Posted 13 min ago by KJ (momentsintime) in Arts Michael Turner was a whiz with his pen. The young up and coming comic book artist's work had graced the covers of DC Comics "Superman/Batman" and "The Flash. " The artist died on June 27, 2008 from chondrosarcoma, a bone cancer. Because of the cancer that Turner fought since 2000 he drew the covers of comics instead of the sequential art within. His cover art often became collectible pieces according to Ryan Liebowitz. "He was doing just the covers for the biggest and best projects -- 'Justice League' for DC or 'Civil War' for Marvel," Liebowitz said. "Fans would clamor for that." When DC brought back Supergirl they turned to Turner to reimagine her. His work will be seen in this week's release of the 500th issue of "Uncanny X-Men." Turner became working in the medium in 1994...
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