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 Adam Warlock 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 U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, bucked the then-prevalent Comics Code Authority 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 School of Industrial Art, but left in his senior year when he saw an opportunity to work at MLJ Comics (later

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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 penciling 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 '' Pep Comics'', and then they gave me a whole issue of '' The Shield and Dusty'', one of their leading books". He would also do spot illustrations for other studios. His earliest known credit is inking

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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 '' Pep Comics'', 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 '' Cat-Man Comics''. In 1944 he did his first work for the future

, as one of two inkers on the 28-page "The Spawn of Death" in the wartime kid-gang comic '' Young Allies'' #11 (March 1944), and the future

, as the uncredited

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for

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on the Sandman superhero story "Courage a la Carte" in ''

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'' #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 Sheldon Mayer 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 '' Sensation Comics''. Around this time, he said, he "worked with director Garson Kanin when he was involved in TV," drawing

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s. 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 '' All-Star Western'' 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 Les Daniels 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 Paul Levitz noted in 2010 that Kane "modeled the Guardians 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, Carol Ferris, into the Star Sapphire in issue #16. Black Hand, 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 Guy Gardner in the story "Earth's Other Green Lantern!" in issue #59 (March 1968). Kane similarly co-created an updated version of the

with writer Gardner Fox. 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 Plastic Man, and, in the late 1960s, such short-lived titles as '' Hawk and Dove'' and the licensed-character comic '' Captain Action'', based on the

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. Kane and Marv Wolfman created an origin for Wonder Girl in ''Teen Titans'' #22 (July–Aug. 1969) which introduced the character's new costume. He briefly freelanced some

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stories in

' '' Tales to Astonish'', 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

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introduced the Abomination as an enemy of the Hulk in ''Tales to Astonish'' #90 (April 1967). Kane also freelanced in the 1960s for Tower Comics' ''

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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 ''

'', 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 George Stacy. 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 Comics Code Authority 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 U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 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 " The Night Gwen Stacy Died" in issues #121–122 (June–July 1973), in which Spider-Man's girlfriend

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, as well as the long-time villain Green Goblin were killed, an unusual occurrence at the time. With writer

, Kane helped revise the Marvel Comics version of Captain Marvel, and revamped a preexisting character as Adam Warlock. Kane and Thomas co-created the

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superhero Iron Fist, and Morbius the Living Vampire. 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 ''

'' (1971), a

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paperback published by

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and one of the earliest examples of the

, a term not in general use at the time. Howard Chaykin 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 Ruby-Spears 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 daily comic strip '' Star Hawks'' with writer Ron Goulart. 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 John Jakes, 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

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world. The series debuted in Tintin weekly, making the cover of #202 (July 1979). Due to a medical emergency Kane reached out to Joe Staton 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 Gary Groth and publisher at Fantagraphics 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 Swedish (as back-up in Lee Falk's The Phantom 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 Micronauts'' 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 Brainiac 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 ''

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'' limited series in 1986. Kane was the artist on the early

serial in the short-lived anthology ''

Weekly'' from issues #601–605 with writer

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, and illustrated the

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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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's mythological opera epic '' The Ring of the Nibelung''. During the following decade, Kane drew for publishers including Topps Comics, for which he illustrated a miniseries adaptation of the film ''

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''; Malibu Comics, for which he and writer

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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

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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 Sergio Aragonés, of DC's '' Fanboy'' #2 (April 1999); and a two-page pastiche of 1970s Hostess Fruit Pie superhero ads, "The Star Sheriffs", in ''

Secret Files and Origins'' #2 (Sept. 1999). His last published comics art during his lifetime was a one-page illustration in

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' '' Sin City: Hell and Back'' #4 (Oct. 1999). Posthumously published was his final completed work, the two-issue Green Lantern /

story in '' Legends of the DC Universe'' #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 iBooks hardcover collection ''The Last Heroes''.

Death and legacy

He remained active as an artist until his death on January 31, 2000, in

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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

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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

made Kane a character in Awesome Comics' '' 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

Wally Wood Wallace Allan Wood (June 17, 1927 – November 2, 1981) was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, widely known for his work on EC Comics's titles such as '' Weird Science'', '' Weird Fantasy'', and ''MAD Magazine'' fr ...

