Whether done intentionally or even underhandedly, there&#8217;s something about uncovering these &#8220;swipes&#8221; that adds a new element of fun to reading and collecting comics. The rematch between Guy Gardner and Superman is a direct swipe of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-swiped-comic-book-cover-swipes-exposed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4560"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4562,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4560\/revisions\/4562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}