The page, as with the rest of the story, is beautifully drawn, but the underlying concepts point up so much of what was wrong with DC and Superman at the time.

I think the problem I've had is that I haven't seen all that much of Jose's work, and that close study suggests to me he's got some awfully generic inking from time to time in the past. The New Teen Titans stories I mentioned above have a wealth of signs of offhand virtuosity the like of which is rarely seen in comics -- anatomy, facial expressions, an absolute mastery of drawing hands in motion and hand gestures (cutting a piece of steak in a swank restaurant, for example) but Thangal's inks have often been hit and miss with me in general. One of the reasons Terry Austin became one of my favorite inkers is that Terry always seemed to know not just his own limitations, but the limitations of newsprint printing in particular. Thangal's inks clearly, and not infrequently, drop out lines and lose detail in reproduction, and this is true regardless of the printing methods used or the pencilers he inks. Most of the time Romeo gets it right over Perez's pencils, but Perez still tops my list of the Most Oppressed Pencilers Of All Time when it comes to his inkers.

If anyone has scans of any of Jose's pencils, or work that he's inked himself, I'd appreciate a post or two on this thread. Trying to get a fix on the man behind the mask. I just remembered that JB and Jose collaborated on that Titans Annual, and am trying to track it down. Thanks for the responses, everyone. Issue numbers are always deeply appreciated.

Ron Chevrier wrote:       One particular issue, has Superman flying/dancing in the sky with Lois, which is particularly nice

I got that isue when I was a wee lad and thought from then that Jose Luis Garcia Lopez was the best Superman artist ever, my thoughts on that has not changed, I have ammended it to he's the best artist currently.

I loved Curt Swan's art on Superman but thought it was too 60'sh. JL drawing Supes was it for me, imagine my distress when he would only pop up now and then to do an issue.

(edited to expand on my ramblings)

Did a little search online and found this at http://www.geocities.com/rob_ff5/garcialopez.jpg

Found this one at http://www.comicsfun.com/gallery/covers/Tarzan250c.jpg