The Greatest (Comic) of All Time

The fine folks over at Deadspin’s The Stacks recently put together a post on a pop culture time capsule, a 1978 DC comic featuring Superman and Muhammad Ali.

The famed comic, entitled Superman vs. Muhammad Ali, was a 72-age oversize edition that was also reissued in 2010 in a hardcover form.  Part of a collectors’ series issues by DC, the comic included a wrap-around cover featuring the likenesses of many stars of the day -- and despite being a literary piece, it still strikes me as odd that Kurt Vonnegut was included, but he was a big deal.

Interestingly, at the time of its delayed release in 1978, Ali had lost the world heavyweight boxing title to Leon Spinks.

In addition to providing the backstory behind the famed comic images from its pages, The Stacks’ post also includes two embedded YouTube links -- a clip from the original production of the comic (below) and a recent interview with DC Comics artist Neal Adams.

Here is a link to a Wikipedia entry specifically about the 1978 comic and follow this link to check out the Deadspin post.

Image courtesy DeadSpin.