Ernesto Colón SierraColón in English translation of Via (July 13, 1931 – August 8, 2019) was a

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, known for his wide-ranging career illustrating children's, superhero, and horror comics, as well as mainstream nonfiction.

Early life

Colón was born July 13, 1931, in

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, the son of Ernesto Colón, a police detective, and Isabel Sierra, a textile worker and bank teller. He has eight siblings, all sisters. Raised in the mainland US from age 10, he listed among his early influences the newspaper adventure-strip writer-artists

Milton Caniff Milton Arthur Paul Caniff (; February 28, 1907 – April 3, 1988) was an People of the United States, American cartoonist famous for the ''Terry and the Pirates (comic strip), Terry and the Pirates'' and ''Steve Canyon'' comic strips. Biography ...

and

Will Eisner William Erwin Eisner (March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur. He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the American comic book industry, and his series ''The Spirit'' (1940–1952) was no ...

, and the lighthearted 1940s

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superhero Captain Marvel, saying, ”I never enjoyed superheroes – with the exception of the early Captain Marvel. That character had humor and didn't take itself as seriously as all the other snarling, furious products of DC and Marvel,” Colón said in 2011. He attended high school at what was then New York City's

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Career

1950s to 1970s

In 1955, cartoonist Ham Fisher hired Colón to ink backgrounds on the long-running comic strip '' Joe Palooka'', an assignment that ended after approximately one month following Fisher's suicide that December. Colón began his career in earnest at

Harvey Comics Harvey Comics (also known as Harvey World Famous Comics, Harvey Publications, Harvey Comics Entertainment, Harvey Hits, Harvey Illustrated Humor, and Harvey Picture Magazines) was an American comic book publisher, founded in New York City by A ...

, recalling in 2011, Working uncredited at Harvey Comics for much of that time, Colón met editor

Sid Jacobson Sidney Jacobson (October 20, 1929 – July 23, 2022) was an American writer who worked in the fields of children's comic books, popular music, fiction, biography, and non-fiction comics. He was managing editor and editor in chief for Harvey Com ...

, who became his frequent creative partner. Colón' earliest attributed work appears in two comics each

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d December 1960: the 15-page story "Spellbound" in Harvey's ''The Friendly Ghost, Casper'' #28, and, in a one-off for Archie Comics, the two-page featurette "Madhouse Stamps for Teens" in ''

Archie's Madhouse ''Archie's Mad House'' (sometimes rendered as ''Archie's Madhouse'') was a comic book magazine published by Archie Comics from 1959 to 1982. The series went through a number of overhauls and name changes. Classic stories have occasionally appeared ...

'' #9. In addition to much work for Harvey in the 1960s and 1970s, Colón also drew and possibly wrote the two-page story "Kaleidoscope of Fear" in ''Wham-O Giant Comics'' #1 (April 1967), published by the toy company

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). drew three issues of

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' '' Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom'' (#24–26, July 1968–Jan. 1969), and contributed to

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's black-and-white

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magazines ''

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'', ''

Eerie ''Eerie'' was an American magazine of horror comics introduced in 1966 by Warren Publishing. Like '' Mad'', it was a black-and-white magazine intended for newsstand distribution and did not submit its stories to the comic book industry's volunta ...

'', and ''

Vampirella Vampirella () is a fictional vampire superheroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and comic book artist Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969), a sister publication of '' Cre ...

''. Under the

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Jack Purcell, he drew and lettered a story for rival

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' ''Psycho'' #3 (May 1971). In 1979, he collaborated with writer

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on an adaptation of ''

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'' for

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1980s-on

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, Colón co-created the historical fantasy ''

Arak, Son of Thunder Arak is a fictional comic book character and a superhero published by DC Comics. He first appeared in a special insert in '' The Warlord'' #48 (August 1981) and was created by Roy Thomas and Ernie Colón. Arak (Bright-Sky-After-Storm) is depict ...

'' with writer

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, with the character introduced in a special insert in '' The Warlord'' #48 (Aug. 1981). Two years later, he introduced '' Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld'' with writers

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and Gary Cohn in a similar preview in ''The

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'' vol. 2 #298 (April 1983). Colón was an editor for DC Comics from 1982 to 1985 and oversaw titles such as '' Arion, Lord of Atlantis'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. His other artistic credits include ''

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'' for

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; ''

Airboy Airboy is a fictional aviator hero of an American comic book series initially published by Hillman Periodicals during the World War II-era time period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. He was created by writers Charles Bi ...

