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Gil Kane (; born Eli Katz ; April 6, 1926 – January 31, 2000) was a Latvian-born
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whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character. Kane co-created the modern-day versions of the superheroes
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and the
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for
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, and co-created Iron Fist and
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with
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for
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. He was involved in the anti-drug storyline in ''
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'' #96–98, which, at the behest of the
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, bucked the then-prevalent
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to depict drug abuse, and ultimately spurred an update of the Code. Kane additionally pioneered an early
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prototype, '' His Name Is... Savage'', in 1968, and a seminal graphic novel, ''
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'', in 1971. In 1997, he was inducted into both the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame and the Harvey Award Jack Kirby Hall of Fame.


Biography


Early life and career

Gil Kane was born Eli Katz on April 6, 1926, in
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to a
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family that immigrated to the U.S. in 1929, settling in
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, New York City. His father was a struggling poultry merchant. Kane attended high school at
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's
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, but left in his senior year when he saw an opportunity to work at MLJ Comics (later Archie Comics). He recalled in a 1996 interview, Until being fired after three weeks, Kane worked in production, "putting borders on pages. The
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would only put in the lettering, not the balloons, so I would put in the borders, balloons, and I'd finish up artwork—whatever had to be done on a lesser scale." Within "a couple of days" of being let go, "I got a job with
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's agency. Jack Binder had a loft on
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and it just looked like an internment camp. There must have been 50 or 60 guys up there, all at drawing tables. You had to account for the paper that you took." Kane began
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professionally there, but, "They weren't terribly happy with what I was doing. But when I was rehired by MLJ three weeks later, not only did they put me back into the production department and give me an increase, they gave me my first job, which was 'Inspector Bentley of Scotland Yard' in ''
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'', and then they gave me a whole issue of ''
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and Dusty'', one of their leading books". He would also do spot illustrations for other studios. His earliest known credit is inking Carl Hubbell on the six-page Scarlet Avenger superhero story "The Counterfeit Money Code" in MLJ's ''Zip Comics'' #14 (
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d May 1941), on which he signed the name "Gil Kane". Other early credits include some issues of the company's ''
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'', sometimes under pseudonyms including Stack Til and Stacktil, and, in conjunction with artist Pen Shumaker, Pen Star. He even used his birth name on rare occasions, including on at least one story each in the Temerson / Helnit / Continental publishing group's ''Terrific Comics'' and ''
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''. In 1944 he did his first work for the future
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, as one of two inkers on the 28-page "The Spawn of Death" in the wartime kid-gang comic ''
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'' #11 (March 1944), and the future
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, as the uncredited ghost artist for
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on the
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superhero story "Courage a la Carte" in '' Adventure Comics'' #91 (May 1944). That same year Kane either was drafted or enlisted in the
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and served in the
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Pacific theater of operations. After 19 months in the service, he returned to in December 1945.
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editor
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hired him in 1947, for a stint that lasted six months. He contributed again to the "Sandman" feature in ''Adventure Comics'' and, as penciler Gil Stack and inker Phil Martel, to the "
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" feature in ''
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''. Around this time, he said, he "worked with director
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when he was involved in TV," drawing storyboards. In 1949, Kane began a longtime professional relationship with
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, an editor at National Comics, the future DC Comics. Kane drew stories for several DC series in the 1950s including ''
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'' and ''The Adventures of
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''.


