ADVENTURE COMICS (1938-83) #321
NM-: 9.2
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glossy! ow/white pgs
1st app. Time TrapperCover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. The Code of the Legion--Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by John Forte, inks by Sheldon Moldoff and Al Plastino (Superboy face on splash only); The Legionnaires submit to tests of their ability to keep secret their greatest weapon from Commissioner Wilson. Chief Hot Foot humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Clark Kent, Cub Reporter starring Superboy, art by John Sikela.
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.
1st app. Time TrapperCover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. The Code of the Legion--Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by John Forte, inks by Sheldon Moldoff and Al Plastino (Superboy face on splash only); The Legionnaires submit to tests of their ability to keep secret their greatest weapon from Commissioner Wilson. Chief Hot Foot humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Clark Kent, Cub Reporter starring Superboy, art by John Sikela.
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.