SUPERMAN (1939-86; 2006-11) #185
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Swan c/aCover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. Superman's Achilles' Heel!, art by Pete Costanza; The Man of Steel resorts to wearing a steel box on his right hand after Red Kryptonite gives him a vulnerable "Achilles' Heel". Target Superman! [part 1], art by Jim Mooney; Rich Dolores Rivera uses her fortune to try to snare Superman. The Irresistible Clark Kent! [part 2]; Vol-Don of the Look-Alike Squad of Kandor impersonates Clark Kent to help Superman.
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.
Swan c/aCover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. Superman's Achilles' Heel!, art by Pete Costanza; The Man of Steel resorts to wearing a steel box on his right hand after Red Kryptonite gives him a vulnerable "Achilles' Heel". Target Superman! [part 1], art by Jim Mooney; Rich Dolores Rivera uses her fortune to try to snare Superman. The Irresistible Clark Kent! [part 2]; Vol-Don of the Look-Alike Squad of Kandor impersonates Clark Kent to help Superman.
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.