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The Golden Age of Comics

Shores was educated at Brooklyn's Pratt Institute, where he met his wife-to-be, Selma. After working seven years at his uncle's whiskey bottling plant until it closed down in 1940, he became an assistant at the quirkily named Harry "A" Chesler's studio, under comics artists Mac Raboy and Phil Sturm. "For months I was just a joe-boy, watching and learning and helping wherever I could. I studied Mac Raboy for hours on end — he was slow and meticulous about everything, doing maybe only a single panel of artwork a day, but it was truly beautiful work. After four months I tried my own hand at work, doing a seven-page piece called 'The Terror'. I was proud of it then, of course, but in looking back it really was a terror!" [1] A map highlighting Brooklyn and the rest of New York City. ... The Pratt Institute is a specialized, private college in New York City with campuses in Manhattan and Brooklyn. ... Whisky (or whiskey) is an alcoholic beverage distilled from grain, often including malt, which has then been aged in wooden barrels. ... A bottling company is a commercial enterprise whose output is the bottling of beverages for distribution and sale. ... Harry A. Chesler, Jr. ... Emmanuel Mac Raboy(April 19, 1914 - December 1967) was an American cartoonist whose comic books and strips remain collectibles nearly 40 years after his death. ...

"The Terror" still held enough promise that it saw print in Mystic Comics #5 (March 1941) from Timely Comics, the 1940s precursor of Marvel Comics, and went on to make other appearances. Timely editor Joe Simon hired Shores as the fledgling company's third employee. Timely Comics is the 1940s comic book publishing company that would evolve into Marvel Comics. ... It has been suggested that Felicia (pseudonym) be merged into this article or section. ... An Editor is a person who prepares text—typically language, but also images and sounds—for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ... Joe Simon (born 1915) was a comic book author and cartoonist who created or co-created many memorable characters in the Golden Age. ...

Captain America Comics 128 Pages (Jan. 1942): The rarely seen, non-numbered, 25-cent special. Cover art by Syd Shores

Shores initially worked as an inker, embellishing some of the earliest pencil work of industry legend Jack Kirby, including the covers of the Simon & Kirby-created Captain America Comics #2, 5-7 in 1941. (Note: Though Shores has said he inked the cover of #1, both Simon, in the autobiography cited under References below, and the Jack Kirby Museum website list Simon as inker, with Simon and Al Liederman variously inking the interior stories.) Decades later, Shores would return to ink Kirby when the character once more received a full-length title, Captain America — starting with the premiere issue (#100, April 1968, continuing the numbering from Tales of Suspense, a split book shared with Iron Man) and continuing through seven of the first 10. Image File history File links CaptAmerica128pp. ... Image File history File links CaptAmerica128pp. ... The inker is one of the two line artists in a traditional comic book, or graphic novel. ... In producing a comic book, the penciller (or penciler) draws the comic based on the script created by the writer. ... The Fantastic Four, one of Kirbys most famous co-creations. ... Syd Shores (born 1916, died March 6, 1973) is an American comic book artist known for his work on Captain America in both during the 1940s Golden Age of comic books and the 1960s Silver Age. ... Tales of Suspense was a comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics. ... Iron Man (Tony Stark) is a Marvel Comics superhero. ...

Shores also inked two of Kirby's Golden Age Vision stories, in Marvel Mystery Comics #21-22 (July-Aug. 1941); all three Cap stories in Captain America Comics # 7 (Oct. 1941); and the cover and splash page of Young Allies #1 (July 1941). This article is on the original Vision. ... The first cover appearance of Namor the Sub-Mariner on Marvel Mystery Comics #4, February, 1940. ... The Young Allies is the name of two superhero teams in the Marvel Universe. ...

After the Simon & Kirby team moved on following Captain America Comics #10 (Jan. 1942), Shores and Al Avison became regular pencilers of the hit title, with one generally inking over the other. Shores took over as regular penciller, inked by Vince Alascia, while Avison did his World War II military service. Shores also penciled stories of the Vision and the Patriot in Marvel Mystery Comics, Major Liberty in USA Comics, and the Captain America portions of the All-Winners Squad stories in the (unhyphenated) All Winners Comics #19 and 21 (Fall and Winter 1946; there was no issue #20). Alfred Avison (born 1920) is an American comic book artist known for his work on Captain America and The Whizzer during the 1940s Golden Age of comic books. ... Vince Alascia a. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths World War II, also known as the Second World War (sometimes WW2 or WWII), was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as... Military service is service in the armed forces of a nation or the military arm of a political organization. ... This article is on the original Vision. ... The All-Winners Squad is a fictional superhero team in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

