ACTION COMICS (1938-2011) #331
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SOLD ON: Friday, 03/23/2018 8:00 PM
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PUBLISHER: DC
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Curt Swan cover; Al Plastino/Jim Mooney pencils; George Klein inks.
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Curt Swan cover; Al Plastino/Jim Mooney pencils; George Klein inks.
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white pgs glossy! investment grade
Curt Swan cover; Al Plastino/Jim Mooney pencils; George Klein inks.Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. "Clark Kent's Masquerade As Superman!", script by Otto Binder, art by Al Plastino; Lois arranges one copy of a fake newspaper with a headline revealing Superman's secret identity, but when it accidentally gets printed as the real thing, Perry and Lois want Clark to pretend to really be Superman as a publicity stunt. Cap's Hobby Center by Henry Boltinoff. Batman and Robin ad. "Operation Satan," script by Leo Dorfman, art by Jim Mooney; Supergirl and the other imprisoned heroes eventually find a way to defeat Dr. Supernatural. Supergirl and Wonder Woman ad.
Artist Information
Swan was a house artist at DC working on titles like Tommy Tomorrow, he began gravitating towards Superman and his related books, Superboy, World's Finest and Jimmy Olsen, he would eventually leave DC thanks to his personality issue with Editor In Chief Mort Weisinger. He would eventually return and go on to be the artist that defined the look of Superman in the Silver Age, eventually becoming the editor of the title, but after thirty years of keeping up standards of all things Superman, Swan was given the boot in favor of John Byrne's Superman reboot, Swan's comic work began to taper off after this dismissal and he eventually retired, but will forever be recognized as the Silver Age Superman's finest artist.
Curt Swan cover; Al Plastino/Jim Mooney pencils; George Klein inks.Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. "Clark Kent's Masquerade As Superman!", script by Otto Binder, art by Al Plastino; Lois arranges one copy of a fake newspaper with a headline revealing Superman's secret identity, but when it accidentally gets printed as the real thing, Perry and Lois want Clark to pretend to really be Superman as a publicity stunt. Cap's Hobby Center by Henry Boltinoff. Batman and Robin ad. "Operation Satan," script by Leo Dorfman, art by Jim Mooney; Supergirl and the other imprisoned heroes eventually find a way to defeat Dr. Supernatural. Supergirl and Wonder Woman ad.
Artist Information
Swan was a house artist at DC working on titles like Tommy Tomorrow, he began gravitating towards Superman and his related books, Superboy, World's Finest and Jimmy Olsen, he would eventually leave DC thanks to his personality issue with Editor In Chief Mort Weisinger. He would eventually return and go on to be the artist that defined the look of Superman in the Silver Age, eventually becoming the editor of the title, but after thirty years of keeping up standards of all things Superman, Swan was given the boot in favor of John Byrne's Superman reboot, Swan's comic work began to taper off after this dismissal and he eventually retired, but will forever be recognized as the Silver Age Superman's finest artist.