'' for

Eclipse Comics Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several independent publishers during the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1978, it published the first graphic novel intended for the newly created comic book specialty store market. It was ...

; '' Magnus: Robot Fighter'' for

Valiant Comics Valiant Comics is an American comic book publisher. The company was founded in 1989 by former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter along with lawyer and businessman Steven Massarsky. In 1994, the company was sold to Acclaim Entertainment ...

; and ''

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'' and ''

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'' for Marvel Comics. Also for Marvel, Colón wrote, drew, colored and lettered the 1988 science-fiction

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''Ax''. In the late 1980s, Colón penciled the short-lived '' Bullwinkle and Rocky'' series for Marvel's children's imprint

Star Comics Star Comics was an imprint of Marvel Comics that began in 1984 and featured titles that were aimed at child readers and were often adaptations of children's television series, animated series or toys. The last comic published under the imprint ...

, edited by Sid Jacoboson. Colón returned to Harvey with Jacobson in the early 1990s and worked on such projects as ''

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'' and ''

Ultraman ''Ultraman'', also known as the , is the collective name for all media produced by Tsuburaya Productions featuring Ultraman, his many brethren, and the myriad monsters. Debuting with ''Ultra Q'' and then ''Ultraman'' in 1966, the series is one ...

''. From 2005 until the tabloid's demise in 2007, he drew the weekly comic strip "SpyCat" in the ''

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''. Colón and Jacobson created a

version of the

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titled ''The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation'' (

d Aug. 2006). They released a 160-page follow-up, ''After 9/11: America's War on Terror'' (Aug. 2008). The duo's ''A Graphic Biography: Che'' was released in 2009. The following year,

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published their next collaboration, ''

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: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography'', published by

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. He collaborated with his author wife, Ruth Ashby, on the 2005 comic book ''A Spy for General Washington'', telling the story of Revolutionary War secret agent Robert Townsend, and on the graphic novel ''The Great American Documents: Volume 1'', published by

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in May 2014. Colón reunited with writer Dan Mishkin to produce ''The Warren Commission Report: A Graphic Investigation Into the Kennedy Assassination'' in 2014.

Personal life

In the US, Colón lived initially in

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, New York City, and later moved to the

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town of

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. He was married four times, his last to children's-book and

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author Ruth Ashby. He had four children, daughters Amanda, Suzan and Luisa Colón and Rebecca Ashby-Colón. He died in Huntington, New York on August 8, 2019, at the age of 88, of

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diagnosed the previous year.

Bibliography

Works by Colón:

Atlas/Seaboard Comics

* ''

'' #1–3 (1975) * ''Thrilling Adventure Stories'' #1 (1975) * ''

Tiger-Man Tiger-Man is a tiger-themed superhero who appeared in a self-titled series published by Atlas/Seaboard Comics in 1975. Publication history The first appearance of "Tiger-Man" was in the first issue of ''Thrilling Adventure Stories'', February 197 ...

'' #1 (1975) * ''Weird Tales of the Macabre'' #1 (1975)

DC Comics

* '' Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld'' #1–12 (1983–1984) * ''Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld'' vol. 2 #1, 9–11, 13–16, ''Special'' #1 (1985–1986) * ''

'' #1–14, 31, 37, ''Annual'' #1 (1981–1984) * ''

Atari Force ''Atari Force'' is the name of two comic book series published by DC Comics from 1982 to 1986. Both were loosely based on trademarks of Atari, Inc. Publication history The first ''Atari Force'' title was a series of minicomics created in 1982 t ...

'' vol. 2 #12 (1984) * '' Blue Devil'' #6, 9 (1984–1985) * ''

The Brave and the Bold ''The Brave and the Bold'' is a comic book series published by DC Comics as an ongoing series from 1955 to 1983. It was followed by two mini-series in 1991 and 1999, and was revived as an ongoing title in 2007. The focus of the series has varied ...

'' #179 (1981) * ''

Cosmic Boy Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn) is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the 30th and 31st centuries of the DC Comics Universe. He is a founding member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, and was the original leader in all incarnations of the Legion ...

'' #1–4 (1986–1987) * ''

DC Comics Presents ''DC Comics Presents'' is a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1978 to 1986 which ran for 97 issues and four ''Annual''s. It featured team-ups between Superman and a wide variety of other characters in the DC Universe. A recurring back ...

