Nicholas Viscardi (October 20, 1920 – November 3, 2013), known professionally as Nick Cardy and Nick Cardi, was an American

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best known for his

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work on

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, the

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and other major characters. Cardy was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2005.

Early life

Nick Cardy was born Nicholas Viscardi on October 20, 1920, in New York City. He began drawing when he was very young, telling one interviewer that some paintings he had done for his school were "published in the '' ew YorkHerald-Tribune'' or one of those early papers. The teachers wanted one on sports. It was a 4 × 8 panel. ... So that was published and quite a bit of the stuff was published. ... " He also provided artwork for the Boys Club of America,Cardy in and attended the Art Students League of New York, studying life drawing.Cardy in

Career

Early career

As did many early comics professionals, Cardy entered the comics field working for

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, a company founded by

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and

Jerry Iger Samuel Maxwell "Jerry" Iger (; August 22, 1903 – September 5, 1990) was an American cartoonist and art-studio entrepreneur. With business partner Will Eisner, he co-founded Eisner & Iger, a comic book packager that produced comics on deman ...

, that was one of a handful of comic book "packagers" creating comics on demand for publishers testing the waters of the emerging medium. Joining the studio circa 1940, he worked on ''Fight Comics'', ''Jungle Comics'', ''Kaanga Comics'', and ''Wings'' for Fiction House Publications. He wrote and drew the four-page backup feature " Lady Luck" in

's 16-page, newspaper Sunday-supplement comic book colloquially called " The Spirit Section", from the May 18, 1941 strip through February 22, 1942. Though his Lady Luck stories were credited under the house pseudonym Ford Davis, Viscardi would subtly work in the initials "NV" somewhere into each tale. He used both his birth name and the pen name "Nick Cardy" concurrently for a time, he eventually adopted Nick Cardy for his comic-book work. Cardy recalled of his start at Eisner & Iger that he worked alongside

Military and return to civilian life

Cardy did

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from 1943 to 1945, earning two

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s for wounds suffered as a

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driver in the armored cavalry. He began his

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career with the 66th Infantry Division, during which time he won a competition to design its patch, creating its snarling black panther logo. His art talent led to his being assigned an office job at division headquarters. This lasted, Cardy recalled in an interview, because a general who had seen Cardy's cartoons in an Officers Club had Cardy assigned to his own corps. As the artist tells it, the only opening was for a corporal in the motor pool, so Private Cardy was promoted and assigned to that duty. This, he said, led in turn, upon his being shipped to the

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, to Cardy's assignment as an assistant tank driver for the Third Armored Division, under General

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. Later, between the end of the war and his discharge, Cardy said he worked for the Army's Information and Education office in France. Cardy documented his time in the military in a series of intricate sketches and watercolors. Back in civilian life, Cardy begin doing advertising art as well as covers for

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magazines and other periodicals. In 1950, he began drawing the black-and-white daily ''

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'' comic strip of writer-artist Burne Hogarth. From 1952 to 1953, Cardy assisted

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Casey Ruggles''.

DC Comics

In 1950, Cardy began his decades-long association with

, starting with the comic book ''

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'', based on the dramatic radio show. He began developing his breakout reputation with ''

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'', his most prominent series at the time, which starred a white American colonist fighting the

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undercover as an

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Indian during the

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. From 1962 to 1968, he drew the first 39 issues of ''

'', whose character had previously starred in a backup feature in '' Adventure Comics'', and all its covers through the final issue (#56, April 1971). He recalled that, "

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had been drawing the character but was moving on for some reason. I remember being in ditorMurray's oltinoffoffice with Ramona during the transition. ... Anyway, they must have liked my work because when the character got his own series, they made me the artist". Among the ''Aquaman'' stories which Cardy drew were issue #18 which featured the wedding of Aquaman and Mera and #23 which saw the birth of the couple's son.

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was introduced in issue #33 (June 1967) by Cardy and writer

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. Cardy first drew the ''Teen Titans'' in ''

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'' #60 (July 1965), wherein the superhero

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s Robin,

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, and

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were joined by

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's younger sister

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in her first appearance. After next being featured in ''

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'' #59 (Dec. 1965), the team was spun off into their own series with ''Teen Titans'' #1 (Feb. 1966). From 1966 to 1973, Cardy

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or inked – sometimes both – all 43 issues of the series.

