SUPERMAN (1939-86; 2006-11) #203
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Batman cameo (1/68)Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. Clark Kent's Biggest Day! starring the Long Hair Gang, Clark Kent, and Diana Adair, script by Leo Dorfman, art by Al Plastino. Superman's Black Magic!, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Al Plastino; While attending a costume party dressed as the devil, Superman sees two crooks he has been looking for; He pretends to be the devil to trick the crooks into revealing all their past crimes; the Daily Planet staff appear at a costume party dressed as Green Arrow, Wonder Woman, Superman and Aquaman; There's also a Jimmy Olsen Superman and even a paunchy Perry White Superman. When Superman Killed His Friends!, script by E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Pete Costanza; Superman's "S" symbol becomes a death ray. Letter to the editor from Cerebus writer/artist Dave Sim ("David Sim").
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.
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.