Superman story from 1976

[binarysunrise]

Going through my files, I found this comic from the 1976 Comic Con edition of Amazing World of DC Comics. Anyone know if it was ever published elsewhere?

[seanfingh]

 

That looks like partially or rough inked Neal Adams pencil work. What a cool piece!

[binarysunrise]

I can't believe that it's Neal Adams's first Superman story. I would expect it would have been included in a collection of his work, but this is the type of thing that could be overlooked I suppose. Anyone seen it before?

[40sJohn]

That looks like partially or rough inked Neal Adams pencil work. What a cool piece!

 

That was my initial thought as well, Neal Adams. Looks great!

[Duffman_Comics]

Of course it's Neal Adams - says so in the opening panel, along with Len Wein.

 

Thanks to the OP - I have not seen it before. Adams was a huge talent - DC thought so at the time, take a look at the tons of Bronze Age covers he churned out for them - and seeing stuff like this "in the rough" makes me appreciate the efforts of his inkers (like Tom Palmer) even more.

[binarysunrise]

So no ideas on if this was ever fully inked and colored?

[Allen Ross-migration]

I'm pretty sure it's never been published anywhere else. This con edition was the only place I ever saw it.

 

You know, DC really needs to publish a Superman Rarities archive. It could include quite a few things, from the Christmas Adventures in the 40s to the Kelloggs promos in the 50s to the Py-Co-Pay, Gilberton Hall of Science, Post cereal promo, Cleveland Fire (which I've heard is in the DC Vault book), Leaf Secret Origin, Quick Bunny, etc, etc, etc. And that wouldn't even count stuff like Superman-Tim and the 80s material that was produced by the US but only published in Germany. Or finally publish the original K-Metal story.