Shores was inducted into the U.S. Army in late 1942, seeing action as part of General Patton's Third Army in France and Germany, and receiving a Purple Heart for being wounded in France on 16 December 1944. After four months at a convalescent hospital in Warwick, England, he was reassigned to an engineering outfit and became part of the occupation forces in Germany. The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... General George Smith Patton Jr. ... The Purple Heart is a U.S. military decoration awarded in the name of the President of the United States to those who have been wounded or killed while serving in, or with, the U.S. military after April 5, 1917. ... December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Map sources for Warwick at grid reference SP2865 Warwick (pronounced warrick ) is the historic county town of Warwickshire in England and has a population of 25,434 (2001 census). ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... Engineering applies scientific and technical knowledge to solve human problems. ...

Post-war career

After Shores' military discharge in Jan. 1946, he returned to Timely. There and at Timely's 1950s successor, Atlas Comics, Shores was among the artists on the superhero features "The Human Torch" and "The Sub-Mariner", the Western titles The Black Rider and Kid Colt, Outlaw, the jungle series Jann of the Jungle and Jungle Action, the war comics Battle Action and Battle Brady, and many others including Blonde Phantom. Atlas Comics is the 1950s comic book publishing company that would evolve into Marvel Comics. ... For the Fantastic Four member of the same name, see Human Torch (Johnny Storm) The original Human Torch is a fictional character who was created in by Carl Burgos for Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. ... Namor the Sub-Mariner is a fictional character, featured in Marvel Comics. ... Western fiction is a genre of literature that is typically set in any of the American states west of the Mississippi River and between the years of approximately 1860 and 1900. ... Kid Colt is the name of two fictional characters in Marvel Comics universe - a cowboy and a cowboy based super-hero. ... Jungle Action is the name of two separate comic book series published by Marvel Comics and its 1950s precursor, Atlas Comics. ...

Going freelance in 1948, when virtually all of Timely's staff positions were eliminated, Shores drew for Atlas, Avon Publishing, and Orbit Publications. With Mort Lawrence, who succeeded Bill Everett on The Sub-Mariner, and Norman Steinberg, another Atlas artist, Shores co-founded a comic-art studio in 1952, first in Hempstead, Long Island, and later in nearby Freeport. But with Steinberg's death in the mid-1950s and Lawrence's decision to leave the field, Shores returned to individual freelancing, adding magazine illustration to his repertoire. 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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. ... Hempstead is a town located in Nassau County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 755,924. ... The four counties of Long Island. ... Freeport is a village located in Nassau County, New York. ... A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising and/or purchase by readers. ...

Captain America #103 (July 1968). Silver Age art by Jack Kirby and Syd Shores.

In the 1960s, Shores found a new audience at Marvel Comics, where he inked many issues of Kirby's Captain America; Gene Colan's Daredevil; Dick Ayers' and Don Heck's Captain Savage and His Leatherneck Raiders / Capt. Savage and His Battlefield Raiders, and a variety of other titles. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x617, 82 KB) Summary Cover, Captain America #103 (July 1968) Marvel Comics, cover art by Jack Kirby and Syd Shores Source: http://comics. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x617, 82 KB) Summary Cover, Captain America #103 (July 1968) Marvel Comics, cover art by Jack Kirby and Syd Shores Source: http://comics. ... The Fantastic Four, one of Kirbys most famous co-creations. ... Gene Colan (born September 1, 1926) is an American comic book illustrator who sometimes worked under the name Adam Austin. ... For people who perform risky stunts as a profession, see stunt performer. ... Richard Dick Ayers is a comic book artist and cartoonist, born April 28th, 1924, in Ossining, New York. ... Don Heck (January 2, 1929-1995) was a comic book artist best known for co-creating the character Iron Man, and for his long run penciling The Avengers in the 1960s. ...

Shores' also penciled a handful of black-and-white horror-comics magazine stories, such as "Blood Thirst!" in Major Publications' Web Of Horror #1 (Dec. 1969) and "Strangers!" in #3 (April 1970); and "King Keller" in Warren Publishing's Creepy #37 (Jan. 1971). For Marvel's Chamber of Chills #1 (Nov. 1972), he penciled Gerry Conway's adaptation of Harlan Ellison's "Delusions for a Dragon Slayer". Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle or horrify the reader. ... Warren Publishing was a publication company better known for the Warren adult comic magazines which were the major black and white horror magazines from the 1960s through the 1970s. ... Cover of Amazing Spider-Man #136 which was written by Conway. ... Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific writer of short stories, novellas, essays and criticism. ...

