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USA Comics
''U.S.A. Comics'' was an American comic-book series published by Marvel Comics' 1930–1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. A superhero anthology running 17 issues cover-dated August 1941 to Fall 1945, it showcased early work by industry legends Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, and Stan Lee, and famed cartoonist Basil Wolverton, introduced the Whizzer and other characters, and for much of its run starred Captain America during that long-running character's World War II height of popularity. Publication history ''U.S.A. Comics'' came from publisher Martin Goodman's Timely Comics, which by the early 1960s would evolve into Marvel. It was initially edited by Joe Simon, Timely's first editor, followed briefly by future Marvel chief Stan Lee very early in his career, and then by interim editor Vincent Fago during Lee's U.S. military duty from early 1942 through 1945. The series was first announced in ''Captain America Comic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Simon
Joseph Henry Simon (October 11, 1913 – December 14, 2011) was an American comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher. Simon created or co-created many important characters in the 1930s–1940s Golden Age of Comic Books and served as the first editor of Timely Comics, the company that would evolve into Marvel Comics. With his partner, artist Jack Kirby, he co-created Captain America, one of comics' most enduring superheroes, and the team worked extensively on such features at DC Comics as the 1940s Sandman (Wesley Dodds), Sandman and Sandy the Golden Boy, and co-created the Newsboy Legion, the Boy Commandos, and Manhunter (comics), Manhunter. Simon and Kirby creations for other comics publishers include Boys' Ranch, Fighting American and the Fly (Archie Comics), Fly. In the late 1940s, the duo created the field of romance comics, and were among the earliest pioneers of horror comics. Simon, who went on to work in advertising and commercial art, also founded the satire, sat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Fago
Vincenzo Francisco Gennaro Di Fago (; November 28, 1914 – June 13, 2002),Vincent F. Fago at the United States via FamilySearch.org. Retrieved on January 8, 2016. known professionally as Vince Fago, was an American artist and writer who served as interim editor of , the |
Vince Alascia
Vincent Alascia (January 14, 1914 – September 3, 1998), at the . Retrieved October 18, 2011 Archived from the original October 18, 2011 also known as Nicholas Alascia, was an American artist known for his work on during the |
Ed Winiarski
Ed Winiarski (May 6, 1911 - December 1975) who sometimes signed his work "Win" or "Winny" and sometimes used the pseudonym Fran Miller, his wife's maiden name, was an American comic book writer-artist known for both adventure stories and talking animals in fiction, talking animal cartooning in the late-1930s and 1940s Golden Age of comic books. A former animator,Lee, Stan. ''Secrets Behind the Comics'' (Famous Enterprises, 1947), p. 13. Winiarski was one of the first generation of comic-book professionals, contributing in the mid-1930s to National Allied Publications, one of the companies that would evolve into DC Comics. He later worked for Timely Comics, Timely and Atlas Comics (1950s), Atlas – the 1940s and 1950s forerunners, respectively, of Marvel Comics – as well as for Hillman Periodicals and Prize Comics. Biography Early life and career Winiarski's earliest known feature is the four-part story "Jungle Fever", which he wrote and drew across ''Adventure Comics, New Adven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Roy
Joseph Michel Roy (1921–1996) was a Canadian comic book and comic strip artist, working during the Golden Age of Comic Books and the Silver Age of Comic Books. He is best known for his stories about Native Americans. Biography Born in Quebec, Roy he emigrated to the United States where he studied at the School of Industrial Art and Pratt Institute. He was a co-founder of a museum of Native American and Eskimo art. Early work Roy got his first job in comics in 1940, as an assistant to ''Sub-Mariner'' artist Bill Everett. At Timely Comics, the 1940s forerunner of Marvel Comics, he drew the only appearance of the superhero the Young Avenger, in '' U.S.A. Comics'' #1 (Aug. 1941), under the pseudonym Michael Robard. This story was previously incorrectly ascribed to Howard Purcell. He went on to work on many Golden Age comic books such as '' Captain America Comics'' and '' Crime Does Not Pay''. Roy also did work for a number of publishers, including Atlas Comics, Holyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockman (comics)
Rockman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in '' U.S.A. Comics'' No. 1 (August 1941), published by Marvel predecessor Timely Comics during the 1930s to 1940s period historians and fans call the Golden Age of Comics. As credits were not routinely given in comic books of this period, his writer and artist co-creators are unknown, although the first page of his debut story was drawn by Charles Nicholas (itself a house pen name) and the remainder by Basil Wolverton. Publication history Rockman appeared in '' USA Comics'' #1–4 (Aug. 1941 – May 1942), with two stories drawn by Basil Wolverton and at least one signed by writer and future Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Stan Lee. Marvel announced in July 2007 that Rockman would appear in the 2008 limited series '' The Twelve''. The first three 1940s Rockman stories were reprinted in ''The Twelve'' No. 0 (Feb. 2008) and #1/2 (Nov. 2008). Fictional c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Nevins
