Giordano's studio did most of the inking for which he was credited -- most of it done by Frank McGlaughlin, as he himself told me years later -- and Dick, of course, had absolutely NOTHING to do with that cover. The work there, pencils and inks, is all mine.

It's unfortunate that the need for the current crew to always assert their ascendency colors this collection so much. One would think that the 2004 Jim Lee cover would suit that need well enough, but no. We clearly had to have a pantless NuSuperman in the array as well. That is after all who Superman IS, they would insist. The others are simply faded reminders of who Superman was. Okay, fine. Whatever, but then why include the Jim Lee cover as well, giving the current crew a disproportion representation? Because they can, I would guess.

I, too, find the exclusion of Swan to be a crime against the man and history. The decision of which covers to use seems to have been made based on how iconic the image is. Obviously, the cover to Superman 1 belongs there. I'm also good with the inclusion of MOS #1's alternate cover, another iconic image one readily associates with the character.

The other Golden Age cover is there, I would guess, because it actually shows the character being "more powerful than a locomotive." That seems like thin reasoning to exclude Swan, Garcia-Lopez, Boring, and a number of other creators who contributed mightily to the rich history of Superman.

I suppose that the collection being Canadian would rule out any overtly American representations of Superman, such as Fred Ray's beautiful cover to Superman #14. Does anyone else have any suggestions of iconic, picture-perfect Superman covers that would have been better choices?

At the moment, this one comes to mind...

And maybe these...

So many of the covers of the Swan era were tightly focused on that month's story. I'm having trouble coming up with a suitable Swan cover to show the hero in his glory rather than simply caught up in this month's battle, romance, oddball situation, or evasion of Lois' snooping... Action #266 with Supergirl, Krypto, and Streaky is representative of the Weisinger era at least. Superman #300 perhaps?

My posting of Superman #11's cover is off, I know, given that I just said that two Golden Age covers was maybe not the best choice... Other cover images that I think might have served this collection well are Superman #254 (by Nick Cardy), #345 (Andru & Giordano), & #400 (although Chaykin is not a Superman artist, per se.)

Apparently, there are two sets of postcards and stamps. The second set, with white backgrounds and shots of Superman in action include the work of Shuster, Boring, Adams, Lee, and a 2012 glowing red-eyed pic by Rocafort.

So, at least Adams and Boring did get in there.