RECOVERED - Grummett / Kesel - Silversword / Superboy #12 Commission

I asked Tom to recreate the Grummett / Kesel Superboy #12 cover as a Silversword cover. Superboy lived in Hawaii at the time of the original series and Karl / Tom had created a Native Hawaiian Superhero called Silversword. The original Superboy story features the serpentine villain Copperhead who sneaks into Hawaii in the cargo hold of a commercial jet in a manner similar to what has been recorded for the invasive brown tree snake coming from Guam prior to the establishment of a focused quarantine working on this issue. The original story has some parallels to a New York Times Sunday Magazine piece on invasive species in Hawaii and Guam. For those unfamiliar with Hawaiian natural history, the silversword is a super cool native plant found in higher elevation areas of Maui and Hawaii Island.

Mahalo to Tom and Karl … your efforts related to this commission are great appreciated !