ACTION COMICS (1938-2011) #318
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Curt Swan cvr/art; Death of Luthor
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Curt Swan cvr/art; Death of Luthor
Charleston copy
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ow/w pgs
Curt Swan cvr/art; Death of Luthor
Charleston copyCover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. "The Death of Luthor!", script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein; Luthor escapes from prison and flees to the planet Lexor, where he is considered a hero; Superman pursues him, but accidentally kills Luthor in a fight. One-page Super-Turtle story by Henry Boltinoff. Supergirl's Time Trips article. "Supergirl Goes to College!", script by Leo Dorfman, art by Jim Mooney; Linda graduates from high school and receives a scholarship to Stanhope College; She is asked to join the Alpha Lambda sorority.
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 cvr/art; Death of Luthor
Charleston copyCover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. "The Death of Luthor!", script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein; Luthor escapes from prison and flees to the planet Lexor, where he is considered a hero; Superman pursues him, but accidentally kills Luthor in a fight. One-page Super-Turtle story by Henry Boltinoff. Supergirl's Time Trips article. "Supergirl Goes to College!", script by Leo Dorfman, art by Jim Mooney; Linda graduates from high school and receives a scholarship to Stanhope College; She is asked to join the Alpha Lambda sorority.
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.