Silver Age of Comic Books

In the late 1950s, freelancing for DC Comics precursor National Comics, Kane illustrated works in what fans and historians call the
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, creating character designs for the modern-day version of the 1940s
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, for which he pencilled most of the first 75 issues of the reimagined character's comic. Comics historian
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praised Kane's work on the character, stating "The design was part of an approach that emphasized grace as well as strength, an approach especially notable in Kane's flying scenes ... Green Lantern appeared to soar effortlessly across the cosmos." DC Comics writer and executive
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noted in 2010 that Kane "modeled the
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on Israeli founding father
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, even as the human figures in the cast tended to mimic Kane's own tall, elongated build." Kane and writer John Broome's stories for the ''Green Lantern'' series included transforming Hal Jordan's love interest,
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, into the Star Sapphire in issue #16.
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, a character featured prominently in the "
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" storyline in 2009–2010, debuted in issue #29 (June 1964) by Broome and Kane. The creative team created
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in the story "Earth's Other Green Lantern!" in issue #59 (March 1968). Kane similarly co-created an updated version of the
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with writer
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. Kane — who by 1960 was living in
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, on
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— also drew the youthful superhero team the
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, a revival of
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, and, in the late 1960s, such short-lived titles as ''
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'' and the
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'', based on the
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. Kane and
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created an origin for
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in ''Teen Titans'' #22 (July–Aug. 1969) which introduced the character's new costume. He briefly freelanced some Hulk stories in
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' ''
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'', first under the pseudonym Scott Edward and then in his own name, defying the practice in which DC artists moonlighting at Marvel used pseudonyms. He and writer/editor Stan Lee introduced the
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as an enemy of the Hulk in ''Tales to Astonish'' #90 (April 1967). Kane also freelanced in the 1960s for
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' ''
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'', a superhero/espionage title, as well as the "Tiger Boy" strip for
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. Kane then found a home at Marvel, eventually becoming the regular penciller for ''
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'', succeeding John Romita in the early 1970s, and becoming the company's preeminent cover artist through that decade. Kane's first Spider-Man storyline culminated in the death of supporting character
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. During that run, he and editor-writer Stan Lee produced in 1971 a three-issue story arc in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #96-98 (May–July 1971) that marked the first challenge to the industry's self-regulating
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since its inception in 1954. The Code forbade mention of drugs, even in a negative context. However, Lee and Kane created an anti-drug storyline conceived at the behest of the
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, and upon not receiving Code Authority approval, Marvel published the issues without the Code seal on their covers. The comics met with such positive reception and high sales that the industry's self-censorship was undercut, and the Code soon afterward was revamped. Another landmark in Kane's Spider-Man run was the arc "
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" in issues #121–122 (June–July 1973), in which Spider-Man's girlfriend
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, as well as the long-time villain
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were killed, an unusual occurrence at the time. With writer
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, Kane helped revise the Marvel Comics version of Captain Marvel, and revamped a preexisting character as
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. Kane and Thomas co-created the
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superhero Iron Fist, and
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. Kane and writer Gerry Conway transformed John Jameson, an incidental character in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' series, into the Man-Wolf. Conway, Kane's collaborator on the death-of-Gwen-Stacy storyline and elsewhere, described Kane in 2009 as


Pioneering new formats

Kane's side projects include two long works that he conceived, plotted and illustrated, with scripting by Archie Goodwin (writing under the
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of Robert Franklin): '' His Name Is... Savage'' (Adventure House Press, 1968), a self-published, 40-page,
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-format comics novel; and ''
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'' (1971), a
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/ sword-and-sorcery paperback published by Bantam Books and one of the earliest examples of the
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, a term not in general use at the time.
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served as Kane's assistant during the production of ''Blackmark'' and would call Kane "the most influential male" in his life.


