WORLD'S FINEST COMICS (1941-86) #88
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Curt Swan cvr, Sprang, Ray art; 1st Joker/Luthor team-up
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Curt Swan cvr, Sprang, Ray art; 1st Joker/Luthor team-up
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glossy! ow/white pages
Curt Swan cvr, Sprang, Ray art; 1st Joker/Luthor team-upCover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. Superman and Batman's Greatest Foes!, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Stan Kaye; ex Luthor and Joker go into business together making Mechano-Men, near indestructible robots; Superman and Batman believe they have not gone straight and try to figure out their master plan. Lionel and his Lions humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Imprisoned Archer starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. Charlie Cannonball humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. A Pistol for Tomahawk, art by Fred Ray.
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 cvr, Sprang, Ray art; 1st Joker/Luthor team-upCover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. Superman and Batman's Greatest Foes!, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Stan Kaye; ex Luthor and Joker go into business together making Mechano-Men, near indestructible robots; Superman and Batman believe they have not gone straight and try to figure out their master plan. Lionel and his Lions humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Imprisoned Archer starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. Charlie Cannonball humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. A Pistol for Tomahawk, art by Fred Ray.
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.