Fanboy #1

The tagline says it all — "And you think you love comics!" — as this charming 1999 DC six-issue series kicks off with a cover by Sergio Aragonés and Jerry Ordway that perfectly sets the tone: a wide-eyed, cartoon fanboy seated at his cluttered drawing desk looks up in awe at a very real, very determined Superman tearing open his shirt to reveal the iconic S-shield. The contrast between the cartoonish protagonist (sporting a "Approved by the Comics Code Authority" t-shirt, no less) and the heroic Man of Steel looming over him is both genuinely funny and instantly endearing. With Mark Evanier writing and Aragonés drawing, this series promises a love letter to comics fandom that's hard to resist picking up.