Later career

During the 1970s and 1980s, Kane did character designs for various
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and
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animated TV series including '' The Centurions'' which he co-created with Jack Kirby. In 1974 he contributed to redesigning the obscure Marvel Comics character the Cat into
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, and three years later created the newspaper
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''
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'' with writer
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. The strip, which ran through 1981, was known for its experimental use of a two-tier format during the first years. During this decade he also illustrated paperback and record-album covers, drew model box art, and co-wrote, with
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, the 1980 novel ''Excalibur!'' He drew the ''
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'' series for Marvel beginning in June 1977. In 1971, Kane met Michel "Greg" Regnier, then the editor of French-Belgian comics anthology
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Weekly. He ended up creating a
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tale called ''Jason Drum'', about an
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stranded on a sword and sorcery world. The series debuted in Tintin weekly, making the cover of #202 (July 1979). Due to a medical emergency Kane reached out to
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to help with layouts and, starting with Tintin #205, uninked penciled pages were sent to France. Belgian artist Franz inked five pages of Kane’s pencils and pencilled and inked the last pages of the story himself (in #206 and 207 ug. ’78. After his recovery, Kane lost contact with Tintin. In 2006 Kane´s friend
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discovered that Kane did evidently finish the Jason Drum project with 44 fully linked pages with dialogue. The project had never been published in English, but the original 27 page version assisted by Staton and Franz was published in some other languages including
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in 1980). Kane was one of the artists on the double-sized ''
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'' #200 (March 1982). and had a brief run on ''The
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'' series in 1982 In the early 1980s, he shared regular art duties on the Superman feature in ''
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'' with
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and contributed to the 1988 ''Superman'' animated TV series. The
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character, a nemesis of Superman, was revised by Kane and Marv Wolfman in ''Action Comics'' #544 (June 1983). He was one of the contributors to the '' DC Challenge'' limited series in 1986. Kane was the artist on the early
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serial in the short-lived anthology ''
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Weekly'' from issues #601–605 with writer James Owsley, and illustrated the Nightwing cover for issue #627 in 1988. He returned to drawing the Atom in the ''Sword of the Atom'' limited series, a collaboration with writer
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. In 1989–1990 Kane illustrated a comic-book adaptation of
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''. During the following decade, Kane drew for publishers including
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, for which he illustrated a miniseries adaptation of the film '' Jurassic Park'';
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, for which he and writer Steven Grant created the superhero Edge for a 1994–95 miniseries;
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, in which he illustrated
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's four-page Kid Thunder story "Judgment Day: 1868" in ''Judgment Day Alpha'' #1 (June 1997); and DC, for which he drew several Superman stories. He was one of the many creators who contributed to the '' Superman: The Wedding Album'' one-shot wherein the title character married
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. He and his former apprentice Howard Chaykin worked together again on a three-part story for '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #24–26 (Nov. 1991 – Jan. 1992) and the ''Superman: Distant Fires'' one-shot (1998). Kane collaborated with writer Mark Waid on ''The Life Story of the Flash'' graphic novel. As well during that decade, he designed the set of the 1997
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production of the play '' Lovely!''. Though his last full comic during his lifetime was Awesome's 40-page ''Judgment Day: Aftermath'' #1 (March 1998) — written by Moore and featuring the characters and teams Glory, Spacehunter, Youngblood and others in individual tales — his final narrative works, all for DC, were penciling the two-page "Antibiotics: The Killers That Save Lives" in ''Celebrate the Century: Super Heroes Stamp Album'' #5 (1999); portions of seven pages and the cover, all shared with humor artist
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, of DC's ''
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'' #2 (April 1999); and a two-page pastiche of 1970s Hostess Fruit Pie superhero ads, "The Star Sheriffs", in ''
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'' #2 (Sept. 1999). His last published comics art during his lifetime was a one-page illustration in
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' ''
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: Hell and Back'' #4 (Oct. 1999). Posthumously published was his final completed work, the two-issue Green Lantern /
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story in ''
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'' #28–29 (May–June 2000); and four years later, the final issue, drawn in the mid-1990s, of Malibu's planned four-issue miniseries ''Edge'', as part of the
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, Florida from complications of
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. He was survived by his second wife, Elaine; as well as a son and two stepchildren, Scott, Eric and Beverly. For a time the family lived in
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, where he was drama chairman of the Wilton Arts Council. His final home was
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. An homage to Kane and to writer John Broome appears in ''In Darkest Night'', a novelization of the ''Justice League'' animated series. The book refers to the Kane/Broome Institute for Space Studies in Coast City. The Broome Kane Galaxy in '' Green Lantern: Emerald Knights'' is named for him and John Broome. Writer
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made Kane a character in
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' '' Judgment Day: Aftermath'' which Kane illustrated. While he was alive, Kane was made the lead character in writer
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's story "His Name Is... Kane" (a play on Kane's '' His Name Is... Savage'') in
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anthology ''
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'' #180 (June 1969). In the six-and-a-half-page tale, penciled by Kane and inked by
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, frustrated comic-book artist Gil Kane kills his ''House of Mystery'' editor,
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. Orlando, also an artist, and Friedrich exact revenge by drawing Kane into artwork that is then framed and mounted in the house. Kane's work has been extensively reprinted. Marvel Comics released ''Marvel Visionaries Gil Kane'' in 2002 and DC Comics published ''Adventures of Superman: Gil Kane'' in 2013. IDW Publishing released an "artist's edition", a reproduction of the original art, of Kane's Spider-Man work in 2012.


