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Gene Colan

January 01, 1970

Eugene Jules Colan (/ˈkoʊlən/; September 1, 1926 – June 23, 2011)[1] was an American comic book artist best known for his work for Marvel Comics, where his signature titles include the superhero series Daredevil, the cult-hit satiric series Howard the Duck, and The Tomb of Dracula, considered one of comics' classic horror series. He co-created the Falcon, the first African-American superhero in mainstream comics;[2][3] Carol Danvers, who would become Ms. Marvel and Captain Marvel; and the non-costumed, supernatural vampire hunter Blade.

Gene Colan
Colan at the Big Apple Summer Sizzler in Manhattan, June 13, 2009
BornEugene Jules Colan
(1926-09-01)September 1, 1926
The Bronx, New York
DiedJune 23, 2011(2011-06-23) (aged 84)
The Bronx, New York
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Penciller, Inker
Pseudonym(s)Adam Austin
Notable works
Daredevil
Detective Comics
Batman
Doctor Strange
Howard the Duck
The Tomb of Dracula
AwardsEagle Award, 1977, 1979
Eisner Award, 2010
Spouse(s)Sallee Greenberg (divorced)
Adrienne Colan (Brickman)

Colan was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2005.

Early life edit

Eugene Jules Colan[4] was born September 1, 1926, to Harold Colan, an insurance salesman, and Winifred Levy Colan, an antique dealer,[5] in The Bronx,[6] New York City.[7] His parents ran an antiques business on the Upper East Side.[4] His family was Jewish, and the family's surname had originally been "Cohen".[8] Colan began drawing at age three. "The first thing I ever drew was a lion. I must've absolutely copied it or something. But that's what my folks tell me. And from then on, I just drew everything in sight. My grandfather was my favorite subject".[7] Among his earliest influences, he said in 2001, were the Coulton Waugh adventure comic strip Dickie Dare "in The New York Sun. I was influenced by the style, or the story. Mostly the story. I took it very seriously."[9] He moved with his family "at about age 4" to Long Beach, New York, on Long Island.[9] Later, he would try to copy artist Norman Rockwell's covers to The Saturday Evening Post.[9] Other major art influences were comics artists Syd Shores and Milton Caniff.[7] Colan attended George Washington High School in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, and went on to study at the Art Students League of New York.[4]

Career edit

Early career edit

 
Daredevil #48 (Jan. 1969). Gene Colan (penciler) and George Klein (inker) slip an in-joke into this Times Square scene. Whatever caused the apparent frustration, note the word at Daredevil's left hand.

Colan began working in comics in 1944, doing illustrations for publisher Fiction House's aviation-adventure series Wings Comics. "[J]ust a summertime job before I went into the service",[10] it gave Colan his first published work, the one-page "Wing Tips" non-fiction filler "P-51B Mustang" (issue #52, Dec. 1944).[11] His first comics story was a seven-page "Clipper Kirk" feature in the following month's issue.[12]

After attempting to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II but being pulled out by his father "because I was underage", Colan at "18 or 19" enlisted in the Army Air Corps.[7] Originally scheduled for gunnery school in Boulder, Colorado, plans changed with the war's sudden end. "I was going to be an aerial gunner. A bomber. But it never materialized", he recalled in 2001.[9] After training at an Army camp near Biloxi, Mississippi, he joined the U.S. forces in the Philippines. There Colan rose to the rank of corporal, drew for the Manila Times, and won an art contest.[7]

Upon his return to civilian life in 1946, Colan went to work for Marvel Comics' 1940s precursor, Timely Comics.[13] He recalled in 2000,

I was living with my parents. I worked very hard on a war story, about seven or eight pages long, and I did all the lettering myself, I inked it myself, I even had a wash effect over it. I did everything I could do, and I brought it over to Timely. What you had to do in those days was go to the candy store, pick up a comic book, and look in the back to see where it was published. Most of them were published in Manhattan, they would tell you the address, and you'd simply go down and make an appointment to go down and see the art director.[7] Al Sulman, listed in Timely mastheads then as an "editorial associate",[14] "gave me my break. I went up there, and he came out and met me in the waiting room, looked at my work, and said, 'Sit here for a minute'. And he brought the work in, and disappeared for about 10 minutes or so ... then came back out and said, 'Come with me'. That's how I met [editor-in-chief] Stan [Lee].[15] Just like that, and I had a job.[7]

