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Swan, Curt

LC control no.n 79138534
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Personal name headingSwan, Curt
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Variant(s)Swan, Douglas Curtis, 1920-1996
Birth date1920-02-17
Death date1996-06-17
Field of activityComic books, strips, etc.
Profession or occupationComic book artist Penciller
Found inSuperman, c1979 (a.e.) t.p. (Curt Swan)
Superman vs. Zod, 2013 t.p. (penciller, Curt Swan)
Wikipedia WWW website, Oct. 6, 2011 (Douglas Curtis Swan b. Feb. 17, 1920, in Willmar, Minn. ; d. June 17, 1996 in Wilton, Conn. ; Swan reversed the order of his given names and went by "Curtis Douglas", rather than "Douglas Curtis")
Comicbookdb.com, viewed Jan. 15, 2014 (Curt Douglas Swan; 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, and is best known for his work drawing Superman during the Silver Age, producing hundreds of covers and stories from the 1950s through the 1980s.)
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