Awards and exhibitions

Kane received numerous awards over the years, including the 1971, 1972, and 1975
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Awards for Comic Books: Story, and the group's "Newspaper Strip: Story Strip Award" for 1977 for ''Star Hawks''. He also received the comic book industry's
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for Special Recognition in 1971 "for ''
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'', his paperback comics novel" and was given an
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in 1975. Kane was named to both the Eisner Award Hall of Fame and the
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Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1997. Work by Kane was part of the 1995 Muckenthaler Cultural Center exhibit "KAPOW: A Showcase of Superheroes", in Fullerton, California.


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'' #3, 5 (1982–83) *''
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'' #208 (1969) *'' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #24–26 (1991–92) *''
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'' #22 (1988) *'' Blue Devil'' #7 (1984) *''
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'' #30–31, 35 (1948–49) *''
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'' #2–5 (1968–69) *'' DC Challenge'' #4 (1986) *''
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and Robin) #371, 374; ( Elongated Man) #368, 370, 372–373; ( Batgirl) #384–385, 388–389, 392–393, 396, 401, 406–407; (Robin) #390–391, 394, 398–399, 402–403; (
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'' #195, 197–199 (1970) *'' Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion'' #13 (1973) *'' Girls' Love Stories'' #32 (1954) *''
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'' #25, 29, 107 (1954–65) *''
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'' #223–224 (1988) *''Green Lantern
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'' #2 (1999) *'' Hawk and the Dove'' #3–6 (1968–69) *''
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'' #123–135 (1957–59) *''
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'' #6–11, 15–18 (1950–52) *''
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'' #200 (six-pages only)(1982) *''Legends of the DC Universe'' (Green Lantern and the Atom) #28–29 (2000) *''Life Story of the Flash'' HC (1997) *''
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'' #15 (1950) *''
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'' #3–5, 12–16, 18–43, 47, 50, 53–54, 56, 59–61, 67, 100–102 (1951–61, 1965) *''
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'' #1 (1966) *''
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) (1996) *''
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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 publi ...
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Krypton Krypton (from grc, κρυπτός, translit=kryptos 'the hidden one') is a chemical element with the symbol Kr and atomic number 36. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless noble gas that occurs in trace amounts in the atmosphere and is often ...
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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 publi ...
'' vol. 2 #99, 101–103 (1995) *''Superman: Blood of My Ancestors'' (with John Buscema) (2003, posthumous) *''Superman: Distant Fires'' (1998) *''Superman Special'' #1–2 (1983–84) *'' Superman: The Wedding Album'' (among other artists) (1996) *''Sword of the Atom'' #1–4 (miniseries), ''Special'' #1–2 (1983–85) *''Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual'' #1 (1985) *'' Tales of the Unexpected'' #88 (1965) *''Talos of the Wilderness Sea'' (1987) *''
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 ...
'' #19, 22–24 (1969) *''Teen Titans'' vol. 2 #12 (1997) *''
Time Warp Time travel is a common theme in fiction, mainly since the late 19th century, and has been depicted in a variety of media, such as literature, television, film, and advertisements. The concept of time travel by mechanical means was popularize ...
'' #2 (1979) *''
Vigilante Vigilantism () is the act of preventing, investigating and punishing perceived offenses and crimes without Right, legal authority. A vigilante (from Spanish, Italian and Portuguese “vigilante”, which means "sentinel" or "watcher") is a pers ...
'' #12–13 (1984) *''
Weird Mystery Tales ''Weird Mystery Tales'' was a mystery horror comics anthology published by DC Comics from July–August 1972 to November 1975. Publication history 100 Page Super Spectacular The title ''Weird Mystery Tales'' was first used for '' DC 100 Page S ...
'' #10 (1974) *''
Weird Western Tales ''Weird Western Tales'' is a Western genre comics anthology published by DC Comics from June–July 1972 to August 1980. It is best known for featuring the adventures of Jonah Hex until #38 (Jan.–Feb. 1977) when the character was promoted to hi ...
'' #15, 20 (1972–73) *''
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'' #44–76 (
Nighthawk The nighthawk is a nocturnal bird of the subfamily Chordeilinae, within the nightjar family, Caprimulgidae, native to the western hemisphere. The term "nighthawk", first recorded in the King James Bible of 1611, was originally a local name i ...
); #77–85 (Matt Savage) (1954–61) *''
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'' #12 (1970) *''
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'' ( Green Arrow and
Black Canary The Black Canary is the name of two superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics: Dinah Drake and her daughter Dinah Laurel Lance. The original version was created by the writer-artist team of Robert Kanigher and ...
) #282–283; (Captain Marvel) #282 (1982) *''
Young Romance ''Young Romance'' is a romantic comic book series created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby for the Crestwood Publications imprint Prize Comics in 1947. Generally considered the first romance comic,Ro, Ronin. ''Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan L ...
'' #175 (1971)


