Swan, Curt - ACTION COMICS (1938-2011) #396 Complete Story
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SOLD ON: Monday, 03/18/2024 9:07 PM
$4,312.50
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PUBLISHER: DC
COMMENTS: A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
Curt Swan pencils/Murphy Anderson inks; complete 13 page story; 1971; image size 10" x 15" ea.
Rare complete Swanderson story!
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Curt Swan pencils/Murphy Anderson inks; complete 13 page story; 1971; image size 10" x 15" ea.
Rare complete Swanderson story!
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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
Curt Swan pencils/Murphy Anderson inks; complete 13 page story; 1971; image size 10" x 15" ea.
Rare complete Swanderson story!incredibly rare, one of the, if not the only, complete Swanderson Superman story in existence. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition.
The 1st image is the pages 2-3 double title spread, the rest of the pages are in the second image.
We realize many of you would like to bid on this auction lot, so for this listing, ComicConnect.com offers a 6 month, interest free, time payment plan with a 20% non-refundable deposit. Time Payments invoices can only be paid by cash, check, money order or wire transfer. LEARN MORE
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 pencils/Murphy Anderson inks; complete 13 page story; 1971; image size 10" x 15" ea.
Rare complete Swanderson story!incredibly rare, one of the, if not the only, complete Swanderson Superman story in existence. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition.
The 1st image is the pages 2-3 double title spread, the rest of the pages are in the second image.
We realize many of you would like to bid on this auction lot, so for this listing, ComicConnect.com offers a 6 month, interest free, time payment plan with a 20% non-refundable deposit. Time Payments invoices can only be paid by cash, check, money order or wire transfer. LEARN MORE
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.