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was called upon to rewrite and redraw a Cardy-drawn ''Teen Titans'' story which had been written by Len Wein and

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. The story, titled "Titans Fit the Battle of Jericho!", would have introduced DC's first African American superhero but was rejected by publisher Carmine Infantino. The revised story appeared in ''Teen Titans'' #20 (March–April 1969). New members of the team, psychic Lilith Clay and

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, were created by Cardy and writer

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. In 1968–69, Cardy drew the fondly remembered but short-lived, quirky

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series ''

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'', about an expert gunslinger who was nonetheless a dandy, and who, in a nod to the 1960s counterculture, wore a flower in his hat. Cardy during this time also assisted artist Al Plastino, a childhood friend, on the ''Batman'' comic strip. Cardy became the primary DC cover artist from the early to mid-1970s. A popular but apocryphal

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, told by DC editor

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, concerned Cardy being fired by DC editorial director Carmine Infantino for not following a cover layout, only to be rehired moments later when Schwartz praised the errant cover art. Cardy said in 2005,

Later career

Cardy left the comics industry in the mid-1970s for the more lucrative field of

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. There, under the name Nick Cardi, he did magazine art and ad illustrations, including movie advertising art (though not necessarily the "

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" posters) for films including ''

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'' (1974), ''The Night They Robbed Big Bertha's'' (1975),

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's ''

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'' (1978),

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's ''

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'' (1978),

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's '' Casey's Shadow'' (1978), and Francis Ford Coppola's ''

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'' (1979). In 1996, Cardy 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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. Other late-career comics work included a one-page illustration for ''

'' vol. 2 #120 (April 1997), the cover of '' Silver Age: Teen Titans'' #1 (July 2000), two pages for ''Titans'' #25 (March 2001), and the cover of ''Teen Titans Lost Annual'' #1 (March 2008).

Personal life

Following his

discharge from the

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, Cardy met and married Ruth Houghby. In 1955 they had a son, Peter, who died in 2001. The couple remained married through 1969. Cardy died of congestive heart failure in Florida on November 3, 2013.

Awards

Nick Cardy received an

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in 1998. On July 15, 2005, Cardy was one of four professionals inducted that year into the comics industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame. Viscardi also earned two Purple Hearts for wounds suffered as a tank driver while serving with the 3rd Armored Division in WWII. He also designed the patch for the 66th Infantry Division after winning a competition.

Bibliography

Interior work

DC Comics

* ''

Action Comics ''Action Comics'' is an American comic book/ magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as National Allied Publications, and later as National Comics Publications ...

'' #229–232 (

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) (1957) * '' The Adventures of Alan Ladd'' #1, 4–7 (1949–1950) * ''

'' #1–39 (1962–1968) * ''

'' #1–7 (1968–1969) * '' Batman'' #80 (1953) * ''

'' #91–92, 94–97, 99 (1970–1971) * ''

Challengers of the Unknown The Challengers of the Unknown is a fictional group of adventurers appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. The quartet of adventurers explored paranormal occurrences while facing several fantastic menaces. The characters' provenance is ...

'' #71 (1969) * ''

'' #1–7 (1954–1955) * '' Detective Comics'' #293–296, 298–300 (Aquaman); #430 (Batman) (1961–1972) * ''Falling in Love'' #79, 95 (1965–1967) * ''

'' #6–8, 10, 13–16, 20–21, 23, 38, 41, 56, 61–62, 65, 67 (1948–1958) * '' Ghosts'' #4 (1972) * '' Girls' Love Stories'' #130 (1967) * ''

House of Mystery ''The House of Mystery'' is the name of several horror, fantasy, and mystery Mystery, The Mystery, Mysteries or The Mysteries may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters *Mystery, a cat character in ''Emily the Strang ...