Comics historian Michael J. Vassallo identifies that first story as "Adam and Eve — Crime Incorporated" in Lawbreakers Always Lose #1 (cover date Spring 1948), on which is written the internal job number 2401. He notes another story, "The Cop They Couldn't Stop" in All-True Crime #27 (April 1948), job number 2505, may have been published first, citing the differing cover-date nomenclature ("Spring" v. "April") for the uncertainty.[16]

Hired as "a staff penciler",[3] Colan "started out at about $60 a week. ... Syd Shores was the art director".[17] Due to Colan's work going uncredited, in the manner of the times, comprehensive credits for this era are difficult if not impossible to ascertain. In 2010, he recalled his first cover art being for an issue of Captain America Comics;[18] Colan drew the 12-page lead story in issue #72, the cover-artist of which is undetermined.[19] He definitively drew the cover of the final issue, the horror comic Captain America's Weird Tales #75 (Feb. 1950),[20] which did not include the titular superhero on either the cover or inside.[21]

After virtually all the Timely staff was let go in 1948 during an industry downturn, Colan began freelancing for National Comics, the future DC Comics. A stickler for accuracy, he meticulously researched his countless war stories for DC's All-American Men at War, Captain Storm, and Our Army at War, as well as for Marvel's 1950s forerunner Atlas Comics, on the series Battle, Battle Action, Battle Ground, Battlefront, G.I. Tales, Marines in Battle, Navy Combat and Navy Tales. Colan's earliest confirmed credit during this time is penciling and inking the six-page crime fiction story "Dream Of Doom", by an uncredited writer, in Atlas' Lawbreakers Always Lose #6 (Feb. 1949).[22]

By the early 1950s, he was living in New Rochelle, New York.[23] Around this time he did his first work for DC Comics, then the industry leader, on the licensed series Hopalong Cassidy, based on the film and TV Western hero, drawing it from 1954 to 1957.[24][25] In the 1960s, he lived in New Jersey, where his and Adrienne's children, Erik and Nanci,[4] were raised.[7]

 
Dr. Strange #180 (May 1969). Cover art by Colan and inker Tom Palmer, utilizing photomontage.

Silver Age edit

While freelancing for DC romance comics in the 1960s, Colan did his first superhero work for Marvel under the pseudonym Adam Austin.[26] Taking to the form immediately, he introduced the "Sub-Mariner" feature in Tales to Astonish,[27] and succeeded Don Heck on "Iron Man" in Tales of Suspense.

Sometime after Colan began this pseudonymous stint, Marvel editor Stan Lee made overtures to lure him from DC. Colan recalled,

Stan asked me to come over and work with him. I don't remember how, but I do know that we made a connection, and he asked me, "How about coming over?" And so, my answer was — I think this was at his house; I had some work to deliver late one night; it was in the wintertime, and I went over and delivered it — and he asked me to come over to Marvel, and I said, "Well, what's the inducement? Why should I leave DC and come over to work with you, unless there's a little something in it for me to do that? I'm not just going to leave them [DC]." He said, "Well, if you're looking for more money, there's no point to it." I said, "What do you mean?" [laughs] He said, "Simply because, sooner or later, they're going to have to fire you, and you'll have to come over here." [laughs] I smiled, and I said, "Stan, I think I have to go." And I shook his hand, and I said, "That's okay, I'll just stay where I am." The next day, I got a phone call from Stan, because I had asked for more money, and he gave it to me. He tried to bluff me, and ... then I came over.[7]

Under his own name, Colan became one of the premier Silver Age Marvel artists, illustrating a host of such major characters as Captain America, Doctor Strange (both in the late-1960s and the mid-1970s series), and his signature character, Daredevil. Operating, like other company artists, on the "Marvel Method" — in which editor-in-chief and primary writer Stan Lee "would just speak to me for a few minutes on the phone, tell me the beginning, the middle and the end [of a story] and not much else, maybe four or five paragraphs, and then he'd tell me to make [a 20-page] story out of it,"[10] providing artwork to which Lee would then script dialogue and captions — Colan forged his own style, different from that of artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, whom Lee would point to as examples of the Marvel style:

