Media release — With a comics profession dating back to 1941, including inking early issues of Captain America, Al Plastino was one of the last surviving penciler/inkers of his era. Laboring uncredited on Superman for two decades (1948-1968), he co-created Supergirl, Brainiac, and the legion of Super-Heroes, drawing those characters’ first appearances, and illustrating the initial comics story to feature Kryptonite. He was called upon to help maintain the DC Comics house-style by redrawing other artists’ Superman heads, many notoriously on Jack Kirby’s Jimmy Olsen series, much to his chagrin. His profession even included working on classic daily and Sunday newspaper strips like Nancy, Joe Palooka, Batman, and others.
With a foreword by Paul Levitz, this book (by Eddy Zeno, author of Curt Swan: A Life In Comics) was completed just weeks before Al’s recent passing. In these pages, the artist remembers both his struggles and triumphs in the world of comics, cartooning and beyond. A near-century of insights shared by Al, his family, and contemporaries Allen Bellman, Nick Cardy, Joe Giella, and Carmine Infantino—along with successors Jon Bogdanove, Jerry Ordway, and mark Waid—paint a layered portrait of Plastino’s life and career. and a wealth of illustrations show just how influential a figure he is in the history of comics. (NOTE: The print edition is in black-&-white, but the digital edition is in full-color, and is included totally free when you purchase directly from TwoMorrows.)
112-page trade Paperback (with color digital Edition), $17.95 cover price
Digital edition only: $5.95
ISBN-13: 978-1-60549-066-3
Diamond Comic Distributors purchase Code: JAN161718
You can read a totally free preview and purchase the print edition ( at 15% off with totally free digital Edition) , or digital edition only (just $5.95) at this link:
Al Plastino: Last Superman Standing will be on sale in comic book stores on Wednesday, may 4, 2016, and is now shipping directly from TwoMorrows.
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