'' #63 (1983) * ''

DC Graphic Novel ''DC Graphic Novel'' is a line of graphic novel trade paperbacks published from 1983 to 1986 by DC Comics. The series generally featured stand-alone stories featuring new characters and concepts with one notable exception. ''The Hunger Dogs'' w ...

'' #3 (1984) * '' The Fury of Firestorm Annual'' #2 (1984) * ''

Heroes Against Hunger ''Heroes Against Hunger'' is a 1986 all-star benefit comic book for African famine relief and recovery. Published by DC Comics in the form of a "comic jam" or exquisite corpse, the book starred Superman and Batman. Spearheaded by Jim Starlin and B ...

'' #1 (1986) * ''

House of Mystery ''The House of Mystery'' is the name of several horror, fantasy, and mystery Comics anthologies published by DC Comics. It had a companion series, ''The House of Secrets''. It is also the name of the titular setting of the series. First serie ...

'' #304–305 ( I…Vampire) (1982) * ''

'' vol. 2 #298 (Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld insert preview) (1983) * ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' vol. 3 #11–12, 55, ''Annual'' #2 (1985–1988) * '' Legionnaires 3'' #1–4 (1986) * ''

Omega Men The Omega Men are a fictional team of extraterrestrial superheroes who have appeared in various comic book series published by DC Comics. They first appeared in ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 2) #141 (June 1981), and were created by Marv Wolfman and Joe ...

'' #31, ''Annual'' #2 (1985) * ''

Outsiders Outsider(s) may refer to: Film * Outsider (1997 film), ''Outsider'' (1997 film), a 1997 Slovene-language film * Outsider (2012 film), ''Outsider'' (2012 film), a Malayalam-language Indian film * Outsiders (1980 film), ''Outsiders'' (1980 film), a ...

'' #9, 13 (1986) * ''

Scooby-Doo ''Scooby-Doo'' is an American animation, animated media franchise based on an animated television series launched in 1969 and continued through several derivative List of Scooby-Doo media, media. Writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears created the orig ...

'' #2, 4, 6, 8 (1997–1998) * ''

Secret Origins ''Secret Origins'' is the title of several comic book series published by DC Comics which featured the origin stories of the publisher's various characters. Publication history ''Secret Origins'' was first published as a one-shot in 1961 and c ...

'' vol. 2 #7, 10 (1986–1987) * ''Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes'' #324 (1985) * ''Tales of the New

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 DC ...

'' #4 (1982) * ''Teen Titans Spotlight'' #12 (1987) * ''Underworld'' #1–4 (1987–1988) * '' The Unexpected'' #220 (1982) * '' The Warlord'' #48 (Arak, Son of Thunder insert preview) (1981) * ''

Weird War Tales ''Weird War Tales'' was a war comic book title with supernatural overtones published by DC Comics. It was published from September–October 1971 to June 1983. Publication history The original title ran for 12 years and 124 issues. It was ...

'' #122, 124 (1983) * '' Young Love'' #122 (1976)

Eclipse Comics

* ''

'' #46–49 (1989)

Gold Key Comics

* '' Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom'' #24–26 (1968–1969)

Harvey Comics

* ''

Beetlejuice ''Beetlejuice'' is a 1988 American fantasy horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton, written by Michael McDowell, Larry Wilson, and Warren Skaaren, produced by The Geffen Company, distributed by Warner Bros., and starring Alec Baldwin, ...

'' #1 (1991) * ''Casper and ...'' #1, 3 (1987–1988) * ''Casper Digest'' #1 (1986) * ''Casper in Space'' #6–8 (1973) * ''Casper Space Ship'' #2, 4 (1972–1973) * ''Casper Strange Ghost Stories'' #12 (1976) * ''Casper TV Showtime'' #1, 5 (1980) * ''Casper's Ghostland'' #93 (1976) * ''Devil Kids Starring Hot Stuff'' #52, 60, 81 (1971–1977) * '' The Friendly Ghost, Casper'' #28, 37, 87, 152, 207 (1960–1979) * ''Harvey Collectors Comics'' #2 (1975) * ''Harvey Wiseguys'' #1–4 (1987–1989) * ''Hot Stuff'' #3 (1992) * ''

Hot Stuff the Little Devil Hot Stuff the Little Devil is a comic book character created by Warren Kremer who first appeared in ''Hot Stuff'' #1 (October 1957), published by Harvey Comics. Imbued with a mischievous personality and able to produce fire, Hot Stuff appears as ...