, frustrated comic-book artist Gil Kane kills his ''House of Mystery'' editor,

Joe Orlando Joseph Orlando (April 4, 1927 – December 23, 1998) was an Italian American illustrator, writer, editor and cartoonist during a lengthy career spanning six decades. He was the associate publisher of '' Mad'' and the vice president of DC Comics, ...

. 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.

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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

National Cartoonists Society The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is an organization of professional cartoonists in the United States. It presents the National Cartoonists Society Awards. The Society was born in 1946 when groups of cartoonists got together to entertain the ...

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 Shazam Award for Special Recognition in 1971 "for ''

'', his paperback comics novel" and was given an Inkpot Award in 1975. Kane was named to both the

Eisner Award The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are List of Eisner Award winners, prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the comics industry's equivalent of the Acad ...

Hall of Fame and the Harvey Award 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

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All Star Comics ''All Star Comics'' is an American comic book series from All-American Publications, one of three companies that merged with National Periodical Publications to form the modern-day DC Comics. While the series' cover-logo trademark reads ''All S ...

'' #53 (1950) *'' All-Star Western'' #58–75, 80–119 (1951–61) *''All-Star Western'' vol. 2 #3–4, 6, 8 (1970–71) *''

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 ...

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'' #1–37 (1962–68) *''

Batman Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on March 30, 1939. I ...

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'' #4 (1986) *'' DC Comics Presents'' (

Johnny Thunder Johnny Thunder is the name of three fictional superheroes appearing in comics published by DC Comics. A fourth character has the variant name Jonni Thunder. The character appeared in the second season of '' Stargirl'' on The CW network played b ...

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) #35; (Superman and Shazam!) ''Annual'' #3 (1980–84) *''

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 ...

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) #371, 374; (

Elongated Man Elongated Man (Randolph "Ralph" Dibny) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He first appeared in ''Flash (comics), The Flash'' #112 (February 25, 1960). The character made his live-action debut in the The Fl ...

) #368, 370, 372–373; (

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 ...

) #384–385, 388–389, 392–393, 396, 401, 406–407; (Robin) #390–391, 394, 398–399, 402–403; (

Catwoman Catwoman is a fictional character created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman. Debuting as "the Cat" in ''Batman'' #1 (spring 1940), she is ...

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The Flash The Flash (or simply Flash) is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1 (cover date ...

'' #195, 197–199 (1970) *''

Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion ''Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion'' was a horror-suspense- romance anthology comic book series published by DC Comics from 1971 to 1974, a companion to '' Secrets of Sinister House''. Both series were originally inspired by the successful ABC soa ...

'' #13 (1973) *''

Girls' Love Stories ''Girls' Love Stories'' was an American romance comic book magazine published by DC Comics in the United States. Started in 1949 as DC's first romance title, it ran for 180 issues, ending with the Nov-Dec 1973 issue. The stories covered such topic ...

'' #32 (1954) *'' Girls' Romances'' #25, 29, 107 (1954–65) *''

'', vol. 2, #1–61, 68–75, 156; (Green Lantern Corps) #177 (1960–70, 1982–84) *''

Green Lantern Corps Green Lantern Corps is the name of a fictional intergalactic law enforcement organization appearing in comics published by DC Comics. They patrol the farthest reaches of the DC Universe at the behest of the Guardians, a race of immortals residing ...

'' #223–224 (1988) *''Green Lantern Secret Files and Origins'' #2 (1999) *'' Hawk and the Dove'' #3–6 (1968–69) *''

Hopalong Cassidy Hopalong Cassidy is a fictional cowboy hero created in 1904 by the author Clarence E. Mulford, who wrote a series of short stories and novels based on the character. Mulford portrayed the character as rude, dangerous, and rough-talking. He wa ...

'' #123–135 (1957–59) *''

'' #180, 184, 196, 253, 300 (1969–82) *'' House of Secrets'' #85 (1970) *'' Jimmy Wakely'' #6–11, 15–18 (1950–52) *''

'' #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) *''

Metal Men The Metal Men are a group of superheroes that appear in DC Comics. The characters first appeared in ''Showcase'' #37 (March–April 1962) and were created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Ross Andru. Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Bo ...