Whatever book he thought was selling, he would have the rest of the staff try to copy the same style of work, but I wouldn't do it. I'd tell him if you want Stevie Ditko then you'll have to get Stevie Ditko. I can't do it, I have to be myself. So he left me alone. ... He knew I meant it and that I couldn't do it and there was no point in trying to force me to do it. Stan recognized something in my work from the very start, whatever that was, that gave [me] my first big break. And I always got along very well with Stan; not everybody can say that but I did ... so he let me do pretty much what I wanted to do ... [T]here was always some little change here and there, but basically he left me alone. ... And I was intimidated by Stan. I didn't want to go into his office, it upset me a little bit, but he was very nice to me. He left me pretty much alone because I was able to deliver pretty much what he was looking for, so we never had any trouble.[10]

Lee and Colan introduced the Emissaries of Evil in Daredevil Annual #1 (1967)[28] and the Jester in Daredevil #42 (July 1968).[29] Colan's long run on the Daredevil series encompassed all but three issues in an otherwise unbroken, 81-issue string from #20-100 (Sept. 1966 - June 1973), plus the initial Daredevil Annual (1967). He returned to draw ten issues sprinkled from 1974 to 1979, and an eight-issue run in 1997. Colan admitted relying upon amphetamines in order to make deadlines for illustrating the series Doctor Strange,[30] for which he would personally visit the character's real-life Manhattan neighborhood, Greenwich Village, and shoot Polaroid photographs to use as location reference.[31] Captain Marvel, a character created to secure the trademark on the name,[32] debuted in Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (Dec. 1967) by Lee and Colan.[33] The original Guardians of the Galaxy first appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes #18 (Jan. 1969) by writer Arnold Drake and Colan.[34]

In Captain America #117 (Sept. 1969), Colan and writer-editor Stan Lee created the Falcon,[35] the first African-American superhero in mainstream comic books.[2][3] The character came about, Colan recalled in 2008,

... in the late 1960s [when news of the] Vietnam War and civil rights protests were regular occurrences, and Stan, always wanting to be at the forefront of things, started bringing these headlines into the comics. ... One of the biggest steps we took in this direction came in Captain America. I enjoyed drawing people of every kind. I drew as many different types of people as I could into the scenes I illustrated, and I loved drawing black people. I always found their features interesting and so much of their strength, spirit and wisdom written on their faces. I approached Stan, as I remember, with the idea of introducing an African-American hero and he took to it right away. ... I looked at several African-American magazines, and used them as the basis of inspiration for bringing The Falcon to life.[36]

Concurrent with his move to Marvel, Colan also contributed several stories to Warren Publishing's line of black-and-white horror comics magazines, beginning with the six-page tale "To Pay the Piper", by writer Larry Ivie, in Eerie #2 (March 1966). There and in subsequent stories for that magazine and its sister publication, Creepy, Colan would ink his own pencil work. His final original Warren story, "First Blood", appeared in Eerie #11 (Sept. 1967). The vast majority of these were written by Warren editor Archie Goodwin, with whom Colan would later collaborate on Marvel's Iron Man.[24][37]

Dracula and Batman edit

Colan in the 1970s illustrated the complete 70-issue run of the acclaimed[38][39] horror title The Tomb of Dracula[40] as well as most issues of writer Steve Gerber's cult hit Howard the Duck.[41]

Colan, already one of Marvel's most well-established and prominent artists, said he had lobbied for the Tomb of Dracula assignment:

When I heard Marvel was putting out a Dracula book, I confronted [editor] Stan [Lee] about it and asked him to let me do it. He didn't give me too much trouble but, as it turned out, he took that promise away, saying he had promised it to Bill Everett. Well, right then and there I auditioned for it. Stan didn't know what I was up to, but I spent a day at home and worked up a sample, using Jack Palance as my inspiration and sent it to Stan. I got a call that very day: 'It's yours.'[42]

Colan and Marv Wolfman created several supporting characters for the Dracula series. They introduced Blade in The Tomb of Dracula #10 (July 1973)[43] and Lilith in Giant-Size Chillers #1 (June 1974).[44] Colan became the artist of Doctor Strange volume 2 with issue #6 (Feb. 1975) which introduced the Gaea character.[45] A crossover between the two Colan-drawn series occurred in May 1976.[46] In 2010, Comics Bulletin ranked Colan's run on The Tomb of Dracula fifth on its list of the "Top 10 1970s Marvels". His work on Doctor Strange was ranked ninth on the same list.[47] Colan's collaboration with Steve Gerber on the Howard the Duck series saw the title character nominated by the All-Night Party, a fictional political party, as their nominee in the Presidential campaign of 1976,[48] and led to Howard the Duck receiving thousands of write-in votes in the actual election.[49] The Gerber-Colan team created Doctor Bong in Howard the Duck #15 (Aug. 1977).[50] Gerber later said to Colan: "There really was almost a telepathic connection there. I would see something in my mind, and that is what you would draw! I've never had that experience with another artist before or since."[51]

