George Tuska (born April 26, 1916, Hartford, Connecticut) a.k.a. "Carl Larson", is an American comic book and newspaper comic strip artist best known for his 1940s work on various Captain Marvel titles and his 1960s work illustrating Iron Man and other Marvel Comics characters. Jump to: navigation, search 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... Jump to: navigation, search Artist is a descriptive term applied to a person who engages in an activity deemed to be an art. ... Jump to: navigation, search Shazam! redirects here. ... Jump to: navigation, search Iron Man is a Marvel Comics superhero. ... Jump to: navigation, search Marvel Comics, NYSE: MVL (AKA Marvel Entertainment Group, Marvel Characters, Inc. ...

Background

Tuska studied at the National Academy School of Art. In 1939, he became an assistant on the Associated Press newspaper comic strip Scorchy Smith, about an aviator. He also worked for comic book packager Eisner & Iger, "alongside Bob Powell, Lou Fine, and Mike Sekowsky," Tuska recalled [1]. "Later the studio expanded, with Charles Sultan, John Celardo, Nick Cardy, and Toni Blum joining in. I worked on 'Shark Brodie' [for Fiction House], 'Spike Marlin' [in Harvey Comics' Speed Comics, as "Carl Larson"], and other strips" for comics including Fiction House's Jungle Comics and Wings Comics, and Fox Comics' Wonderworld Comics and Mystery Men Comics. A national academy is a body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, that co-ordinates the activities of research in (nearly always) the sciences and (sometimes) other disciplines. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Associated Press logo This article concerns the news service. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... Scorchy Smith was a comic strip created by John Terry that ran from 1930 to 1961. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Jump to: navigation, search Eisner & Iger was a comic book packager that produced comics on demand for publishers breaking into the field during the late-1930s and 1940s Golden Age of Comic Books. ... Mike Sekowsky Born 1928 Died 1989 Artist Writer Editor Timely Comics DC Comics Sterling Comics Various Main work: Justice League of America Brave and the Bold 28-30, Justice League of America #1-63 Wonder Woman Overview Michael Sekowsky started in comics in 1941, almost at the start, drawing for... Harvey Comics (also known as Harvey Publications) was an American comic book publisher, founded by Alfred Harvey. ... Jump to: navigation, search Fox Feature Syndicate (a. ...

Tuska later left to work with packager Harry "A" Chesler's studio, helping to supply content for such Fawcett Comics publications as Captain Marvel Adventures, and for such characters as Golden Arrow, Uncle Sam and El Carim. Tuska also drew the debut of Quality Comics "Hercules" — a superhuman circus strongman, not the mythological figure — in Hit Comics #1 (July 1940). Whiz Comics #2, the first appearance of Captain Marvel, the companys most popular character. ... Jump to: navigation, search Shazam! redirects here. ... Crack Comics #1 (May, 1940), featuring the Clock, previously introduced as the first masked comic book superhero. ... Hercules, or Heracles, being in one sense a superhero from classical antiquity, and a recognisable character freely available in the public domain, has been featured in a number of comic book series. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Following Tuska's military service in World War II. he worked on Lev Gleason Publications' comic-book series Crime Does Not Pay, and later became one of the last writer-artists of Scorchy Smith, which ran until 1961. Tuska also did the comic strip Buck Rogers from 1959-1967. Military service is service in the armed forces of a nation or the military arm of a political organization. ... Jump to: navigation, search World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that... Leverett Gleason Publications was the publisher of a number of popular comic books during the 1940s and early 1950s, including Daredevil and Boy Comics. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... North American DVD release of the 1979–81 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century TV series. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Tuska freelanced primarily for Marvel during the 1960s Silver Age of comic books and beyond, penciling and occasionally inking other artists on series including Ghost Rider, Luke Cage, Power Man, Black Goliath, Sub-Mariner, The Uncanny X-Men and the movie tie-in series Planet of the Apes. His first Marvel story, a "Tales of the Watcher" feature in Tales of Suspense #58 (Nov. 1964), had a special introduction by editor Stan Lee hailing the return of the Golden Age great. He enjoyed a nearly 10-year, sometimes briefly interrupted run on Iron Man from issue #5 (Sept. 1968) to #106 (Jan. 1978). Jump to: navigation, search The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Showcase #4 (September-October 1956), often thought the first appearance of the first Silver Age superhero, the Barry Allen Flash. ... In producing a comic book, the penciller (or penciler) draws the comic based on the script created by the writer. ... The inker is one of the two line artists in a traditional comic book, or graphic novel. ... Ghost Rider is the name of several comic book series published by Marvel Comics, and of several characters in the Marvel Universe. ... Luke Cage, a. ... Black Goliath makes his debut (1976). ... Namor the Sub-Mariner is a fictional character, featured in Marvel Comics. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... -1... Cover to Fantastic Four #48. ... Tales of Suspense was a comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search An Editor is a person who prepares text—typically language, but also images and sounds—for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ... Jump to: navigation, search Stan Lee and his most famous co-creation, Spider-Man. ... Superman, the catalyst of the Golden Age, from Superman #14, January-February 1942. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

Later, for DC Comics, Tuska drew characters including Superman, Superboy, and Challengers of the Unknown. He drew The World's Greatest Superheroes Present Superman comic strip from 1978-1993, often inked by Vince Colletta. . Jump to: navigation, search The current DC Comics logo, adopted in May 2005. ... Jump to: navigation, search Superman, nicknamed The Man of Steel, is a fictional character and superhero who first appeared in Action Comics #1 in June of 1938 and eventually became one of the most popular and well-known comic book icons of all time. ... Jump to: navigation, search Superboy is the name of two fictional characters published by DC Comics. ... The Challengers of the Unknown is a group of fictional characters created by Jack Kirby for DC Comics. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Vince Colletta (born Oct. ...

Quotes

Michael Hawkins, "The Many Armors of Iron Man" [2]: "Tuska really takes the title as the Iron Man artist of the '70s, having that decade's longest run."

Tony Isabella, Tony's Online Tips, Tuesday, August 9, 2005 [3]: "I would love to see a Best of George Tuska collection which included his crime, mystery, romance, war, and western stories. He brought as much excitement and talent to those genres as he did to superhero comics."

References

• "I Didn't Stay In One Place!" by George Tuska, Alter Ego Vol. 3, #9
• Lambiek Comiclopedia: George Tuska
• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
• Ask Art: The American Artists Bluebook — George Tuska
• Comix Art & Grafix Gallery: George Tuska
• Don Markstein's Toonepedia: Scorchy Smith
• Independent Heroes from the USA: Hercules
• Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections Division Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection: George Tuska
• The Art of George Tuska ISBN 1-893905-40-3 (offline)