Curt Swan (born February 17, 1920 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; died June 16, 1996) was an American comic book artist, best known for his work on the Superman comics. Drafted into the army in 1940, he spent World War II working on the G.I. magazine, "Stars and Stripes". After returning to civilian life in 1945 he began working for DC Comics. After a stint on "Boy Commandos" he began to just pencil pages, leaving the inking to others. Wikipedia
From the testimonies in Curt Swan: A Life In Comics it seems I am not the only child of the Sixties who believes that it was Curt Swan (1920-1996), more than any other artist, who brought out the man in the Man of Tomorrow. www.paulgravett.com/articles/015_swan/015_swan.htm
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Born in 1920, Swan was the right age to find himself drafted into the army during the second World War. It was here that he began to seriously consider making a career out of his art, and found himself working for DC Comics once he returned to civilian l goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/07/22/365-reasons-...