Colan returned to DC in 1981,[52] following a professional falling out with Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter.[53] Colan recalled two decades later that Shooter

... hated me. I was miserable. It was the worst experience ... one of the worst I've ever experienced. I had to leave Marvel because of him. I wouldn't stay, and I ... left everything behind. I left a pension plan, everything. I would have stayed, but Shooter gave me such a rough time. In fact, the vice president [of Marvel] had been down in a meeting with me and Shooter, trying to pacify me and get me to stay. And I just wouldn't do it, cause I could see the writing on the wall, and I knew where Shooter was heading, and I didn't want any more of it.[54]

He brought his shadowy, moody textures to Batman, serving as the character's primary artist from 1981 to 1986, penciling most issues of Detective Comics and Batman during this time. His debut issue of the character's eponymous series was #340 (Oct. 1981).[52][55] With writer Gerry Conway, Colan revived the Golden Age supervillains Doctor Death in Batman #345 (March 1982)[56] and the Monk in Batman #350 (Aug. 1982)[57] and introduced Killer Croc in Detective Comics #523 (Feb. 1983).[58] Killer Croc appears in the 2016 live-action movie Suicide Squad, portrayed by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.[59] Another new character, Nightslayer, was created by Colan and Doug Moench in Detective Comics #529 (Aug. 1983).[60]

In the insert preview in DC Comics Presents #41 (Jan. 1982), writer Roy Thomas and Colan provided Wonder Woman with a stylized "WW" emblem on her bodice, replacing the traditional eagle.[61] The "WW" emblem, unlike the eagle, could be protected as a trademark and therefore had greater merchandising potential. Wonder Woman #288 (February 1982) premiered the new costume and an altered cover banner incorporating the "WW" emblem.[62] Colan was one of several artists on Wonder Woman #300 (Feb. 1983)[63][64] and stayed on the series until issue #305 wherein he and writer Dan Mishkin reintroduced the character Circe to the rogues gallery of Wonder Woman's adversaries.[65] Steve Gerber and Colan reunited at DC to produce The Phantom Zone limited series.[66] Helping to create new characters as well, Colan collaborated in the 1980s with The Tomb of Dracula writer Marv Wolfman on the 14-issue run of Night Force featuring characters introduced in an insert preview in The New Teen Titans #21 (July 1982).[67] He was one of the contributors to the DC Challenge limited series in 1985.[68] Additionally, Colan worked with Cary Bates on the 12-issue run of Silverblade; with Greg Potter on the 12-issue run of Jemm, Son of Saturn; and drew the first six issues of Doug Moench's 1987 revival of The Spectre.[24]

 
Colan page from The Tomb of Dracula #40 (Jan. 1976). Inked by Tom Palmer.

Colan's style, characterized by fluid figure drawing and extensive use of shadow, was unusual among Silver Age comic artists,[69] and became more pronounced as his career progressed. He usually worked as a penciller, with Frank Giacoia and Tom Palmer as his most frequent inkers. Colan broke from the mass-market comic book penciller/inker/colorist assembly-line system by creating finished drawings in graphite and watercolor on such projects as the DC Comics miniseries Nathaniel Dusk (1984) and Nathaniel Dusk II (1985–86), and the feature "Ragamuffins" in the Eclipse Comics umbrella series Eclipse #3, 5, and 8 (1981–83), with frequent collaborator Don McGregor.[24]

Independent-comics work includes the Eclipse graphic novel Detectives Inc.: A Terror Of Dying Dreams (1985), written by McGregor and reprinted in sepia tone as an Eclipse miniseries in 1987, and the miniseries Predator: Hell & Hot Water for Dark Horse Comics. He contributed to Archie Comics in the late 1980s and early 1990s, drawing and occasionally writing a number of stories. His work there included penciling the lighthearted science-fiction series Jughead's Time Police #1-6 (July 1990–May 1991), and the 1990 one-shot To Riverdale and Back Again, an adaptation of the NBC TV movie about the Archie characters 20 years later, airing May 6, 1990; Stan Goldberg drew the parts featuring the characters in flashback as teens, while Colan drew adult characters, in a less cartoony style, and Mike Esposito inking both.[24]

