The artist lauded for his Superman​ work during the 1960s and ’70s passed away on October 23 at the age of 89.

Born Murphy Clyde Anderson in Asheville, North Carolina on July 9, 1926, he entered the comicbook industry in 1944 drawing strips for Fiction House. The artist on the Buck Rogers newspaper strip from 1947-49, he went on to produce work for such companies as St John Publications, Ziff Davis and DC as well a Atlas (as Marvel was known at the time) during the 1950s.

In the decade that followed he illustrated many strips for DC, working on Strange Adventures (for which he co-created Atomic Knights), launching Hawkman and reviving the Spectre (in 1966’s Showcase #60) among many other credits.

Come the 1970s he teamed up with penciller Curt Swan and the pair that came to be known as Swanderson produced many stories of the Man of Steel for both Superman and Action Comics.

His output diminished as the 1980s progressed, being confined to covers and the occasional story. By the turn of the century he was all-but retired.