Peter Poplaski Original Art Superman Sundays: 1946-1949 BACK Cover

Back cover (Lot of 2). “The One and Only Superman” image stands on its own without the front cover companion. The Man of Steel stands with hands on hips as adversaries from the late 1940s flash before him: Cleopatra, The No-Such Animal, The One-Man Super-Circus, and Super-Crime-Stopper, all based on the design of a classic 1957 comic book advertisement. $1,500

Medium/Size/Condition: India ink on heavy Bristol board measuring 15” wide x 20.5” high (38.1 x 52.1 cm). Signed and dated (2014) in lower left, with additional signature and creation history at bottom. There is some cutting/scraping on the man in the circus panel, the sub-machine gun, and a few other tiny areas. The lot includes Poplaski’s color guide: color pencils on a photocopy (two pieces of papers taped together) of the finished art, close to the same size as the original. Both items are in excellent condition, other than the small cuts noted.