'' #110, 117 (1972–1973) * ''

Jackie Jokers Jackie Jokers is a supporting character of the '' Richie Rich'' comic book franchise from Harvey Comics. He is marked by a black bowl haircut. He debuted in 1973, in his own eponymous title, before being canceled and replaced by the title ''Richi ...

'' #1–4 (1973) * '' Little Audrey Clubhouse'' #1 (1961) * '' Little Dot'' #94 (1964) * ''Little Dot'' vol. 2 #4 (1993) * ''Little Dot Dotland'' #41 (1969) * ''Little Dot's Uncles and Aunts'' #42 (1972) * ''Little Lotta'' #78–79 (1968) * ''

'' #1 (1991) * ''

New Kids on the Block New Kids on the Block (also initialized as NKOTB) is an American boy band from Dorchester, Massachusetts. The band consists of brothers Jonathan and Jordan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood. New Kids on the Block enjoy ...

: Magic Summer Tour'' #1 (1990) * ''New Kids on the Block: NKOTB'' #1, 6 (1990–1991) * ''Playful Little Audrey'' #64 (1966) * '' Richie Rich'' #9, 200, 225 (1962–1987) * ''Richie Rich'' vol. 2 #14 (1993) * ''Richie Rich & Casper'' #1, 8, 22, 28, 33–34, 45 (1974–1982) * ''Richie Rich & His Girl Friends'' #5, 10 (1980–1981) * ''Richie Rich and the New Kids on the Block'' #1 (1991) * ''Richie Rich and Timmy Time'' #1 (1977) * ''Richie Rich and ...'' #11 (1990) * ''Richie Rich Bank Book'' #24 (1976) * ''Richie Rich Big Book'' #1 (1992) * ''Richie Rich Dollars and Cents'' #78 (1977) * ''Richie Rich Gold and Silver'' #1, 4 (1975–1976) * ''Richie Rich Inventions'' #1 (1977) * ''Richie Rich Millions'' #58 (1973) * ''Richie Rich Money World'' #1, 3, 9, 16, 31, 41, 46 (1972–1980) * ''Richie Rich Profits'' #2 (1974) * ''Richie Rich Riches'' #28, 30, 32 (1977) * ''Richie Rich Success Stories'' #23 (1969) * ''Richie Rich Vaults of Mystery'' #9 (1976) * ''Richie Rich Zillionz'' #2, 4, 11 (1977–1978) * ''Shocking Tales Digest'' #1 (1981) * ''

Spooky Spooky or Spookey may refer to: something that will cause creepiness or uncanniness. Arts and entertainment Music Musicians * Spooky (house music duo) * Spookey (UK band), a 1970s soul band based in Manchester *DJ Spooky, musician and producer * ...

'' #91, 133 (1966–1972) * ''Spooky Spooktown'' #26, 43 (1968–1972) * ''Superichie'' #8 (1977) * ''Ultraman'' #-1, #1 (1994) * ''Vacation Digest Magazine'' #1 (1987) * ''

Wendy the Good Little Witch Wendy the Good Little Witch is a fictional comic book character from Harvey Comics. Like Casper the Friendly Ghost and Hot Stuff the Little Devil, Wendy is an opposite-type character, a girl witch who does good deeds. Publication history Wendy ...

'' #27, 49, 59–60, 67, 76, 86, 94 (1964–1990) * ''Wendy the Good Little Witch'' vol. 2 #12 (1993) * ''Wendy Witch World'' #46, 52 (1972–1973)

Malibu Comics

* ''

Dreadstar ''Dreadstar'' was the first comic-book series published by American publisher Epic Comics, an imprint of Marvel Comics, in 1982. It was centered on Vanth Dreadstar, sole survivor of the entire Milky Way galaxy, and an ensemble cast of crewmates, i ...

'' vol. 2 #1–6 (1995–1996)

Marvel Comics

* ''

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'' #8 (1995) * ''

'' #1–3 (1979) * '' Black Widow the Coldest War'' GN (1990) * '' Bullwinkle and Rocky'' #1–9 (1987–1989) * ''

Casper Casper may refer to: People * Casper (given name) * Casper (surname) * Casper (Maya ruler) (422–487?), ruler of the Mayan city of Palenque * Tok Casper, first known king of Maya city-state Quiriguá in Guatemala, ruling beginning in 426 * David ...

