A Julius Schwartz Picture is worth 1000 Autographs

 

Julius Schwartz was turning 70 years old in 1985 and his co-workers at DC Comics decided on a nice surprise gift for him: they would produce Superman #411 behind his back and it would feature Mr. Schwartz himself in the milieu of Superman. Producing the issue secretively was quite a task considering Mr. Schwartz was the editor of that comic book!

The cover featuring the two main characters of the issue was drawn by Dick Giordano. After the art was photographed for publication, about 1000 admiring co-workers found a place on the artboard to offer their good wishes and then the page was presented to Mr. Schwartz as a gift.

Look at all these names!