Bill Everett (May 18, 1917 – February 27, 1973) was a comic book writer/illustrator most famous for the creation of Namor the Sub-Mariner and co-creating Daredevil for Marvel Comics. May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... An illustrator is a graphic artist who specializes in enhancing written text by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text. ... Namor the Sub-Mariner is a fictional character featured in Marvel Comics, and one of the oldest superhero characters. ... Daredevil (Matt Murdock) is a Marvel Comics superhero. ... Marvel Comics NYSE: MVL, sometimes called by the nickname The House of Ideas, is an American comic book company. ...

Everett was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After studying in Boston, he took a job at the Lloyd Jacquet Comic Shop. There he began to write comics under the pseudonyms William Blake and Everett Blake. City Hall - Cambridge MA Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. ... Alternative meanings: Boston (disambiguation) The 18th-century Old State House in Boston is surrounded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries. ... A pseudonym or allonym is a name (sometimes legally adopted, sometimes purely fictitious) used by an individual as an alternative to their birth name. ...