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SOLD ON: Monday, 12/16/2024 8:22 PM
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PUBLISHER: DC
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Curt Swan pencils/Frank Chiaramonte inks; page 5; 1981; image size 10" x 15"
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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
Curt Swan pencils/Frank Chiaramonte inks; page 5; 1981; image size 10" x 15"Superman tends to an asteroid out in space, while at the same time Clark Kent researches a story at the Daily Planet. How is this possible you ask? Obviously Lex Luthor has created a clone of Superman for the purpose of killing the Man of Steel without repercussion. This page is the only page form the issue that Lex Luthor appears on. Pen and ink. Art 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.
Francisco Chiaramonte was an American comic book artist best known as an inker for DC Comics and Marvel Comics from 1972 to 1982. Notable works. Superman, Ghost Rider, Man-Thing, and Werewolf by Night.