Curt Swan Archives

The first issue saw Jack Kirby and Joe Simon create stories, and the third issue had a very early letters column to whom Harlan Ellison wrote and was published for the first time in issue six. Issue nineteen of Real Facts Comics, up for auction from Heritage Auctions, has a cover by the late great Curt Swan,[...]

Any ideas? Jeph Loeb – Co-creator of modern Calendar Man. Al Milgrom – co-creator of the second Thinker Frank Miller – creator of Corto Maltese Sheldon Moldoff – co-creator of Polka-Dot Man and Calendar Man. Jimmy Palmiotti – developer of the current version of Harley Quinn Tim Sale – Co-creator of modern Calendar Man. Mike Sekowsky – co-creator of Javelin, co-creator of Starro The Conqueror. Gail[...]

Heritage Auctions have been upping their original comic book artwork lots of late – and this week there's a lot from Curt Swan's time on Superman at DC Comics in Heritage Auction 2021 February 21-22 Sunday & Monday Comics, Animation, Video Games & Art Weekly Online Auction #122108 And there are some real bargains to[...]

Here are three original art pages by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson from the early seventies currently going for $25 to $35 apiece There are plenty of other work in the same auction, Garfield original strips, Walt Kelly Pogo, Art Adams and Mike Kaluta, with equally bargain prices, and that Steve Dillon piece I mentioned[...]

Also included is a Classic Pencil Sketch Variant Cover from the longest running Superman artist, Curt Swan Additionally, the show will feature a special selection package of Eleven Action 1000 Variant Covers depicting the Man of Steel throughout the decades; from his inception in 1930 through present time with classic artists, Dan Jurgens, Jim Steranko,[...]

Action Comics #1000 finally kicks off with a cavalcade of creators and stories to celebrate 1,000 issues and 80 years of Superman. Is it a good read?

That's Curt Swan of course, sixties artist supreme on Superman, and the period where Jupiter's Circle, the prequel to Jupiter's Legacy, is set. Except maybe not at first, as this preview of Wilfred Torres' art on the series written by Mark Millar, indicates a look back at the past from the far flung future And since[...]

Gilbert, Jim Starlin, Joe Kubert, Arthur Adams, Walter Simonson, Paul Norris, Mike Grell, Mary Wilshire, Andy Kubert, Gil Kane, Kurt Schaffenberger, Bob Kane, Curt Swan, George Pérez, Howard Chaykin, Jan Duursema, Carmine Infantino, Jim Steranko, Gray Morrow, Neal Adams, Murphy Anderson, Dave Gibbons, Gilbert Hernandez, Dan Spiegle, Frank Thorne, Ramona Fradon, Matt Wagner, Ernie Colon, Irwin[...]

In 1955 he replaced Curt Swan as the regular artist for the Superman/Batman stories in World's Finest until his retirement in 1963. One off the stories Spran drew, Joker's Millions, was adapted as an episode of Batman: The Animated Series. The Sprang statues are a throwback to a lighter time for the Caped Crusader and the Clown Prince[...]

Action Comics 309 – Curt Swan – $112,015.75 Last week was a busy one for original art collectors, with major pieces going on the auction block at both Hake's and Heritage  Out of a rather full slate of strong results, the sale of the cover of Action Comics #309 by Curt Swan for $112,016 stands out. The cover[...]

Spencer had a ton of top-notch artists for us to choose from, with one of them being legendary Superman artist Curt Swan. One night during the summer of '95, Spencer called us to tell me that he and Curt were looking to do one major deal, selling off the rest of his artwork for $20,000 to[...]