Superman #423 p.7

Congrats Derek!  This is sooooooo beautiful!

As a huge fan of Moore's Swamp Thing at the time, I jumped on ANYTHING Moore did, in anticipation of seeing what level of writing greatness he might apply to other characters. I grew up loving Superman because of my exposure to the Super Friends series and then the first Superman movie. But when I got into comics in 1982, I could immediately see, by digging through the Superman and Action back issues at my shop, that DC didn't have a clue how to handle the character. Almost 45 years of history up until then and they still hadn't come up with a single character who could reasonably make readers think they stood a chance against him. So all they did was go back to the well with Lex Luthor, again and again, and then in between Luthor appearances put him up against loser characters that made absolutely no sense.

Because of that, I refused to buy his comics. Until Superman #423 and Action #583 came along. Although I had zero interest in reading Superman comics, I loved Curt Swan's perfectly Silver Age aesthetic. I also loved Pérez's modern day aesthetic, and to see his tight inks over Swans pencils was such a magical combination for me. I was so enthralled by it, that I pored over ever panel of every page, slowly examining and studying it, because I knew that this might be the last time I'd ever see this artistic combination again. While like most fans in their teenage years I usually flipped past the non-costumed pages faster then the ones with costumes on them, I didn't do that with this book. I loved staring at all the beautifully rendered detail and marveled at how it was still obviously Swan's pencils underneath the inks, on EVERY page, even the ones with Clark on them rather than Superman. This is an EXQUISITE and incredibly memorable page, Derek. You should be very proud to own it, and I know you are. Thanks as always for the trips down memory lane into your childhood!

I have GOT to get one of those action figures.  That leaves the karate chop action in the dust!

Never read this book, but Perez's ink on the great Swan's pencils is shockingly good!

When I squeezed the thighs of my Superman action figures they made squeaky noises too.  But no death beams.  Classic story leading into Crisis so Moore could break all sorts of traditions and rules knowing it'll get wiped out.

Derek!  I'm beyond jealous of you for snagging this page.  When is a Clark Kent page a great page?  Answered perfectly.

Wonderful page!

Class artistic combo from a classic story! Congrats!

Superman Day with a cherry on top! Your fantastic write-up and Ruben's further exposition leave no more to be said. Beautiful art, inspired writing - now in the perfect collection. Congrats! 

Swan inked by Perez is so unusual, the best of the Silver and the Bronze An alloy!

What a gem of a page from a classic of it's era. Swan/Perez, Moore, Superman action figure, Clark and Lana...great stuff! congrats man

A memorable page from a classic Superman story. What more could you want?

Comin' in hot!

Sockamagee!

Incredible acquisition. Wonderful page from a classic story.