Best remembered for his creation of the Human Torch and different Golden Age work, Carl Burgos did lots of of Marvel covers within the Nineteen Fifties.
One of the foundational artists of the Golden Age of comedian books, Carl Burgos is greatest remembered for his creation of the Human Torch, which debuted in Marvel Comics #1, the very first Marvel comedian e-book. Burgos can also be comparatively well-known for his different Golden Age work, which incorporates the Iron Skull in Centaur’s Amazing-Man Comics, the White Streak in Novelty Press’ Target Comics, and the Thunderer in Marvel/Timely’s Daring Mystery Comics. But Burgos’s affect extends past the Golden Age, and it is underappreciated that he contributed practically 400 covers to Marvel throughout the Nineteen Fifties. There are a number of Marvel/Atlas warfare comedian e-book covers by Carl Burgos up for public sale within the 2023 May 18 The War Comics Showcase Auction #40223 at Heritage Auctions.
Burgos entered navy service in 1942. As he informed Jim Steranko in 1970, “I started in the Air Force, went overseas as a rifleman, was transferred to the Signal Corps and came back in the engineers. It sounds crazy but it could only happen to a comic book man.”
After World War II, Burgos studied promoting at City College of New York, however saved a hand in comedian books with a handful of credit at Marvel in 1948-1949. While names like Bill Everett and Russ Heath are among the many first names to return to thoughts in terms of the covers of Nineteen Fifties-era Marvel/Atlas horror and journey titles, Burgos made very vital cowl contributions throughout a lot of the road as nicely, at the hours of darkness, gritty type that had turned a Marvel trademark for a lot of that decade (and is arguably a mode outlined by Burgos). Overall, it is a very underappreciated physique of work from one of crucial creators in American comedian e-book historical past. Atlas warfare comedian books are a noteworthy half of this output, and there are a number of Marvel/Atlas warfare comedian e-book covers by Carl Burgos up for public sale within the 2023 May 18 The War Comics Showcase Auction #40223 at Heritage Auctions.
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