'' #1 (1995) * ''

'' #1–4 (1989) * ''Damage Control'' vol. 2 #1–4 (1989–1990) * ''Damage Control'' vol. 3 #2–4 (1991) * ''

'' #9, 16 (1993–1994) * '' Droids'' #6–8 (1987) * '' Epic Illustrated'' #1–2 (1980) * ''

The Flintstone Kids ''The Flintstone Kids'' is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. It is an alternative incarnation of the studio's original animated series ''The Flintstones''. The series depicts juvenile versions of the main characte ...

'' #1 (1987) * ''

John Carter, Warlord of Mars ''John Carter, Warlord of Mars'' is a comics series published from 1977 by American company Marvel Comics. Created by Marv Wolfman (writer) and Gil Kane (penciller), it was based on the Barsoom series of Edgar Rice Burroughs and featured the epo ...

'' #16–17, 19–21 (1978–1979) * ''

Marvel Age ''Marvel Age'' was a promotional comic book-sized magazine from Marvel Comics published from 1983 to 1994. Basically a comic-length edition of the Bullpen Bulletins page, ''Marvel Age'' contained previews of upcoming Marvel comics, as well as in ...

Annual'' #4 (1988) * '' Marvel Comics Presents'' #19 (1989) * ''

Marvel Graphic Novel ''Marvel Graphic Novel'' (''MGN'') is a line of graphic novel trade paperbacks published from 1982 to 1993 by Marvel Comics. The books were published in an oversized format, 8.5" x 11", similar to French albums. In response, DC Comics establi ...

: Ax'' (1989) * ''Marvel Spring Special'' #1 ('' Elvira, Mistress of the Dark'' adaptation) (1988) * ''

Marvel Super Special ''Marvel Comics Super Special'' was a 41-issue series of one-shot comic-magazines published by Marvel Comics from 1977 to 1986. They were cover-priced $1.50 to $2.50, while regular color comics were priced 30 cents to 60 cents, Beginning with issue ...

'' #8 (''

'' adaptation); #10 (1979) * ''

Mighty Mouse Mighty Mouse is an American animated anthropomorphic superhero mouse character created by the Terrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox. The character was originally called Super Mouse, and made his debut in the 1942 short ''The Mouse of Tomorro ...

'' #1–5, 7, 9 (1990–1991) * ''

Nightmask Nightmask is a name and identity used by several fictional characters who appear in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first character to bear the name, Keith Remsen, was created by writer Archie Goodwin, and first appeared in ''Nightma ...

'' #2 (1986) * ''

Power Pack Power Pack is a superhero team consisting of four young siblings appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Louise Simonson and artist June Brigman, they first appeared in their own series in 1984, which las ...

'' #53 (1990) * ''

Red Sonja Red Sonja is a fictional sword and sorcery comic-book superheroine created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Barry Windsor-Smith for Marvel Comics in 1973, partially inspired by Robert E. Howard's character Red Sonya of Rogatino. Marvel Comics ...

'' vol. 2 #1–2 (1983) * '' Savage Sword of Conan'' #46, 66 (1979–1981) * '' Thundercats'' #14, 18, 20 (1987–1988)

Valiant Comics

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Magnus, Robot Fighter Magnus, Robot Fighter is a fictional superhero, appearing in comic books created by writer/artist Russ Manning in 1963.Steve Holland, ''Sci-Fi Art : a graphic history''. Lewes : ILEX, 2009. (pp. 102-3) Magnus first appeared in ''Magnus Robot Fight ...

'' vol. 2 #7, 9, 13–16, 20 (1991–1993) * ''

Solar, Man of the Atom Solar is an American fictional comic book superhero created by writer Paul S. Newman, editor Matt Murphy, and artist Bob Fujitani. The character first appeared in ''Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom'' #1 in 1962 by Gold Key Comics and has since appea ...

'' #5 (1992)

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Ernie Colón
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators *. Addendum to print interview "Ernie Colon: Master of Everything?" in. *English translations of multi-part Ernie Colón interview at Via Ernie Colon Unlimited.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Colon, Ernie 1931 births 2019 deaths American comics artists American comics writers Comic book editors Comic book letterers Puerto Rican comics artists Silver Age comics creators