Back at Marvel, he collaborated again with Marv Wolfman and veteran inker Al Williamson on a new The Tomb of Dracula series, and with Don McGregor on a Black Panther serial in the Marvel Comics Presents anthology, as well as a six-issue adaptation of Clive Barker's "The Harrowers: Raiders of the Abyss."[24]

Later life and career edit

Colan did some insert artwork on Hellbilly Deluxe (released August 1998), the first solo album of Rob Zombie, credited as Gene "The Mean Machine" Colan.[70] Unrealized projects around this time included the Marvel Music comic Elvis: Mystery Train, which went on hold, he said in 1996, "when Marvel ran into problems, so everything came to a halt. Right now it's in limbo. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan's son is writing it ..."[71]

In 1998, Colan and his Tomb of Dracula writing collaborator, Marv Wolfman, reteamed on Dark Horse Comics three-issue miniseries The Curse of Dracula (July-Sept. 1998).[24] Saying the book required "a much younger and better-looking Dracula" than in their previous series, Colan used "my lawn-boy [as] my model. ... I asked him to do the posing and he did."[54] For the same company early the next decade, Colan returned to vampires with the 2001 one-shot Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayers, an omnibus that included writer Doug Petrie's 16-page "Nikki Goes Down", starring a 1970s vampire slayer seen in one episode of the namesake TV series.[24]

Colan penciled the final pages of Blade vol. 3, #12 (Oct. 2007), the final issue of that series, drawing a flashback scene in which the character dresses in his original outfit from the 1970s series The Tomb of Dracula. That same month, for the anniversary issue Daredevil vol. 2, #100 (Oct. 2007), Colan penciled pages 18–20 of the 36-page story "Without Fear, Part One"; the issue additionally reprinted the Colan-drawn Daredevil #90-91 (Aug.-Sept. 1972).[24]

In the late 1980s, Colan, in addition to his art, taught at Manhattan's School of Visual Arts and Fashion Institute of Technology,[72] and had showings at the Bess Cutler Gallery in New York City and at the Elm Street Arts Gallery in Manchester, Vermont.[73] He had relocated to nearby Manchester Center, Vermont, from New York City in 1990 or 1991, and was living there as of 2001.[72] By 2009 at the latest, they had returned to New York City, settling in Brooklyn.[74][75][76]

On May 11, 2008, his family announced that Colan, who had been hospitalized for liver failure, had suffered a sharp deterioration in his health.[77] By December, he had sufficiently recovered to travel to an in-store signing in California.[78] He continued to produce original comics work as late as 2009, drawing the 40-page Captain America #601 (Sept. 2009), for which he won an Eisner Award.[79]

Personal life edit

Gene Colan was married twice: first to Sallee Greenberg, with whom he had children Valerie and Jill before the couple divorced, and Adrienne Brickman, with whom he had children Erik and Nanci.[4][80] Adrienne Colan died on June 21, 2010.[81]

Colan died in the Bronx on June 23, 2011, aged 84, following complications of cancer and liver disease.[4] He lived in Brooklyn at the time of his death.[1][82]

Awards and honors edit

Colan's collaboration with Steve Gerber on Howard the Duck received the 1977[83] and 1978[84] Eagle Award for Favorite Comic Book (Humor) and was nominated for four Eagle Awards in 1978.[84] Colan received an Inkpot Award in 1978 as well.[85]

In 2005, Colan was inducted into the comics industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.[86] He subsequently won the 2010 Eisner Award for Best Single Issue (together with writer Ed Brubaker) for his work on Captain America #601 (Sept. 2009).[79]

The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco presented the retrospective "Colan: Visions of a Man without Fear" from November 15, 2008, to March 15, 2009.[73][87]

Colan was the recipient of the 2008 Sparky Award, presented December 4, 2008[88] and won the Comic Art Professional Society's Sergio Award on October 24, 2009.[89]

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Bongo Comics edit

Comico edit

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CrossGen Comics edit

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DC Comics edit

Disney Comics edit

Eclipse Comics edit

IDW Comics edit

  • Hero Comics oneshot (also writer) (2009)