Jess Nevins (born 1966) is an American author. Nevins is the author of the ''Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana'' and other works on Victoriana and pulp fiction. He is employed as a reference librarian at Lone Star College-Tomball. Comic book annotations Early work Nevins has annotated several comics, starting with a number of Elseworlds published by DC Comics, including '' Kingdom Come'' and '' JLA: The Nail''. ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' Nevins also annotated many of Alan Moore's for his America's Best Comics imprint, starting with ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen''. Moore said of Nevins' work, "It was only when someone finally conveyed these internet postings to me... that I began to understand the invaluable asset that Jess represented... I realised that if we had imtracking down all of the references for the readers, then we could be as obscure and far-reaching as we wanted...", Moore later said Nevins' work helped inform ''The League of Extraordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syd Shores
Sydney Shores (1916 – June 3, 1973) was an American comic book artist known for his work on Captain America both during the 1940s, in what fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books, and during the 1960s Silver Age of comic books. Biography Early life and career Syd Shores began drawing in childhood, fascinated by the comic-strip art of Alex Raymond's ''Flash Gordon'' and Hal Foster's ''Prince Valiant''. He went to graduate from Brooklyn's Pratt Institute, where he had met his wife-to-be, Selma. After working seven years at his uncle's whiskey bottling plant until it closed in 1940, he became an assistant at the studio of Selma's cousin, the comic book packager Harry "A" Chesler, working under comics artists Mac Raboy and Phil Sturm. "For months I was just a joe-boy, watching and learning and helping wherever I could. I studied Mac Raboy for hours on end — he was slow and meticulous about everything, doing maybe only a single panel of artwork a day, but it was truly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defender (comics)
Dagger Dagoth Dagoth is a demon who has clashed with Doctor Strange. Daken Dakimh the Enchanter Damballah Daniel Whitehall Daniel Whitehall is a British intelligence agent also known as the Kraken. An elite assassin and member of the terrorist organization Hydra also used the name and debuted in ''Secret Warriors'' #2 (March 2009). Writer/artist Jonathan Hickman stated in an interview with Comic Book Resources that "Kraken" is a new character. The other Hydra character with that name ommander Krakenwas "a real b-list character and pretty lame. Our Kraken... has a long and elaborate history and we're going to be delving into that in a major way". Kraken is a legendary Hydra agent, whose existence had been unverifiable, until recently. Any S.H.I.E.L.D. agents that tried to find documented proof all disappeared. The Kraken preferred to work behind the scenes, seeing it as his mission to help people become what they are meant to be, usually with dangerous results. For decad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Wojtkoski
"Charles Nicholas" is the pseudonymous house name of three early creators of American comic books for the Fox Feature Syndicate and Fox Comics: Chuck Cuidera (1915–2001), Jack Kirby (1917–1994), and Charles Wojtkoski (1921–1985). The name originated at Eisner & Iger, one of the first comic-book "packagers" that created comics on demand for publishers entering the new medium during the 1930s–1940s Golden Age of comic books. The three creators are listed in order of birth year, below. Origin of name Will Eisner, co-principal of the comic-book packager Eisner & Iger during the 1930s–1940s Golden Age of comic books, and himself a comics creator, recalled in 1999 that at his company, Chuck Cuidera Charles Nicholas Cuidera, also known as Chuck Cuidera (September 23, 1915 – August 25, 2001), was an American comic book artist best known as the first illustrator of the Quality Comics aviator character Blackhawk, in '' Military Comics'' #1–11 (Aug. 1941 – Aug. 1942). Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberty Legion
The Liberty Legion is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team was first created in 1976 and set during World War II. Composed of existing heroes from Marvel's 1940s Golden Age of Comic Books predecessor, Timely Comics, the team was assembled and named by writer Roy Thomas in a story arc running through ''The Invaders'' #5–6 (March & May 1976) and ''Marvel Premiere'' #29–30 (April & June 1976). Inspired by the ''Liberty Legion'', a second fictional team called the ''Liberteens'' was published in 2007 as part of the Avengers Initiative. Publication history The genesis of the Marvel Comics superhero team the Liberty Legion came in the 1970s' World War II-set ''The Invaders'', starring a team composed of Captain America, the Sub-Mariner, and the original Human Torch, plus sidekicks Bucky and Toro, all characters that had appeared in Marvel's 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics. ''The Invaders'' #5 (cover-dated March 1976) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retroactive Continuity
Retroactive continuity, or retcon for short, is a literary device in which established diegetic facts in the plot of a fictional work (those established through the narrative itself) are adjusted, ignored, supplemented, or contradicted by a subsequently published work which recontextualizes or breaks continuity with the former. There are various motivations for applying retroactive continuity, including: * To accommodate desired aspects of sequels or derivative works which would otherwise be ruled out. * To respond to negative fan reception of previous stories. * To correct and overcome errors or problems identified in the prior work since its publication. * To change or clarify how the prior work should be interpreted. * To match reality, when assumptions or projections of the future are later proven wrong. Retcons are used by authors to increase their creative freedom, on the assumption that the changes are unimportant to the audience compared to the new story which can be tol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
