William Robert Brown (August 22, 1915 – January 1977)Bob Brown
at the

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via GenealogyBank.com. Gives only "January 1977" for death date. was an American

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with an extensive career from the early 1940s through the 1970s. With writers

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and

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, Brown co-created the

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hero Space Ranger, drawing the character's complete run from his debut in the try-out comic ''

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'' #15 (Aug. 1958) through '' Mystery in Space'' #103 (July 1965). Brown also penciled the DC title ''

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'', taking over from

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, from 1959 to 1968.

Early life

Brown was born in

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, to a father who managed a vaudeville theater and a mother who worked as a pianist. He attended the

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and the

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. Following his parents into show business, he performed as a youth in a song-and-dance act with his sister and younger brother, starting around 1927. They worked together into the early 1930s. After graduating from high school, Brown and his sister worked in night clubs and theaters as a duo. By the latter 1930s, Brown was a solo dancer while his sister worked with the Tommy Dorsey Band.Brown autobiography in "Smallville Mailsack" (text page
''Superboy'' #158 (July 1969)
In 1940, he was drafted and served in the Army Air Corps as an aircraft radio operator at

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. Later, Brown became an aviation cadet at

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in San Antonio, Texas. After washing out as a pilot, Brown, a commissioned officer, trained in Hondo, Texas, as a bombardier and a navigator, serving on a

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in the

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. He flew 35 missions over Japan in the 877th Squadron of General

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's 20th Bomber Command. Brown earned six

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s and a Distinguished Flying Cross.

Career

Brown began his career in comics during the 1940s, with his earliest known credit as both writer and artist of the "Criss Cross" backup feature in

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' teen-humor title ''Meet Corliss Archer''. After some early work on titles from

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precursor

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as it was transitioning into the 1950s iteration,

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, he became regular artist of the feature "

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" in

' ''

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'', drawing it in issues #152–185 (

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d Jan. 1951 – Oct. 1953). In addition to his work on DC Comics' "Vigilante" feature during this time, Brown drew sporadic stories for

and St. John Publications, as well as for such DC supernatural titles as ''

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'' and ''The Phantom Stranger''. He began working exclusively for Atlas sometime in 1954, with the supernatural story "The Time Is Now" in '' Mystery Tales'' #25 (Jan. 1955), signed W. R. Brown, the first of many he would draw in genres including

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and jungle adventures. With an unknown writer, tentatively identified as Atlas editor-in-chief

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, Brown produced the first version of the Rawhide Kid (related in name only to the more long-running character Lee and artist

created in 1960) in ''Rawhide Kid'' #1 (March 1955). Because another artist, Joe Maneely, drew the cover, often done before a comic's interior art, it is unclear whether Brown or Maneely created the character design. Brown continued on the title through issue #7 (March 1956), then freelanced for both Atlas and DC before becoming regular artist on the latter's

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series ''

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'' with issues #39 (March 1956). He would continue on that title, also doing other work for DC, through #52 (Dec. 1959). With plotter

and scripter

, Brown co-created the feature " Space Ranger" in ''

'' #15 (Aug. 1958). He would continue drawing that science fiction adventure after it became a feature in '' Tales of the Unexpected'' and '' Mystery in Space'', through issue #103 (July 1965) of the latter. He took over ''

'' from that adventuring team's co-creator, artist Jack Kirby, beginning with issue #9 (Sept. 1959). He would continue on it through #63 (Sept. 1968), with the comic becoming his best-known, signature work. He and writer

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created the

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character in ''

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'' #99 (Nov. 1965). Brown drew stories as well for DC's ''

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'', '' House of Secrets'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. With writer

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, he crafted Batman's first encounter with the

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in ''Detective Comics'' #405 (Nov. 1970) and co-created the character

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in ''Detective Comics'' #411 (May 1971) as a recurring romantic interest for

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. Brown first drew for the modern Marvel Comics as co-penciler of the feature "The Beast" in ''

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'' vol. 2, #16 (Jan. 1973). After a little more work for DC, he penciled issues #6–8 (June–Oct. 1973) of the short-lived

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title ''

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'', and became regular penciler of the long-running superhero-team series '' The Avengers'', penciling most issues between #113–126 (July 1973 – Aug. 1974). He and

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drew the "Avengers-Defenders Clash" storyline in 1973. Brown's last few years were devoted to a run on Marvel Comics' ''

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'' from 1974 to 1977. New adversaries for the title character introduced during his tenure include the

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in issue #111 (July 1974) and Bullseye in #131 (March 1976). His series collaborator, writer Tony Isabella, said Brown "was very much underappreciated" by comic-book fans, In addition, comics historian

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recounted that by this point, Brown One of Brown's last published pieces, a fill-in story written by

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and drawn a couple of years earlier, was published posthumously in ''

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'' #106 (Aug. 1977).