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Tintin (magazine) ''Tintin'' (french: Le Journal de Tintin; nl, Kuifje) was a weekly Franco-Belgian comics magazine of the second half of the 20th century. Subtitled ''"The Magazine for the Youth from 7 to 77"'', it was one of the major publications of the Fra ...
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Adventure into Fear ''Adventure into Fear'' is an American horror comic book series published by Marvel Comics from cover dates November 1970 through December 1975, for 31 issues. This is its trademarked cover title for all but its first nine issues, though the ser ...
'' ( Morbius) #21 (1974) *''Adventures into Terror'' #13, 17, 21 (1952–1953) *''Adventures into Weird Worlds'' #12 (1952) *''
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'' #89–92, 96–105, 120–124, 150; ''Annual'' #10, 24 (1970–76, 1990) *''
Astonishing Tales ''Astonishing Tales'' is an American anthology comic book series originally published by Marvel Comics from 1970 to 1976. Its sister publication was '' Amazing Adventures'' (vol. 2). In 2008 and 2009, Marvel produced 11 webcomics starring diffe ...
'' (Ka-Zar) #11, 15 (1972) *''
Captain America Captain America is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the character First appearance, first appeared in ''#Golden Age, Captain America Comics'' #1 (cover ...
'' #145 (with
John Romita Sr. John V. Romita (; born January 24, 1930) is an American comic book artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and for co-creating characters including the Punisher and Wolverine. He was inducted into the Will Eis ...
) (1972) *'' Captain Marvel'' #17–21 (1969–70) *''
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'' #12, 17–18, 127–134, ''Annual'' #6; ''Giant-Size'' #1–4 (1971–1982) *''
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) #16–17 (1972) *'' Daredevil'' #141, 146–148, 151 (1977–78) *''
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Sons of the Tiger ''The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu'' was an American black-and-white martial arts comics magazine published by Magazine Management, a corporate sibling of Marvel Comics. A total of 33 issues were published from 1974 to 1977, plus one special edition. ...
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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 ...
'' #21 (1976) *'' Giant-Size Defenders'' #2 (1974) *''Giant-Size Super-Heroes'' #1 ( Spider-Man, the
Man-Wolf John Jonah Jameson III (also known as Colonel Jupiter, the Man-Wolf and the Stargod) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as the son of J. Jonah Jameson, and a friend to ...
, and Morbius) (1974) *''Girl Confessions'' #31 (1952) *''
Inhumans The Inhumans are a fictional superhuman race of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The comic book series has usually focused more specifically on the adventures of the Inhuman Royal Family, and many peop ...
'' #5–7 (1976) *''The Invincible Iron Man #43–50 (1972) *''
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 ...
'' #1–10 (1977–78) *''
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. ...
'', vol. 2, #1–2 (1972) *''
Jungle Action ''Jungle Action'' is the name of two American comic book series published by Marvel Comics and its 1950s precursor, Atlas Comics. The Marvel version contained the first series starring the Black Panther, the first black superhero in mainstream com ...
'', vol. 2 ( Black Panther) #9 (1974) *'' Ka-Zar the Savage'' #11–12, 14 (
Zabu Zabu is a fictional Pleistocene sabretooth tiger character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is connected primarily to the Savage Land, and the X-Men, and most recently the Avengers (by way of the "Pet A ...
backup stories) (1982) * '' Kull and the Barbarians'' #2 (1975) * ''Lovers'' #58 (1954) *'' Marvel Comics Presents'' (