'' #30–31 (1968) *''

Mr. District Attorney ''Mr. District Attorney'' is a radio crime drama produced by Samuel Bischoff that aired on NBC and ABC from April 3, 1939 to June 13, 1952 (and in transcribed syndication through 1953). The series focused on a crusading district attorney initi ...

'' #15 (1950) *'' Mystery in Space'' #3–5, 12–16, 18–43, 47, 50, 53–54, 56, 59–61, 67, 100–102 (1951–61, 1965) *'' Our Army at War'' #1, 3 (1952) *'' Plastic Man'' #1 (1966) *''

Power of Shazam! ''The Power of Shazam!'' is a 1994 hardcover graphic novel, written and painted by Jerry Ordway for DC Comics. The 96-page story, depicting the revamped origins of former Fawcett Comics superhero Captain Marvel, was followed by an ongoing series ...

'' #14, 19 (this issue with Joe Staton) (1996) *'' Ring of the Nibelung'' #1–4 (miniseries) (1990) *''Secret Hearts'' #22, 35, 95 (1954–64) *''

Secret Origins ''Secret Origins'' is the title of several comic book series published by DC Comics which featured the Origin story, origin stories of the publisher's various characters. Publication history ''Secret Origins'' was first published as a One-shot ( ...

'' vol. 2 (Blue Beetle) #2; (

Midnight Midnight is the transition time from one day to the next – the moment when the date changes, on the local official clock time for any particular jurisdiction. By clock time, midnight is the opposite of noon, differing from it by 12 hours ...

) #28 (1986–88) *'' Sensation Comics'' #70–74, 89 (

); #101, 103–106 (Astra); #109 (1947–52) *''Sensation Mystery'' #115 (1953) *'' Showcase'' (Green Lantern) #22–24; (the Atom) #34–36 (1959–62) *'' Star-Spangled Comics'' #31–32 (1944) *''

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 ...

'' #55, 169 (1957–73) *'' Static'' #31 (1996) *''

Strange Adventures ''Strange Adventures'' is a series of American comic books published by DC Comics, the first of which was August–September 1950, according to the cover date, and published continuously until November 1973. Original series ''Strange Adventures ...

'' #7–8, 11, 16, 25–29, 31, 35–81, 83, 106, 108, 113, 124–125, 130, 138, 146, 148, 151, 153–154, 15, 159, 173–174, 176, 179, 182, 184–186; ( Adam Strange) #222 (1951–70) *''Super DC Giant'' #S-15 (1970) *''New Adventures of Superboy (comic book)(covers only) 32, 33, 35, 39, 41, 42, 43–49 (1982–84) *''

'' (Fabulous World of

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 of ...

) #367, 375; (Superman 2021) #372 (1982) *''

'' vol. 2 #99, 101–103 (1995) *''Superman: Blood of My Ancestors'' (with

John Buscema John Buscema (; ; born Giovanni Natale Buscema, December 11, 1927 – January 10, 2002)Social Se ...

) (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) *''

'' #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 popularized ...

'' #2 (1979) *''

Vigilante Vigilantism () is the act of preventing, investigating and punishing perceived offenses and crimes without legal authority. A vigilante (from Spanish, Italian and Portuguese “vigilante”, which means "sentinel" or "watcher") is a person who ...

'' #12–13 (1984) *'' Weird Mystery Tales'' #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 h ...

'' #15, 20 (1972–73) *''

Western Comics Western comics is a comics genre usually depicting the American Old West frontier (usually anywhere west of the Mississippi River) and typically set during the late nineteenth century. The term is generally associated with an American comic books ...

'' #44–76 ( Nighthawk); #77–85 (Matt Savage) (1954–61) *''

Witching Hour In folklore, the witching hour or devil's hour is a time of night that is associated with supernatural events, whereby witches, demons and ghosts are thought to appear and be at their most powerful. Definitions vary, and include the hour imme ...

'' #12 (1970) *''

World's Finest Comics ''World's Finest Comics'' was an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1941 to 1986. The series was initially titled ''World's Best Comics'' for its first issue; issue #2 (Summer 1941) switched to the more familiar name. Michael ...

'' (

Green Arrow Green Arrow is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and designed by George Papp, he first appeared in '' More Fun Comics'' #73 in November 1941. His real name is Oliver Jonas Quee ...

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'' #175 (1971)

Le Lombard

* ''

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 ...