Personal life

Brown married a student nurse, Dot, from the St. Louis area when he was posted at Scott Field. Sometime after returning from World War II in September 1945, Brown and Dot married and had three daughters, Marilyn Kay, Constance and Virginia Lou. Brown was living in

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at the time of his death in 1977 at age 61 from

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," '' Marvel Two-in-One'' #30 (Aug. 1977). He had just signed on as the new artist on ''

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'' with #231 (May 1977) but completed only a single issue, released two weeks after his death. He was eulogized in August 1977

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d issues of Marvel titles, with special mention given to his fostering ". . . better communication between American and European cartoonists."

Bibliography

Brown's comics work (interior pencil art) includes:

DC Comics

*''

'' (

) #152–157, 159–185 (1951–53) *'' All-American Men of War'' #39, 41 (1956–1957) *''

'' #248–249 (1973) *''

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'' (

Batgirl Batgirl is the name of several superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, depicted as female counterparts and allies to the superhero Batman. Although the character Betty Kane was introduced into publication in ...

) #10 (1977) *''

Boy Commandos Boy Commandos is a fictional organization from DC Comics first appearing in ''Detective Comics'' #64 (June 1942) by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. They are a combination of "kid gang" characters, an international cast of young boys fighting Nazis — ...

'' #34 (1949) *''

'' #78, 97, 99, 103 (1968–1972) *''

'' #9–63 (1959–1968) *''

Detective Comics ''Detective Comics'' is an American comic book series published by Detective Comics, later shortened to DC Comics. The first volume, published from 1937 to 2011 (and later continued in 2016), is best known for introducing the superhero Batman i ...

'' #378–394, 396, 398–399, 401, 403, 405–406, 409, 411–413, 415, 417, 422–424, 428, 430, 432, 436 (1968–1973) *''

'' #94, 98–99 (1965) *''Frontier Fighters'' #8 (1956) *''

Gang Busters ''Gang Busters'' is an American dramatic radio program heralded as "the only national program that brings you authentic police case histories." It premiered on January 15, 1936, and was broadcast over 21 years through November 27, 1957. Histo ...

'' #25, 36, 55, 62, 67 (1951–1958) *''

Ghosts A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to re ...

'' #2, 9, 11, 13, 27, 40 (1971–1975) *''

'' #1, 3, 6, 10–11, 14, 67, 69, 74, 88, 95 (1951–1960) *'' House of Secrets'' #16, 26 (1959) *''

My Greatest Adventure ''My Greatest Adventure'' was a DC Comics comic book that began in 1955 and is best known for introducing the superhero team Doom Patrol. Publication history The title was originally an anthology series with adventure stories told in the first p ...

'' #28, 30, 32–33, 41 (1959–1960) *'' Our Army at War'' #42 (1956) *''

'' ( Space Ranger) #15–16 (1958) *''

Star Spangled War Stories ''Star Spangled War Stories'' was the title of a comics anthology published by DC Comics that featured war-themed characters and stories. Among the features published in this series were writer-editor Robert Kanigher and artist Jerry Grandenetti ...

'' #131 (1952) *''Star Spangled War Stories'' vol. 2 #3, 7, 15, 39–40, 50 (1952–1956) *''

'' #150–155, 157–164, 166–173, 175–184, 186–197 (1968–1973) *''

Superman Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, and debuted in the comic book '' Action Comics'' #1 ( cover-dated June 1938 and pu ...

'' (World of Krypton) #243, 260 (1971–1973) *'' The Superman Family'' (

Supergirl Supergirl is the name of several fictional superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original, current, and most well known Supergirl is Kara Zor-El, the cousin of superhero Superman. The character made her fir ...

) #183 (1977) *'' Tales of the Unexpected'' #19, 21, 30–32, 47–48, 50–77, 98 (1957–1966) *''

Teen Titans The Teen Titans are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, frequently in eponymous monthly series. As the group's name indicates, the members are teenage superheroes, many of whom have acted as sidekicks to ...

