Late last year the United States Postal Service issued a sheet of 20 stamps honoring the DC Comics line of superheroes and featuring 10 of those superheroes, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and The Flash. I bought 2 sheets of them at the time, one for myself and one for Mikey (which I haven’t given him yet because I want to place it in a protective cover for him). The art for each character on the stamps is usually by an artist that is most associated with that particular character. For instance, Curt Swan’s Superman, Neal Adams’ Batman and Green Lantern and Carmine Infantino’s The Flash. In addition, on the back of each stamp, there is a very brief biography of the character and a rundown of their powers. The remaining 10 stamps on each sheet are comprised of important covers from each hero’s history including Batman #1 by Batman creator Bob Kane, Green Lantern #4 by Gil Kane and Wonder Woman #22 by George Perez.

Later this year the USPS will release a sheet honoring the Marvel Comics line of superheroes which will showcase characters such as Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Wolverine and The Silver Surfer. This upcoming sheet will follow the example of the DC sheet, with the most associated artist portrait shots, small bios provided and classic covers with each character.. I’ll be picking up those for Mikey and myself as soon as they are available. No release date has been set at this point, other than sometime in 2007.