All-Star Superman #1 · 2005
A moment above the clouds.
Superman pauses above the clouds in Frank Quitely’s celebrated cover. Follow its quiet confidence through new heroes, new worlds and playful tributes.
The origin pointAll-Star Superman #1 · Frank Quitely; Jamie Grant
The original cover
All-Star Superman #1
Superman pauses above the clouds in Frank Quitely’s celebrated cover. Follow its quiet confidence through new heroes, new worlds and playful tributes.
This catalog follows the original cover’s composition across published comics and announced editions. Trade dress, virgin, foil and sketch treatments are described in edition notes. Connecting sets identify their participating issues and panels.
Verified records have source support for the exact cover and target. Partial records retain attribution or edition gaps. Reprints, interior-scene homages, different targets and unresolved references are listed separately below.
Released November 16, 2005; January 2006 cover date. The catalogue uses release year 2005, not the cover-date year. Original trade-dress scan. Superman sits calmly on a cloud above Metropolis and looks back toward the reader; Frank Quitely’s relaxed composition is colored by Jamie Grant.
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Research & releases · Reviewed October 19, 2026
New editions and open questions
As of October 19, 2026, searches of publisher announcements, distributor listings, 2026/2027 solicitations and exact-target cover references found no independently confirmed future-dated 2026/2027 comic cover homage to All-Star Superman #1. This is a research finding, not a claim that none will be announced.
Undisclosed print quantities, ambiguous credits and conflicting edition dates remain identified as unknown. This catalog can grow as publishers, artists and collectors provide new evidence.
Research changes and source notes
- CL-ASS1-0001: Cover homage
Ian Churchill cover pencils and inks confirmed by GCD; the cover inscription acknowledges Frank Quitely. Cover colorist is not independently confirmed. Retain August 23, 2006 on-sale date from GCD; DC legacy page lists August 16 and DCUI digital metadata August 22, so exact date has source disagreement.
- CL-ASS1-0002: Cover homage
Publisher explicitly credits Darick Robertson for the cover, Carlos Ezquerra for interior pencils/inks. Exact publisher scan confirms Stormfront seated above a burning city; background figures are too small to identify. September 2 on-sale date retained from supplied issue record; publisher confirms September 2009 only.
- CL-ASS1-0003: Cover homage
DC publisher Pride announcement and solicitation confirm Stephen Byrne and June 6, 2023; final GCD record confirms cover pencils, inks and colors by Byrne. Open-to-order Pride cardstock cover, not an incentive ratio. Publisher native promotional cover art is textless; no finish limitation inferred.
- CL-ASS1-0004: Cover homage
Actual on-sale date corrected to July 23, 2025, confirmed by GCD and retailer. June 25 was the original announced date. Exact final trade dress identifies Batman #161 and film promotion; Superman alone appears, not Batman. GCD credits Jiménez pencils, inks and colors.
- Glasgow Comic Con 2011 poster / event programme: Not added
Related Quitely reinterpretation found, but event ephemera rather than a published comic cover; excluded from comic-homage count.
- Superman Day 2025 All-Star Superman #1 and DC W.I.P. All-Star Superman #1: Not added
Original cover reprints / uncolored original pencils, not newly drawn homage covers.
- All-Star Superman Deluxe Superman Day 2026 dust jacket: Not added
Animated movie key art edition; no evidence it restages the #1 cloud-seated composition. Not added as a confirmed homage.
- 2025 film fan poster by Giorgio Marangolo: Not added
Fan-created movie poster, not a published comic edition.
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