'' #19–22, 28, 57, 60, 63–64, 71–72, 76, 78–80, 84, 87, 92–94, 96–97, 107–108, 111, 128–129, 198 (1953–1972) * '' House of Secrets'' #2, 6, 10–11, 14, 16, 19, 24, 26, 29, 40, 113 (1957–1973) * ''Legends of Daniel Boone'' #1–8 (1955–1956) * '' Mr. District Attorney'' #5, 14 (1948–1950) * ''

My Greatest Adventure ''My Greatest Adventure'' was a DC Comics comic book that began in 1955 and is best known for introducing the superhero team Doom Patrol. Publication history The title was originally an anthology series with adventure stories told in the first ...

'' #3, 12–13, 15, 17, 22, 24, 26, 29–31, 34–35, 39, 43–49, 51 (1955–1961) * ''

Phantom Stranger The Phantom Stranger is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, of unspecified paranormal origins, who battles mysterious and occult forces, sometimes under their Vertigo imprint. The character first appeared in an ...

'' #5 (1970) * ''

Plop! ''Plop!'', "The New Magazine of Weird Humor!", was a comic book anthology series published by DC Comics in the mid-1970s. It falls into the horror / humor genre. It lasted 24 issues and the series ran from Sept./Oct. 1973 to Nov./Dec. 1976. Bac ...

'' #2 (1973) * '' Rip Hunter ... Time Master'' #4–5 (1961) * ''Secret Hearts'' #145 (1970) * ''

'' #31–33 (Aquaman); #59 (Teen Titans); #76 (Bat Lash) (1961–1968) * '' Strange Adventures'' #167 (1964) * '' Superman: The Wedding Album'' (among other artists) (1996) * '' Tales of the Unexpected'' #7, 11–13, 18–20, 26–27, 30, 33, 38–39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 52–55, 58 (1956–1961) * ''

'' #1–17, 20–43 (1966–1973) * ''Titans'' #25 (among other artists) (2001) * ''

'' #138 (1972) * '' The Unexpected'' #165 (1975) * '' The Witching Hour'' #8 (1970) * ''

'' vol. 2 #120 (one page only) (1997) * ''

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'' #68–72, 87 (Tomahawk); 125–126 (Aquaman) (1954–1962) * ''

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'' #173 (1971)

Eclipse Comics

* ''True Love'' #1–2 (1986)

NL Communications, Inc.

* '' National Lampoon'' #54 (1974)

Quality Comics

* '' Crack Comics'' #7–8 (1940) * ''

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'' #32, 40–42 (1940–1941) * ''Hit Comics'' #5–11 (1940–1941) * '' National Comics'' #6–12, 14–20 (1940–1942)

Standard Comics

* ''Adventures in the Unknown'' #7 (1952) * ''Adventures into Darkness'' #5, 11 (1953) * ''Intimate Love'' #20 (1952) * ''Lost World'' #5 (1952) * ''New Romances'' #13 (1952)

Cover work

DC Comics

* ''Action Comics'' #409–418, 420–445 (1972–1975) * ''Aquaman'' #1–56 (1962–1971) * ''Bat Lash'' #1–7 (1968–1969) * ''Bat Lash: Guns & Roses'' trade paperback (2009) * '' Batman'' #208, 247, 252, 254–261 (1969–1975) * ''The Brave and the Bold'' #60, 91–92, 94, 96–98, 100–104, 110 (1965–1973) * ''

'' #71, 73, 80 (1969–1973) * ''Congo Bill'' #1–7 (1954–1955) * ''Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love'' #4 (1972) * ''

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'' #3, 10 (1969–1971) * ''

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'' #DC–4, DC–11, DC–12, DC–14, DC–15, DC–17, DC–18, DC–19, DC–20, DC–21, DC–22 (1971–1973) * ''Detective Comics'' #429, 436 (1972–1973) * ''Falling in Love #79, 112–113, 117, 119–120, 137 (1965–1972) * '' The Flash'' #214, 216–219, 221, 222–232 (1972–1975) * '' Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion'' #5, 10, 12, 14–15 (1972–1974) * '' From Beyond the Unknown'' #20–21, 23–25 (1972–1973) * ''Gang Busters'' #15–16, 18 (1950–1951) * ''Ghosts'' #1–6, 8–36 (1971–1975) * '' Girls' Love Stories'' #139, 143, 145, 148, 151, 166 (1968–1971) * ''

Girls' Romances ''Girls' Romances'' was a romance comic anthology published by DC Comics in the United States. Debuting with a Feb.,/Mar. 1950 cover-date, it ran for 160 issues, ending with the Oct. 1971 issue (the final issue came out on October 3, 1971, and s ...

