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The Superman Story That Will Be Published… Later

Published Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:00:00 -0500

Last updated Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:06:12 -0500

Yesterday on the open George Pérez Fan Page on Facebook, Pérez posted the image above with the following;

Since this book will be on the stands tomorrow, I figure it would be okay to finally show my variant cover for SUPERMAN 712, which I dedicated to the memory of a dear friend named Rob Morrisroe who was a lifelong Superman fan. The original art was given to his surviving life partner Scott Mills.

Morrisroe and Mills are named in the original artwork. However the original post was soon followed by George Pérez in a very different frame of mind.

I have just received word from my editor at DC that DC decided to pull the original story slated for issue #712 and replace everything with another story and replacement covers ALL WITHOUT EVEN HAVING THE COURTESY OF TELLING ME! Considering the personal nature of this cover, and their knowledge of its significance, I am both extremely upset and personally embarrassed. My deepest apologies especially to Scott Mills and all of Rob Morrisroe's friends and family and the Moonlight Players. I've been told that the cover has been rescheduled to appear as the cover for Issue 714 (the last of the classic SUPERMAN run, meaning that I draw the last of the old and the first of the new), but this doesn't assuage my consternation and disappointment at the way this has been handled. I'm awaiting a call back from my editor but please don't expect me to discuss any particulars about it on a public forum. Just know that I feel horrible about all this and and can only apologize to all those who may have been inconvenienced or disappointed by this unexpected (and totally preventable) turn of events.

Bleeding Cool's Peter Svensson pointed out on the thread "I'm very sorry George. DC has known about this for a while, so the fact that they didn't inform you is quite distressing."

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