SUPERMAN (1939-86; 2006-11) #356
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Swan artCover pencils by Rich Buckler, inks by Dick Giordano. Battle of the Super-Hyper Powers!, script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; Vartox returns to Earth from his new adopted planet Tynola to tell Lana goodby, and also to secretly ask Superman for help. The Exile From Krypton, script by Paul S. Newman, pencils by Jose Delbo, inks by Kim DeMulder; Lok-Nor meets an alien spaceship and is tricked into making his people slaves.
Artists 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.
Richard "Dick" Giordano was an American comics artist and editor whose long and prosperous career included introducing Charlton Comics' "Action Heroes" stable of superheroes and serving as executive editor of DC Comics. He worked on a wide range of titles over the years, including Batman, Green Lantern/Green Arrow, Teen Titans, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Action Comics among countless others. His style was very much in the Neal Adams mold, making him a popular go-to artist in the 70s and 80s.
Rich Buckler was an American comic book artist, best known for his work on Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four in the mid-1970's and for creating the character Deathlok in Astonishing Tales #25. Buckler drew virtually every major character at Marvel and DC, often as a cover artist.
Francisco Chiaramonte was an American comic book artist best known as an inker for DC Comics and Marvel Comics from 1972 to 1982. Notable works. Superman, Ghost Rider, Man-Thing, and Werewolf by Night.
Kim DeMulder is an American comic book inker and professional illustrator. DeMulder started working for DC Comics in the very early 80s on titles like World's Finest and Batman. A couple of years later he started working for Marvel Comics and he continued his career working for various comic book publishers until the late 90s, when he moved away from the comic book industry and became an independent artist.
José Delbo is an Argentine comics artist. He is best known for his work on Wonder Woman for DC Comics and The Transformers for Marvel Comics. His first work for DC Comics appeared in The Spectre #10 (May–June 1969). Delbo became the artist on the Wonder Woman title with issue #222 (Feb.–March 1976) and drew the series until #286 (Dec. 1981). Delbo taught at The Kubert School from the 1990s until 2005. After moving to Florida, he taught at a "cartoon camp" program for school aged children in Boca Raton.
Swan artCover pencils by Rich Buckler, inks by Dick Giordano. Battle of the Super-Hyper Powers!, script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; Vartox returns to Earth from his new adopted planet Tynola to tell Lana goodby, and also to secretly ask Superman for help. The Exile From Krypton, script by Paul S. Newman, pencils by Jose Delbo, inks by Kim DeMulder; Lok-Nor meets an alien spaceship and is tricked into making his people slaves.
Artists 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.
Richard "Dick" Giordano was an American comics artist and editor whose long and prosperous career included introducing Charlton Comics' "Action Heroes" stable of superheroes and serving as executive editor of DC Comics. He worked on a wide range of titles over the years, including Batman, Green Lantern/Green Arrow, Teen Titans, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Action Comics among countless others. His style was very much in the Neal Adams mold, making him a popular go-to artist in the 70s and 80s.
Rich Buckler was an American comic book artist, best known for his work on Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four in the mid-1970's and for creating the character Deathlok in Astonishing Tales #25. Buckler drew virtually every major character at Marvel and DC, often as a cover artist.
Francisco Chiaramonte was an American comic book artist best known as an inker for DC Comics and Marvel Comics from 1972 to 1982. Notable works. Superman, Ghost Rider, Man-Thing, and Werewolf by Night.
Kim DeMulder is an American comic book inker and professional illustrator. DeMulder started working for DC Comics in the very early 80s on titles like World's Finest and Batman. A couple of years later he started working for Marvel Comics and he continued his career working for various comic book publishers until the late 90s, when he moved away from the comic book industry and became an independent artist.
José Delbo is an Argentine comics artist. He is best known for his work on Wonder Woman for DC Comics and The Transformers for Marvel Comics. His first work for DC Comics appeared in The Spectre #10 (May–June 1969). Delbo became the artist on the Wonder Woman title with issue #222 (Feb.–March 1976) and drew the series until #286 (Dec. 1981). Delbo taught at The Kubert School from the 1990s until 2005. After moving to Florida, he taught at a "cartoon camp" program for school aged children in Boca Raton.