'' #120, 144, 147–148, 153–154 (1966–1971) * ''

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'' #121–122, 138 (1969–1972) * ''House of Mystery'' #93, 171, 174, 198, 208, 220 (1959–1973) * ''House of Secrets'' #6, 95, 104, 109, 111, 113–114 (1957–1973) * ''

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'' #99–104, 106–116 (1972–1975) * ''The Legend of Daniel Boone'' #1–8 (1955–1956) * '' Legion of Super-Heroes'' #1–2 (1973) * ''

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'' #C–23, C–32, C–34 (1973–1975) * ''My Greatest Adventure'' #24, 26 (1958) * ''

'' #27–28 (1973–1974) * ''Rip Hunter ... Time Master #4–6 (1961–1962) * '' Secrets of Sinister House'' #5, 8, 10, 13, 16–18 (1972–1974) * '' Secret Origins'' #1–7 (1973–74) * ''

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'' #2 (1968) * '' Shazam!'' #1 (1973) * ''Showcase'' #32, 59, 76 (1961–1968) * '' Silver Age: Teen Titans'' #1 (2000) * ''

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'' #8–10 (1969) * ''

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'' #31 (2009) * ''Strange Adventures'' #239, 241, 243 (1972–1973) * ''Strange Sports Stories'' #1–6 (1973–1974) * ''Super DC Giant'' #S–17 (1970) * ''

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'' #182–198, 200–206 (1972–1975) * '' Superman'' #253–262, 264–285 (1972–1975) * ''

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'' #164–169 (1974–1975) * '' Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen'' #154–163 (1972–1974) * ''Tales of the Unexpected'' #20 (1957) * ''Teen Titans'' #1–43 (1966–1973) * ''Teen Titans Annual'' #1 (1999) * ''Teen Titans Lost Annual'' #1 (2008) * ''

'' #20–21, 24–27, 31–32, 36–37, 120 (1953–1969) * ''The Unexpected'' #111, 116–117, 119–120, 123, 125–139, 141–162 (1969–1975) * ''Wanted, the Most Dangerous Villains'' #2, 4–9 (1972–1973) * ''

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'' #3, 7 (1972–1973) * ''

Weird War Tales ''Weird War Tales'' was a war comic book title with supernatural overtones published by DC Comics. It was published from September–October 1971 to June 1983. Publication history The original title ran for 12 years and 124 issues. It was ...

'' #9–11 (1972–1973) * ''

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 ...

'' #16 (1972) * '' Weird Worlds'' #9 (1974) * '' The Witching Hour'' #1–6, 11–12, 15–16, 18–52, 60 (1969–1975) * ''Wonder Woman'' #205–206, 211, 216 (1973–1975) * ''World's Finest Comics'' #212–228 (1972–1975) * '' Young Love'' #74, 107 (1969–1974) * ''

'' #157, 163, 187 (1968–1972)

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* '' Crazy Magazine'' #7–8, 10, 12–13, 15–16 (1974–1976) * ''

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'' #15, 18 (1975) * ''Marvel Movie Premiere'' #1 ('' The Land That Time Forgot'' adaptation) (1975) * ''

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'' #28 (

Legion of Monsters Legion of Monsters is the name of different fictional superhero teams appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The Legion of Monsters first appeared in Marvel Comics chronology in ''Marvel Premiere'' #28 ( ...

) (1976)

References

External links

The Official Nick Cardy WebsiteArchived
from the original on September 9, 2010. * *
Nick Cardy
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics * Evanier, Mark
Transcript excerpt, 1998 Comic-Con International Nick Cardy panel, part 1
POV Online, column of March 2, 2001

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cardy, Nick 1920 births 2013 deaths Advertising artists and illustrators American comics artists United States Army personnel of World War II Art Students League of New York alumni Charlton Comics DC Comics people Film poster artists Golden Age comics creators Inkpot Award winners Silver Age comics creators United States Army soldiers Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame inductees

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