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Gil Kane pencils and inks; cover; 1983; image size 10" x 15"

This cover to the classic Superman Special features Superman and the Ultimate Man. Originally created for the German Superman Special #4 published by Egmont Ehapa, this image was later reused for the American printing of that story, as well as the cover of the Adventures of Superman: Gil Kane compilation, a testament to its quality and impact. Pen and ink. There is some fading due to the markers used. Otherwise in excellent condition.

Artist Information

Gil Kane was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character. Kane co-created the modern-day versions of the superheroes Green Lantern and the Atom for DC Comics, and co-created Iron Fist with Roy Thomas for Marvel Comics. He was involved in such major storylines as that of The Amazing Spider-Man #96–98, which, at the behest of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, bucked the then-prevalent Comics Code Authority to depict drug abuse, and ultimately spurred an update of the Code. Kane additionally pioneered an early graphic novel prototype, His Name Is... Savage, in 1968, and a seminal graphic novel, Blackmark, in 1971. In 1997, he was inducted into both the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame and the Harvey Award Jack Kirby Hall of Fame.