This era was nonetheless hard on the talented Shores. As fellow Golden Age and Silver Age artist Joe Giella recalled, "Syd later became a taxi cab driver; that was so sad. I happened to see him while I was on jury duty back in the early '70s, and he told me he was driving a cab because he coundn't find work."¹. Joe Giella (born 27 June 1928, Manhattan, New York City) is an American comic book artist best known as a DC Comics inker during the Silver Age of comic books. ...

Some of Shores' last work included penciling Skywald Publications' The Bravados #1 (Aug. 1971, and the Marvel Western Red Wolf (1972-1973). He also inked Tom Sutton and Jim Mooney on, respectively Marvel's Ghost Rider #1-2 (Sept.-Oct. 1973). Skywald Publications was a 1970s publisher of black-and-white comics magazines, primarily the horror anthologies Nightmare, Psycho and Scream, as well as a small line of comic books. ... Ghost Rider is the name of several comic book series published by Marvel Comics, and of several characters in the Marvel Universe. ...

A trouper to the end, Shores finished penciling two-thirds of a story for the black-and-white Marvel horror magazine Tales of the Zombie #5 (May 1974) before dying of a heart seizure. Ayers penciled the remainder. Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle or horrify the reader. ...

Quotes

Gene Colan [2]: "My first real professional start in the comic-book business began in the summer of 1946, and that is when I met Syd Shores. He was the head man in the Art Department of Marvel Comics. ... I was flying by the seat of my pants...hoping that everything would turn out. I didn't want the seams to show but that was all part of the learning process and Syd helped me wade through. ... His realistic style, for some time, became an obsession with me. His characters looked like the real thing. Whatever he had them doing was as real to life as you could get."

Syd Shores [3] "Jack Kirby influenced my sense of dramatics. Jack Kirby influences everybody in comics, though: Before I got really started in the field it was Alex Raymond and Hal Foster, they were my gods back then, but Kirby was the most immediate influence." Alex Raymond (October 2, 1909- September 6, 1956) was an American comic strip artist, best known for his work on Flash Gordon. ... Harold Rudolph Foster (August 18, 1892 in Halifax, Nova Scotia - July 25, 1982) created the comic Prince Valiant. ...

Atlas Comics [retailer] Presents the 20 Greatest Inkers of American Comic Books [4]: #11 Syd Shores "evidenced a unique and singular inking style, one perhaps only vaguely approximated by the great Bill Everett. Both had bold but rough-hewn lines and illustrative, photorealistic brushwork which gave the pages a beautiful, organic look...."

Shores Golden Age reprints

Marvel Comics reprints of 1940s Timely Comics stories, listed chronologically from date of earliest original publication:

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• Captain America: The Classic Years (1998) ISBN 078510660X

Covers, Captain America Comics #2, 5-7 (April, Aug.-Oct. 1941)

• Captain America: The Classic Years, Vol. 2 (2000) ISBN 0785107436

Captain America Comics #7 (Oct. 1941)

"Captain America and the Red Skull"

"Death Loads the Bases"

"Horror Plays the Scales"

• The Golden Age of Marvel Comics (1997) ISBN 0785105646

Captain America Comics #22 (Jan. 1943): "The Cobra Ring of Death"

• Fantasy Masterpieces #10 (Aug. 1967) and Timely Presents: All-Winners (hyphen sic) #1 (Dec. 1999)

All Winners Comics #19 (Fall 1946)

• Marvel Super-Heroes #17-18 (Nov. 1968 - Jan. 1969)

All Winners Comics #21 (Winter 1946)

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References

• Lambiek Comiclopedia: Syd Shores
• The Syd Shores Checklist
• The Jack Kirby Museum
• The Syd Shores Timely Gallery
• Now and Then Times Vol. 1, #2: "Syd Shores" by Alan Hewetson, Oct. 1973
• Fantastic Fanzine #10: Jan. 1970 interview with Syd Shores
• "A Timely Talk with Allen Bellman"
• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
• The Terror
• The "Star-Spangled Avenger" by Steve Stiles
• Simon, Joe, with Jim Simon. The Comic Book Makers. (Crestwood/II, 1990) ISBN 1887591354 (offline)

External links

• Live ForEverett: "A Tribute to Syd Shores' by Gene Colan, 3 August 1999

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Footnotes

• Note 1: Jim Amash interview with Joe Giella, Alter Ego Vol. 3, #52 (Sept. 2005), p. 8