'' (Jason Drum) #202 – 205 (1979)

Malibu Comics

*''Edge'' #1–3 (1994)

Marvel Comics

*''

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 s ...

'' ( Morbius) #21 (1974) *''Adventures into Terror'' #13, 17, 21 (1952–1953) *''Adventures into Weird Worlds'' #12 (1952) *''

'' #89–92, 96–105, 120–124, 150; ''Annual'' #10, 24 (1970–76, 1990) *'' Astonishing Tales'' (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.) (1972) *'' Captain Marvel'' #17–21 (1969–70) *''

Conan the Barbarian Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, films (including '' Conan the Barbarian'' and ''Conan the Destroyer''), ...

'' #12, 17–18, 127–134, ''Annual'' #6; ''Giant-Size'' #1–4 (1971–1982) *'' Creatures on the Loose'' ( Gullivar Jones) #16–17 (1972) *''

Daredevil Daredevil may refer to: * A stunt performer Arts and media Comics * Daredevil (Lev Gleason Publications), a fictional 1940s superhero popularized by writer-artist Charles Biro * Daredevil (Marvel Comics character), a Marvel comic book superhero ...

'' #141, 146–148, 151 (1977–78) *'' Deadly Hands of Kung Fu'' ( Sons of the Tiger) #23 (1976) *'' Ghost Rider'' #21 (1976) *'' Giant-Size Defenders'' #2 (1974) *''Giant-Size Super-Heroes'' #1 (

Spider-Man Spider-Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in the anthology comic book ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) in the Si ...

, 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'' #5–7 (1976) *''The Invincible Iron Man #43–50 (1972) *''

'' #1–10 (1977–78) *'' Journey into Mystery'', vol. 2, #1–2 (1972) *'' Jungle Action'', vol. 2 (

Black Panther A black panther is the melanistic colour variant of the leopard (''Panthera pardus'') and the jaguar (''Panthera onca''). Black panthers of both species have excess black pigments, but their typical rosettes are also present. They have been ...

) #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 Av ...

backup stories) (1982) * '' Kull and the Barbarians'' #2 (1975) * ''Lovers'' #58 (1954) *''

Marvel Comics Presents ''Marvel Comics Presents'' was an American comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics originally from 1988 to 1995. It returned for a second volume in 2007–2008, and a third volume that started in 2019. Volume 1 The first volume ...

'' ( Two-Gun Kid) #116 (1992) *'' Marvel Fanfare'' (

Mowgli Mowgli () is a fictional character and the protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's ''The Jungle Book'' stories. He is a feral boy from the Pench area in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, India, who originally appeared in Kipling's short story "In the Rukh" (c ...

) #9-11 (1983) *''Marvel: Heroes & Legends'' #2 (1997) *'' Marvel Premiere'' ( Adam Warlock) #1–2; ( Iron Fist) #15 (1972–74) *'' Marvel Preview'' (

) #17 (1978) *'' Marvel Tales'' #117 (1953) *'' Marvel Team-Up'' (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'' #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 ''The Savage Sword of Conan'' was a black-and-white magazine-format comic book series published beginning in 1974 by Curtis Magazines, an imprint of American company Marvel Comics, and then later by Marvel itself. ''Savage Sword of Conan'' starre ...

'' #1–4, 8, 47, 63–65, 67, 85–86 (1974–83) *'' Savage Tales'' ( 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 Creator ownership, creators-rights advocate who helped secure a pension and re ...

) (1974) *'' Scarlet Spider #1 (1995) *''

'' #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'' #3 (1973) *''Suspense'' #14 (1952) *'' Tales of Suspense'' (

) #88–91 (1967) *'' Tales to Astonish'' (

) #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, ...

'' #318 (1982) *'' Vampire Tales'' (Morbius, the Living Vampire) #5 (1974) *''War Comics'' #19 (1953) *'' Warlock'' #1–5 (1972–73) *'' Web of Spider-Man Annual'' #6 (1990) *'' Werewolf by Night'' #11–12 (1973) *'' What If?'' ( Avengers) #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 h ...

'' #1–2 (1973) *'' Young Allies'' #11 (1944)

Quality Comics

* ''

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 and ...

'' #19 (1948)

Tower Comics

* ''Noman'' #1 (1966) * ''

'' #1, 5, 14, 16 (1965–67)

References

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Bibliography

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