'' #41, 47 (1972–1977) *''

'' #39–57, 60–62, 98, 101, 103, 105–106, 110–111, 113, 120 (1956–1969) *'' The Unexpected'' #105, 128, 131, 158, 159 (1968–1974) *'' The Witching Hour'' #9, 18, 22, 38 (1970–1974) *''

'' #231 (1977) *''

'' #52–58, 83–84, 86, 91, 96, 100–101 (1951–1959)

Marvel Comics

*''

'' ( Beast) #16 (1973) *''

Apache Kid Haskay-bay-nay-ntayl ( 1860 – in or after 1894), better known as the Apache Kid, was born in Aravaipa Canyon (25 miles (40 kilometers) south of San Carlos Agency) into one of the three local groups of the Aravaipa/Arivaipa Apache Band (in Apa ...

'' #6, 12 (1951–1955) *''Astonishing'' #54 (1956) *'' The Avengers'' #113–120, 122–123, 126 (1973–1974) *''

'' #107–109, 111, 113–115, 117, 119–123, 125–135, 142–143 (1974–1977) *''

Dracula Lives ''Dracula Lives!'' was an American black-and-white horror comics magazine published by Magazine Management, a corporate sibling of Marvel Comics. The series ran 13 issues and one '' Super Annual'' from 1973 to 1975, and starred the Marvel version o ...

'' #10–11 (1975) *''

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'' #154 (1975) *''

Frankenstein ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific ...

'' #11 (1974) *''Frontier Western'' #4 (1956) *''

Ghost Rider Ghost Rider is the name of multiple antiheroes and superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Marvel had previously used the name for a Western character whose name was later changed to Phantom Rider. The first s ...

'' #15 (1975) *''

Girl Comics ''Girl Comics'' is the name of two comic-book series published by Marvel Comics and its forerunners, Timely Comics and Atlas Comics. The first, debuting in 1949, ran 35 issues, changing its title to ''Girl Confessions'' with issue #13 (March 1952 ...

'' #3 (1950) *''

Journey into Mystery ''Journey into Mystery'' is an American comic book series initially published by Atlas Comics, then by its successor, Marvel Comics. Initially a horror comics anthology, it changed to giant-monster and science fiction stories in the late 1950s. ...

'' #26, 29 (1955) *''

Journey into Unknown Worlds ''Journey into Unknown Worlds'' was a science-fiction/horror/fantasy title from Atlas (pre-Marvel) Comics published during the 1950s. The series continued from Timely Comics' teen-humor series ''Teen Comics'' and ran from Sept. 1950 - Aug. 1957. ...

'' #42 (1956) *''

Lorna the Jungle Girl Lorna the Jungle Girl, initially called Lorna the Jungle Queen, is a comic book jungle girl protagonist created by writer Don Rico and artist Werner Roth. She debuted in ''Lorna the Jungle Queen'' #1 (July 1953), published by Marvel Comics' 1950s ...

'' #13 (1955) *'' Love Romances'' #8 (1949) *''Lovers'' #28, 50, 72 (1950–1955) *''Man Comics'' #3 (1950) *'' Marines in Action'' #1, 3 (1955) *''

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'' #8, 13–14 (1956) *'' Marvel Premiere'' (

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) #39–40 (1977–1978) *''

Marvel Preview ''Marvel Preview'' is a black-and-white comics magazine published by Magazine Management for fourteen issues and the affiliated Marvel Comics Group for ten issues. The final issue additionally carried the imprint Marvel Magazines Group. Publica ...

'' #12 (1977) *'' Marvel Tales'' #147 (1956) *'' Marvel Two-in-One'' #10–11 (1975) *''My Own Romance'' #45 (1955) *''Mystery Tales'' #25, 37, 39 (1955–1956) *'' Mystic'' #36, 44 (1955–1956) *'' Power Man'' #38–39 (1976–1977) *''

The Rampaging Hulk ''The Rampaging Hulk'' is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The first volume was a black and white magazine published by Curtis Magazines (an imprint of Marvel) from 1977–1978. With issue #10, it changed its format to color and its ...

'' (

Bloodstone Bloodstone may refer to: *Heliotrope (mineral) or bloodstone, a form of chalcedony Film * ''Bloodstone'' (1988 film), an Indian-American action/comedy film *'' Bloodstone: Subspecies II'', a 1993 horror film * Bloodstone: An Epic Dwarven Tale, ano ...

) #2 (1977) *'' Rawhide Kid'' #1–5 (1955) *''Spellbound'' #13 (1953) *''

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'' #16, 43, 49 (1953–1956) *''Strange Tales of the Unusual'' #1 (1955) *''Tales of Justice'' #58 (1956) *''True Secrets'' #37 (1956) *'' Vampire Tales'' #6 (1974) *''War Comics'' #18, 39 (1953–1956) *''

'' #6–8 (1973) *''Western Outlaws'' #12 (1955) *''

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'' #106 (1977)

References

External links

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