Two-Gun Kid The Two-Gun Kid is the name of two Western fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first, Clay Harder, was introduced in a 1948 comic from Marvel predecessor Timely Comics. The second, Matt Hawk a ...
) #116 (1992) *''
Marvel Fanfare ''Marvel Fanfare'' was an anthology comic book series published by American company Marvel Comics. It was a showcase title featuring a variety of characters from the Marvel universe. Volume one ''Marvel Fanfare'' featured characters and settings ...
'' ( Mowgli) #9-11 (1983) *''Marvel: Heroes & Legends'' #2 (1997) *''
Marvel Premiere ''Marvel Premiere'' is an American comic book anthology series that was published by Marvel Comics. In concept it was a tryout book, intended to determine if a character or concept could attract enough readers to justify launching their own seri ...
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Adam Warlock Adam Warlock (also known as simply Warlock) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character would first appear in ''Fantastic Four'' #66–67 (cover-dates September 1967 and October 1967) cr ...
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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 ...
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Blackmark ''Blackmark'' is a paperback book (Bantam S5871) published by the American company Bantam Books in January 1971. It is one of the first American graphic novels, predating works such as Richard Corben's ''Bloodstar'' (1976), Jim Steranko's '' ...
) #17 (1978) *'' Marvel Tales'' #117 (1953) *''
Marvel Team-Up ''Marvel Team-Up'' is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series featured two or more Marvel characters in one story. The series was originally published from March 1972 through February 1985, and featured Spider-Man as ...
'' (Spider-Man team-ups) #4–6, 13–14, 16–19, 23 (1972–74) *'' Marvel Two-in-One'' ( The Thing team-ups) #1–2 (1974) *''Men's Adventures'' #21 (1953) *''
Micronauts Micronauts is a North American science fiction toyline manufactured and marketed by Mego from 1976 to 1980. The ''Micronauts'' toyline was based on and licensed from the ''Microman'' toyline created by Japanese-based toy company Takara in 1974. ...
'' #38, 40–45 (1982) *'' Monsters Unleashed'' #3 (1973) *''My Own Romance'' #27 (1953) * '' Mystic'' #8, 24 (1952–53) * ''
New Warriors The New Warriors is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They traditionally consisted of teenage and young adult heroes, and were often seen to serve as a junior counterpart to Avengers (comics), ...
Annual'' #4 (1994) *'' Savage Sword of Conan'' #1–4, 8, 47, 63–65, 67, 85–86 (1974–83) *''
Savage Tales ''Savage Tales'' is the title of three American comics series. Two were black-and-white comics-magazine anthologies published by Marvel Comics, and the other a color comic book anthology published by Dynamite Entertainment. Publication history Ma ...
'' ( Conan) #4 (with
Neal Adams Neal Adams (June 15, 1941 – April 28, 2022) was an American comic book artist. He was the co-founder of the graphic design studio Continuity Associates, and was a creators-rights advocate who helped secure a pension and recognition for Sup ...
) (1974) *''
Scarlet Spider The Scarlet Spider is an alias used by several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most notably Ben Reilly and Kaine Parker, both of whom are genetic replicates of the superhero Spider-Man. Both the ...
#1 (1995) *'' Spider-Man'' #63 (1995) *''
Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into vari ...
'' #15 (1981) *''
Supernatural Thrillers ''Supernatural Thrillers'' was an American horror fiction comic book published by Marvel Comics in the 1970s that adapted classic stories of that genre, including works by Robert Louis Stevenson and H. G. Wells, before becoming a vehicle for a su ...
