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Howard Larsen was an American
comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...
illustrator for
EC Comics Entertaining Comics, more commonly known as EC Comics, was an American publisher of comic books, which specialized in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction, dark fantasy, and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid-195 ...
and other publishers during the 1940s and 1950s.


Crime and Western comics

Specializing in crime and Western stories, Larsen contributed to several comics publishers, including American (''Spy-Hunters''), Avon (''Romantic Love'', ''Slave Girl'', ''Wild Bill Hickok''), Charlton Comics (''Marvels of Science''),
Et-Es-Go Frank Z. Temerson (1890–1963)Saunders, DavidField Guide to Wild American Pulp Artists. Accessed July 15, 2018. was a comic book publisher from the Golden Age of Comic Books. Temerson imprints included Ultem Publications, Helnit Publishing, Et-Es- ...
(''Suspense''), Fiction House (''Jungle Comics'', '' Planet Comics'', ''
Wings Comics ''Wings Comics'' was an aviation-themed anthology comic book published by Fiction House from 1940–1954. ''Wings Comics'' was one of Fiction House's "Big 6" comics titles (which also included ''Jumbo Comics'', ''Jungle Comics'', ''Planet Comics' ...
''), Novelty (''Blue Bolt''),
St. John Publications St. John Publications was an American publisher of magazines and comic books. During the 1947-1958 existence of its comic-book division, St. John established several industry firsts. Founded by Archer St. John, the firm was located in Manhattan a ...
(''The Texan'') and Victory (''X-Venture'').


EC Comics

His stories for EC were in ''Crime Patrol'' #11 ("The Werewolf's Curse!"), ''Crime Patrol'' #12 ("The Hanged Man’s Revenge"), '' The Vault of Horror'' #21 ("That’s a ‘Croc’!") and ''
Tales from the Crypt Tales from the Crypt may refer to: * ''Tales from the Crypt'' (album), by American rapper C-Bo * ''Tales from the Crypt'' (comics), published by EC Comics during the 1950s ** ''Tales from the Crypt'' (film), a 1972 Amicus film starring Ralph Ric ...
'' #26 ("The Borrowed Body").Grand Comics Database
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References

American cartoonists American comics artists EC Comics Date of birth missing Date of death missing Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{US-comics-artist-stub