Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes - Neal Adams cover, Jack Kirby, Joe Kubert, key reprints

Neal Adams

Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes, 1976 - Published in both hardbound and paperback editions, this book features an impressive collection of mostly golden and silver age stories. These include the origins of Superman (Action Comics #1), Batman (Detective Comics #33), Wonder Woman (Wonder Woman #1), Captain Marvel (Whiz Comics #1), Plastic Man (Police Comics #1), golden age Flash (Flash Comics #1), silver age Flash (Showcase #4, art by Joe Kubert), golden age Green Lantern (All-American Comics #16) silver age Green Lantern (Showcase #22), golden age Hawkman (Flash Comics #1), silver age Hawkman and Hawkgirl (Brave and the Bold #34, art by Kubert), golden age Atom (All-American Comics #19), silver age Atom (Showcase #34), golden age Green Arrow and silver age Green Arrow (Adventure Comics #256, art by Jack Kirby). Neal Adams somehow manages to fit all the bronze age heroes on a brand new cover. Elegantly drawn and perfectly composed, the figures radiate out from a central spotlight. Other artists in this book include Carmine Infantino, Curt Swan, Bob Kane, Charles Moulton, Jack Cole, Vince Colletta and Gil Kane.

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Adams cover pencils and inks = ****

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