'' #3 (1973) *''Suspense'' #14 (1952) *''
Tales of Suspense ''Tales of Suspense'' is the name of an American comic book anthology series and two one-shot comics published by Marvel Comics. The first, which ran from 1959 to 1968, began as a science-fiction anthology that served as a showcase for such arti ...
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Captain America Captain America is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the character First appearance, first appeared in ''#Golden Age, Captain America Comics'' #1 (cover ...
) #88–91 (1967) *''
Tales to Astonish ''Tales to Astonish'' is the name of two American comic book series and a one-shot comic published by Marvel Comics. The primary title bearing that name was published from January 1959 to March 1968. It began as a science-fiction anthology tha ...
'' ( Hulk) #76, 88–91 (1966–67) *''
Thor Thor (; from non, Þórr ) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of humankind, hallowing, an ...
'' #318 (1982) *''
Vampire Tales ''Vampire Tales'' was an American black-and-white horror comics magazine published by Magazine Management, a corporate sibling of Marvel Comics. The series ran 11 issues and one annual publication from 1973 to 1975, and featuring vampires as both ...
'' (Morbius, the Living Vampire) #5 (1974) *''War Comics'' #19 (1953) *''
Warlock A warlock is a male practitioner of witchcraft. Etymology and terminology The most commonly accepted etymology derives '' warlock'' from the Old English '' wǣrloga'', which meant "breaker of oaths" or "deceiver" and was given special applicati ...
'' #1–5 (1972–73) *''
Web of Spider-Man ''Web of Spider-Man'' is the name of two different monthly comic book series starring Spider-Man that have been published by Marvel Comics since 1985, the first volume of which ran for 129 issues between 1985 and 1995, and the second of which ran ...
Annual'' #6 (1990) *''
Werewolf by Night The Werewolf by Night (usually referred to by other characters simply as the Werewolf) is the name applied to two fictional characters who are werewolves appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first incarnation of We ...
'' #11–12 (1973) *'' What If?'' (
Avengers Avenger, Avengers, The Avenger, or The Avengers may refer to: Arts and entertainment In the Marvel Comics universe * Avengers (comics), a team of superheroes **Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a central team of protagonist superheroes of ...
) #3, (Spider-Man) #24 (1977–80) *''
Worlds Unknown ''Worlds Unknown'' was a science-fiction comic book published by American company Marvel Comics in the 1970s, which adapted classic short stories of that genre, including works by Frederik Pohl, Harry Bates, and Theodore Sturgeon. Publication ...
'' #1–2 (1973) *''
Young Allies Young Allies, in comics, may refer to one of the following superhero teams: * Young Allies (DC Comics), a team made up of young heroes from the Allies and featured in a story arc in ''Young All-Stars'' published by DC Comics. * Young Allies (Marvel ...
'' #11 (1944)


Quality Comics

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Doll Man Doll Man is a superhero first appearing in American comic books from the Golden Age of Comics, originally published by Quality Comics and currently part of the DC Comics universe of characters. Doll Man was created by cartoonist Will Eisner a ...
'' #19 (1948)


Tower Comics

* ''Noman'' #1 (1966) * ''
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents ''T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents'' is a fictional team of superheroes that appeared in comic books originally published by Tower Comics in the 1960s. They were an arm of the United Nations and were notable for their depiction of the heroes as everyday pe ...
'' #1, 5, 14, 16 (1965–67)


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