In I Can't Cover What I Am, I spotlight a collection of comic book covers (of at least ten covers) that follow a specific theme.

Today, as Alex Schomburg's 115th birthday comes to a close, let's just look at a bunch of his classic comic book covers.

Schomburg, of course, was one of the greatest comic book cover artists of all-time. As Stan Lee once said, "Alex Schomburg was to comic books what Norman Rockwell was to The Saturday Evening Post...When it came to illustrating covers, there simply was no one else in Alex's league."

Schomburg is best known for his Marvel superhero covers during the Golden Age, which are noted by the fact that the heroes are typically drawn much larger than normal, so that they stand out on the covers...

Plus, Human Torch and Sub Mariner fighting a lot...

including the first fight between Human Torch and Sub-Mariner...

Plus lots of hostages being rescued...

But really, he's noted for how detailed his covers are and just how much intense action he threw into every cover...

Captain America seemed to carry a lot of bombs.

Schomburg drew comics other than superheroes, of course, including a lot of creepy hostage rescue covers...

Schomburg would also draw superhero comics for Standard Comics/Nedor Publishing....

Schomburg drew some twisted covers during the war. Some of them are kind of sketchy, but they were certainly clever for the time...

After the war, Schomburg moved to cheesecake "Good girl" covers...

And science fiction covers. Few people draw robots as ominously as Schomburg did...

Schomburg passed away in 1998 at the age of 92. Schomburg was from Puerto Rico, making him one of the first prominent Puerto Rican comic book artists.

Happy birthday, Mr. Schomburg!

That's it for this installment of I Can't Cover What I Am! If you have a suggestion for a cover theme you'd like to see, drop me a line at brianc@cbr.com!