Superman ‘78 #2, page 5 by Wilfredo Torres (Superman and Lex Luthor)

Superman ‘78 #2, page 5 by Wilfredo Torres. The Superman ‘78 mini series gave us a taste of what another Superman sequel would have been like during the Christopher Reeve era. Wilfredo Torres did an excellent job capturing the likenesses of all the actors, which made the whole story much more enjoyable. Fortunately I was able to grab this page directly from Wilfredo and add Gene Hackman’s Lex Luthor to the ColLEXion. A year or so ago Jerry Ordway was kind enough to provide me with my first Hackman Lex but this is my first published piece featuring Hackman’s criminal mastermind. An interesting thing to note on this piece is that Wilfredo decided to do the artwork on two 11x15 pieces of art board stacked on top of each other vs the traditional 11x17 art board that a lot of the book was done in. Here we have Superman bringing Lex the head of one of Brainiac’s drones, hoping that Lex can help him figure out what they’re up against. Lex, in his typical fashion, agrees to help the Man of Steel while still managing to toss an underhanded insult in Superman’s direction. Just a fun page with two classic characters.