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Morton Meskin (May 1916 - May 1995) was a prolific comic book artist who worked on many recognizable characters through the Golden Age of Comics, well into the Silver Age of Comics. He is usually credited as Mort Meskin. Superman, the catalyst of the Golden Age, from Superman #14, January-February 1942. ...
Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962), the first appearance of Spider-Man, one of the most significant new superheroes of the Silver Age The Silver Age of Comic Books is an informal name for a period of artistic advancement and commercial success in mainstream American comic books, predominantly of the superhero genre...
Early Life
Meskin was born in Brooklyn, New York to Max and Rose Meskin. As a child he was an avid fan of pulp magazines, especially The Shadow. His interest in art led to his being the art editor of his High School newspaper, and ultimately led to his attending the Art Students League of New York and the Pratt Institute from which he graduated in 1938. Pulp magazines (often referred to as the pulps) were inexpensive fiction magazines widely published from the 1920s through the 1950s. ...
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The Pratt Institute is a specialized, private college in New York City with campuses in Manhattan and Brooklyn. ...
Comics Work After finishing school Meskin immediately went to work for the famous Eisner & Iger Studios, where he did pencils for Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. In late 1939 he worked for the Chesler comic shop, producing material for MLJ/Archie Comics. Between 1939 and 1942 MLJ published his work on reoccurring heroes like Ty-Gor son of Tiger, The Press Guardian, Bob Phantom, Mr Satan, Shield, Wizard and Dick Storm. Will Eisner (March 3, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an acclaimed American comics writer and artist who is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium. ...
Sheena, Queen of the Jungle is the name of a jungle-dwelling fictional character, published originally by Fiction House Publishing and later by Marvel Comics, Eclipse Comics, and Blackthorne Publishing. ...
Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Forsythe Jughead Jones. ...
In 1941 Meskin started at National Comics His work included Vigilante, Wildcat, Starman and Johnny Quick. His work during this period was heavily influenced by film. The current DC Comics logo, adopted in May 2005. ...
Wildcat is a fictional character, a superhero published by DC Comics. ...
Starman is Ted Knight, a comic book superhero in the DC Comics universe, and a member of the Justice Society of America. ...
Johnny Quick is the name of two DC Comics characters, each with the power of superhuman speed. ...
Citizen Kane (1941) influenced us a great deal, all of us. We were very excited about it and spent quite a bit of time discussing it, employing its elements in our work. There was a contest as to who saw it the most times. Meskin told Jim Steranko during an interview The Steranko History of Comics. The cover of #7, featuring the signature surrealistic art of Jim Steranko James Jim Steranko (born November 5, 1938) is an American illusionist and escape artist, magician, musician, graphic artist, comic book writer, artist, and historian, publisher, and movie storyboard illustrator. ...
During his time at National Meskin also did work for Marvel Comics, Gleason, Nedor Comics (where he worked on Black Terror and other publishers. In 1949 he left National for Prize Comics, where he worked on a variety of titles. He returned to National in 1956, where he created Mike Merlin and also worked on a large number or war, science fiction and romance titles. The current DC Comics logo, adopted in May 2005. ...
Marvel Comics NYSE: MVL, sometimes called by the nickname The House of Ideas, is an American comic book company. ...
Leverett Gleason Publications was the publisher of a number of popular comic books during the 1940s and early 1950s, including Daredevil and Boy Comics. ...
Nedor Comics was the comic line of publisher Ned Pines, who also published pulp magazines under a variety of company names (Standard or Better or Thrilling), which are also used for the comics. ...
The Black Terror is a fictional character and a superhero who originally appeared in Exciting Comics #9, published by Nedor Comics. ...
In 1965 Meskin became a commercial illustrator and art director in the advertising industry, and his comics work slowed down. Art director in the hierarchical structure of a movie art department, the art director works directly below the production designer and a large part of their duties include the administrative aspects of the art department. ...
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