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Curt Swan Gave Us the Finger(s)
Wednesday, November 01, 2006 by posted by Mark Alfred

SUPERMAN #423 (Sep 1986) SUPERMAN'S HAND (1986), art by Curt Swan and George Pérez

One of the trademarks of this great Super-Artist's work was his occasionally quirky method of drawing characters' hands with the middle finger and ring finger touching, and the index finger and pinky finger separated from this grouped pair.

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Speaking of landmarks in comics, the last two examples are from the Alan Moore tale printed in 1986, "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" which was printed in the "final" issues of Superman and Action. Alan Moore's deep, resonating-with-history story was perfectly accompanied by Curt's penciling, inked by George Perez in Superman 423 and by Kurt Schaffenberger in Action 583. The covers were both inked by another DC great, Murphy Anderson.