News: Perez Discuss Crisis #7 Homages Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:04:16 CST [ submitted by Wattana ]

 From MODERN MASTERS #2: GEORGE PEREZ (Nov 2003)

MODERN MASTERS #2: GEORGE PEREZ (Nov 2003) MIGHTY THOR #127 (Apr 1966), cover art by Jack Kirby/Vince Colletta SUPERMAN'S GIRLFRIEND, LOIS LANE #128 (Dec 1972), cover art by John Rosenberger / Vinnie Colletta UNCANNY X-MEN #136 (Aug 1980), cover art by John Byrne

MODERN MASTERS #2: GEORGE PEREZ
Nov 2003
transcribed by Wattana

pg. 47

MM: The cover of issue #7, the death of Supergirl cover, has become- along with Action Comics #1 and Fantastic Four #1 and a few others- one of the most imitated covers of all time.

GEORGE: And Giant-Size X-Men #1.

MM: That too. But it;s got to be in the top ten at the very least. How do you feel about that? Did you think it would resonate so deeply so long?

GEORGE: Well, it's flattering. That particular idea was inspired primarily from a Jack Kirby Thor cover. I had seen the John Byrne death of Phoenix cover, but it didn't register at the time- it might have been subconcious. But later I looked at- I believe it was an old Lois Lane comic- Superman holding Lois Lane with a ring of characters at ground level in mourning, too. That one was eerie. That one I didn't even remember seeing before. [laughter] But that seems to be the closest in actual layout to what I did for cover of Crisis #7. Unlike the death of Lois Lane, the death of Thor, and the death of Phoenix, there was no sense of finality to them- Phoenix at the time was supposed to. With Supergirl, this was meant to really kill the character and show that in this series anything can happen. That's probably what people remember more. Of course, I probably put as many characters into that one cover as all those other covers combined, which I think is what a lot of people remember.