ADVENTURE COMICS (1938-83) #355
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Legion of Super-Villains, Lex Luthor, Mxyzptlk app.
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Legion of Super-Villains, Lex Luthor, Mxyzptlk app.
Pennsylvania Dutch Copy
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Legion of Super-Villains, Lex Luthor, Mxyzptlk app.
Pennsylvania Dutch CopyCover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. The War of the Legions!--Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes, script by Jim Shooter, pencils by Jim Shooter (layouts only) and Curt Swan, inks by George Klein; The Legion is lured into separate traps by the Legion of Super-Villains, but are saved by the current day Lex Luthor and Mr. Mxyzptlk. The Six-Legged Legionnaire--Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein; Lana Lang accompanies Superboy to a meeting of the Legion and applies for membership; Though she is rejected, she participates in a mission and is elected to the Legion Reserve. Letter to the editor from Irene Vartanoff.
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.
Legion of Super-Villains, Lex Luthor, Mxyzptlk app.
Pennsylvania Dutch CopyCover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. The War of the Legions!--Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes, script by Jim Shooter, pencils by Jim Shooter (layouts only) and Curt Swan, inks by George Klein; The Legion is lured into separate traps by the Legion of Super-Villains, but are saved by the current day Lex Luthor and Mr. Mxyzptlk. The Six-Legged Legionnaire--Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein; Lana Lang accompanies Superboy to a meeting of the Legion and applies for membership; Though she is rejected, she participates in a mission and is elected to the Legion Reserve. Letter to the editor from Irene Vartanoff.
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.