Swan, Curt - LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 1980-84 #306 Interior Page
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PUBLISHER: DC
COMMENTS: Curt Swan pencils/Larry Mahlstedt inks; page 4; 1983; image size 10" x 15"
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Curt Swan pencils/Larry Mahlstedt inks; page 4; 1983; image size 10" x 15"Great Legion page by Swan, one of the artists most associated with the characters. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition. Signed by Swan.
Artists 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.
Larry Mahlstedt is a professional comic book inker and illustrator. He started his career in the early 80s working for DC Comics on titles like Adventure Comics, Unexpected, Weird War Tales, Green Lantern, Batman and many others. Larry moved to Marvel Comics in the early 90's and worked on some of their most notable titles including "Amazing Spider-Man".
Artists 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.
Larry Mahlstedt is a professional comic book inker and illustrator. He started his career in the early 80s working for DC Comics on titles like Adventure Comics, Unexpected, Weird War Tales, Green Lantern, Batman and many others. Larry moved to Marvel Comics in the early 90's and worked on some of their most notable titles including "Amazing Spider-Man".