ACTION COMICS (1938-2011) #324
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Swan Supergirl cover; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 5 (CBI)
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Swan Supergirl cover; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 5 (CBI)
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Swan Supergirl cover; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 5 (CBI)Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. "The Secret Life of Clark Kent!", script by Leo Dorfmanm, art by Al Plastino; Clark Kent accidentally discovers Crater Valley, where a Quaker colony has lived in seclusion since the eighteenth century. Superman ad. "The Black Magic of Supergirl!", script by Leo Dorfman, art by Jim Mooney; Supergirl acquires the Satan Ring, which allows her to perform three deeds of black magic, but the price of using it will turn her into a demon. Superboy ad. Supermen of America ad. Letter to the editor from comics writer Cary Bates.
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 Supergirl cover; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 5 (CBI)Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. "The Secret Life of Clark Kent!", script by Leo Dorfmanm, art by Al Plastino; Clark Kent accidentally discovers Crater Valley, where a Quaker colony has lived in seclusion since the eighteenth century. Superman ad. "The Black Magic of Supergirl!", script by Leo Dorfman, art by Jim Mooney; Supergirl acquires the Satan Ring, which allows her to perform three deeds of black magic, but the price of using it will turn her into a demon. Superboy ad. Supermen of America ad. Letter to the editor from comics writer Cary Bates.
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.