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Curt Swan

Curt Swan

Legendary artist and creator responsible for the creation of Nightwing, Supergirl, Titano and a slew of other popular DC characters. Well known for his work on Superman, Action Comics, Superboy, Jimmy Olsen and the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Name:
Curt Swan
Aliases:
Birth date:
February 17th, 1920
Death date:
June 17th, 1996
Home town:
Willmar, Minnesota
Country:
United States
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Has probably added more history to the Superman universe than any other artist in DC history. Easily considered one of the top comic book artists of all time!

Based on work he did for the U.S. Army publication Stars and Stripes, DC editor Mort Weisinger gave Curt Swan his first assignment on Boy Commandos in 1945. He worked on many comics for DC Comics during the 1950s, but was best known as their top cover artist. He was the primary artist on Superman comics for 30 years.

Bibliography

  • 1948-1996: Action Comics Vol. 1 #127-171 #189, 244, 253, 256, 260, 265, 269, 270, 272, 277–278, 280, 283–284, 286–288, 290, 295, 297–298, 303–305, 307, 309–312, 318–321, 325–327, 330, 334, 336, 338–339, 343, 351–352, 355, 358–359, 367–390, 393–473, 477–485, 487–500, 502–524, 527–534, 537, 542–544, 547, 555, 556–557, 568, 583, 600-642, 650, 658, 667, 723
  • 1950-1968: Adventure Comics #156, 159–160, 167, 169, 174, 176, 178, 179–180, 182, 184–185, 187, 190–192, 195, 197–198, 201, 205, 208, 210–212, 214–220, 223, 224–225, 227, 230, 238, 241–243, 246, 249, 257, 279, 285, 291, 293, 301–302, 311, 313, 320, 327–328, 330, 334, 336, 339 340–347, 349–360, 365–372
  • 1948-1986: Superman Vol. 1 #51, 73, 76, 89, 97, 118, 121, 127, 130, 137, 139, 144–182, 186–187, 192–195, 197–199, 201, 207–215, 217–300, 303–306, 310–363, 365–368, 370–392, 395–396, 398–399, 401–403, 408-423

Characters created by Curt Swan

Flamebird

Nightwing

Supergirl

Titano

Lucy Lane

Atomic Skull

Chemical King

Superboy Prime

Mari McCabe aka Vixen

Controllers

Vril DoxII

Jo Nah aka Ultra Boy

Tasmia Mallor aka Shadow Lass

Laurie Lemmon

Mordru

Fatal Five

Legion of Super Pets

Mysa Nal aka Black Witch

Eve Aries aka Saturn Queen

Anti Justice League

Lex Luthor Jr. aka Alex Luthor

Bizarro Batman aka Batzarro

Sarya aka Emerald Empress

Carl Draper aka Master Jailer

Issues

March 1946

May 1946

July 1946

October 1946

November 1946

December 1946

January 1947

March 1947

May 1947

July 1947

August 1947

September 1947

November 1947

March 1948

May 1948

July 1948

September 1948

October 1948

December 1948

January 1949

February 1949

March 1949

April 1949

May 1949

June 1949

July 1949

Volumes

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1949

1954

1956

1958

1960

1961

1964

1968

1969

1973

1974

1975

1976

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