Ruben Moreira (July 27, 1922 – May 21, 1984) was a Puerto Rican
comic book artist
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and writer best known for his work on ''
Tarzan
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'' and as a
DC Comics
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artist.
Biography
Ruben Moreira moved with his mother to
New York City
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when he was four. He started working for
Fiction House
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's ''
Planet Comics
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'' on ''Reef Ryan'' in July 1942. He later contributed to the Fiction House titles ''
Fight Comics
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'' between August and October 1943, to ''
Rangers Comics
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'' between October 1943 and August 1944, and to '' Wings Comics'' from December 1943 until April 1944. He took over the ''
Tarzan
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''
Sunday page
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from
Burne Hogarth
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in 1945. He was its sole artist and writer until 1947, using the pen name Rubimor. Burne Hogarth then again took over the series.
Later in the 1940s, he created ''
Her Highness and Silk
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'' for the
Quality Comics
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publication ''
Hit Comics
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'', and worked on '' I Confess'' for the whole run from June 1948 until December 1949 in
Rangers Comics
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* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...
.
In 1949, he co-created
DC Comics
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' ''
Roy Raymond
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'', on which he was the main artist for all issues until 1961. Later, he worked for them on titles like '' The Adventures of Alan Ladd'' and ''
Wonder Woman
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''. His work also often appeared in ''
House of Mystery
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First se ...
Rip Hunter
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'' together with
Jack Miller Jack Miller may refer to:
Military
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.
He also worked for other publishers in this period as well. He collaborated on
Casey Ruggles'' for a while.
He went back to Puerto Rico in 1958 and ended his comics career in 1962. He died from cancer in 1984.
A Rubimor Sunday page is part of the
Library of Congress
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''American Treasures'' collection.
Moreira's characters
Moreira is credited with creating at least three characters: Black Terror, Puzzler and Beggar King.
Lambiek
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