Marvin Stein (February 11, 1925 – February 11, 2010) was an American

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artist who also worked in animation, advertising, illustration and television broadcast graphics.

Biography

Stein was born and raised in

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, the son of a sign painter. Stein graduated from the Pratt Institute, and went to work for the Chesler Studio, which supplied comic stories and art to the comic book industry. Stein worked on ''Captain Valiant'' for Croyden Publications between 1944 and 1946, and the ''Funnyman'' daily and Sunday syndicated strip, and ''

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'' and ''Boy Commandoes'' for National Comics/DC. Stein joined the

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Studio and worked on myriad titles — ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Justice Traps the Guilty'', '' Young Love'' and ''

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'' — while freelancing for several other publishers, including

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, and

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. In 1958, he left comics to work in advertising and broadcast news graphics. From 1965 to 1969, he illustrated the syndicated ''McGurk's Mob'' with Bud Wexler for '' Newsday''. Stein also worked illustrating children's books.

References

External links

Lambiek Comiclopedia article.
1925 births 2010 deaths American comics artists American animators American illustrators People from Brooklyn {{US-comics-artist-stub