Superman Family #194, Page 45

Artists: John Calnan (Penciller) , Vince Colletta (Inker)

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Title:	Superman Family #194, Page 45
Artist:	John Calnan (Penciller)
Artist:	Vince Colletta (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
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Views:	544
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	9/15/2018
Comic Art Archive:	The Superman Family Issue: 194 Page: 45 View

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When I was first discovering comics in the late 1970s, I was drawn to DC titles and to its Dollar Comics in particular. They offered more content, more characters, more stories, and I couldn't get enough of these colorful crusaders and criminals. As such, Superman Family was a staple of my corner-store comics diet back in the day, so I was thrilled to get a sample of that title in this piece of original comic art.

I picked this board up for a bargain price on eBay thankfully, because I have to admit it's far from the best piece in my collection. Inker Vince Colletta's heavy-handed embellishment has always overwhelmed the styles of the pencillers with whom he's worked over the years, and this is no exception. Furthermore, the backgrounds are lacking here, and the page depicts Lois Lane acting as an action hero rather than a journalist - something that's always been a pet peeve of mine, given my career as a newspaper reporter.

But there are a lot of reasons that I like this page, such as the craft and the campiness on display. Penciller John Calnan conveys movement quite well in this action-oriented scene, and I love the crudity of the hand-drawn SFX (especially the inherent goofiness of conveying the power of a punch with "CRAM" in Panel 5).

This board also boasts the vintage elements I love to find on a piece of original comic art: editing marks in blueline pencils, whiteout corrections, lettering right on the board, the copyright stamp on the back. I always want to see as much of the creative and publishing process as possible on a board, and this one delivers in that respect.

While this is listed as Page 16 in the lower right corner, that refers only to the story page, and this was the third story in the themed anthology comic. This is actually Page 45, as indicated at the bottom centre of the page (though an editing/publishing mark at the top right refers to it as Page 43).

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