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Curt Swan pencils/Frank Giacoia inks; Superman Aurora Model Kit #185-140 Page 5 (DC Comics, 1974); image size 10" x 15"

The Superman model kit included an 8-page (3 pages of which were directions for building the now famous kit) with art by Curt Swan (fan favorite for the foundational DC character) and Frank Giacoia. The comic was only released inside the model kit box in April 1974. This is the only battle page between Superman and Neutron! The art is accomplished in ink over graphite on Bristol board. It measures approximately 11 inches x 17 inches and is in excellent condition.

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.

Frank Giacoia (July 6, 1924 – February 4, 1988) was an American comics artist known primarily as an inker. He sometimes worked under the name Frank Ray, Giacoia made the rounds to almost every Golden Age publisher, notably working on Flash and Batman stories, he also worked at Timely during this period. In the Silver Age Frank worked on many Jack Kirby pages, particularly in Captain America, and he also notably inked the first appearance of the Punisher in AMS #129.