SUPERMAN (1939-86; 2006-11) #199
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1st Superman vs. Flash race
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1st Superman vs. Flash race
Pennsylvania Dutch Copy
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ow/white pgs; QES certified - criteria met: preferred staple placement + perfect staple area + exceptional spine + deep color strike (black & red)
1st Superman vs. Flash race
Pennsylvania Dutch CopyWho is faster, Superman or The Flash? The argument likely raged on for years amongst young DC readers, defending their favorite hero in treehouse debates around the country. This issue sets out to answer the query and silence the haters. To raise funds for the UN, Superman and Flash agree to race around the Earth three times, to much international fanfare, but some bad eggs want in on the action, pitting criminal gangs from the US and Europe against one another for a billion-dollar bounty. Shenanigans ensue, with our two heroes being replaced by imposters to fix the race, but eventually, the Man of Steel and the Scarlet Speedster return to finish the contest, (spoiler alert) in a tie, foiling the villainous plans of the syndicates. An unquestionable classic key of the Silver Age, with an iconic cover illustration by Infantino and Anderson.
Artists Information
High School of Art & Design alum Carmine Infantino got his start in the industry working Timely, a precursor to Marvel Comics, where he would do spot work on anthology features, in his first work at DC he helped create Black Canary and began his long-running involvement with the Flash during his Golden Age era, as well as illustrating the original Green Lantern. After the post-war comic book slump Infantino collaborated with writer Robert Kanigher and editor Julius Schwartz to help bring back superheroes and launch the Silver Age by updating the Flash in the pages of Showcase, the reboot was a huge success and led to the superhero rebirth that has continued into the modern day, Infantino's ability to capture speed and movement on a page made his Flash believable and engaging. Carmine was promoted to Art Director and then Publisher at DC over the course of his illustrious career,
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.
1st Superman vs. Flash race
Pennsylvania Dutch CopyWho is faster, Superman or The Flash? The argument likely raged on for years amongst young DC readers, defending their favorite hero in treehouse debates around the country. This issue sets out to answer the query and silence the haters. To raise funds for the UN, Superman and Flash agree to race around the Earth three times, to much international fanfare, but some bad eggs want in on the action, pitting criminal gangs from the US and Europe against one another for a billion-dollar bounty. Shenanigans ensue, with our two heroes being replaced by imposters to fix the race, but eventually, the Man of Steel and the Scarlet Speedster return to finish the contest, (spoiler alert) in a tie, foiling the villainous plans of the syndicates. An unquestionable classic key of the Silver Age, with an iconic cover illustration by Infantino and Anderson.
Artists Information
High School of Art & Design alum Carmine Infantino got his start in the industry working Timely, a precursor to Marvel Comics, where he would do spot work on anthology features, in his first work at DC he helped create Black Canary and began his long-running involvement with the Flash during his Golden Age era, as well as illustrating the original Green Lantern. After the post-war comic book slump Infantino collaborated with writer Robert Kanigher and editor Julius Schwartz to help bring back superheroes and launch the Silver Age by updating the Flash in the pages of Showcase, the reboot was a huge success and led to the superhero rebirth that has continued into the modern day, Infantino's ability to capture speed and movement on a page made his Flash believable and engaging. Carmine was promoted to Art Director and then Publisher at DC over the course of his illustrious career,
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.