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  • Tales of Justice #62 (1956)
  • Tales of Suspense #39 (1963); #73–99 (Iron Man) (1966-1968)
  • Tales of the Zombie #2, 6 (1973–1974)
  • Tales to Astonish (Sub-Mariner) #70–77, 79–82, 84–85, 101 (1965-1968)
  • Teen-Age Romance #85-86 (1962)
  • Tex Morgan #4 (1949)
  • Thunderbolts Annual '97 (among others) (1997)
  • The Tomb of Dracula #1–70 (1972-1979)
  • The Tomb of Dracula magazine #3–6 (1979-1980)
  • The Tomb of Dracula vol. 3 #1-4 (1991-1992)
  • Tower of Shadows #3–4, 6 (1970)
  • True Life Tales #1 (1949)
  • True Secrets #38 (1956)
  • True Western #1 (1949)
  • Two-Gun Kid #49 (1959)
  • Two-Gun Western #4–5 (1956)
  • Uncanny Tales #11, 16-17, 45, 49, 52 (1953-1957)
  • Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #1, 3, 5-6 (1975)
  • Venus #12 (1951)
  • War Action #14 (1953)
  • War Adventures #6-7 (1952)
  • War Combat #3 (1952)
  • War Comics #1, 4, 28, 31, 34-36, 39, 41, 44-49 (1950-1957)
  • Western Gunfighters #20, 25-27 (1956-1957)
  • Western Outlaws #5, 10-11, 17, 20 (1954-1957)
  • What If (Fantastic Four) #21 (1980)
  • Wild #4 (1954)
  • Wild West #2 (1948)
  • Wild Western #49 (1956)
  • Wolverine #9, 24 (1989–1990)
  • World of Fantasy #10 (1958)
  • World of Mystery #6 (1957)
  • Young Hearts #2 (1950)
  • Young Men on the Battlefield #14–15, 20 (1952–1953)

Ziff-Davis Publishing edit

  • Lars of Mars #10–11 (1951)

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Further reading edit

External links edit

  • . (Official site). Archived from the original on July 16, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Additional with some links disabled, archived from the original on March 20, 2011.
  • . SlayerLit.us. c. 2007. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011.
  • "DC Profiles #89: Gene Colan" at the Grand Comics Database
  • Gene Colan at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
  • Gene Colan at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
  • Comic Geek Speak Podcast Interview (December 2005)
  • Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Art Database

January 01, 1970
gene, colan, eugene, jules, colan, september, 1926, june, 2011, american, comic, book, artist, best, known, work, marvel, comics, where, signature, titles, include, superhero, series, daredevil, cult, satiric, series, howard, duck, tomb, dracula, considered, c. Eugene Jules Colan ˈ k oʊ l e n September 1 1926 June 23 2011 1 was an American comic book artist best known for his work for Marvel Comics where his signature titles include the superhero series Daredevil the cult hit satiric series Howard the Duck and The Tomb of Dracula considered one of comics classic horror series He co created the Falcon the first African American superhero in mainstream comics 2 3 Carol Danvers who would become Ms Marvel and Captain Marvel and the non costumed supernatural vampire hunter Blade Gene ColanColan at the Big Apple Summer Sizzler in Manhattan June 13 2009BornEugene Jules Colan 1926 09 01 September 1 1926The Bronx New YorkDiedJune 23 2011 2011 06 23 aged 84 The Bronx New YorkNationalityAmericanArea s Penciller InkerPseudonym s Adam AustinNotable worksDaredevilDetective ComicsBatmanDoctor StrangeHoward the DuckThe Tomb of DraculaAwardsEagle Award 1977 1979Eisner Award 2010Spouse s Sallee Greenberg divorced Adrienne Colan Brickman Colan was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2005 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Early career 2 2 Silver Age 2 3 Dracula and Batman 2 4 Later life and career 3 Personal life 4 Awards and honors 5 Bibliography 5 1 Archie Comics 5 2 Bongo Comics 5 3 Comico 5 4 CrossGen Comics 5 5 Dark Horse Comics 5 6 DC Comics 5 7 Disney Comics 5 8 Eclipse Comics 5 9 IDW Comics 5 10 Marvel Comics 5 11 Ziff Davis Publishing 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksEarly life editEugene Jules Colan 4 was born September 1 1926 to Harold Colan an insurance salesman and Winifred Levy Colan an antique dealer 5 in The Bronx 6 New York City 7 His parents ran an antiques business on the Upper East Side 4 His family was Jewish and the family s surname had originally been Cohen 8 Colan began drawing at age three The first thing I ever drew was a lion I must ve absolutely copied it or something But that s what my folks tell me And from then on I just drew everything in sight My grandfather was my favorite subject 7 Among his earliest influences he said in 2001 were the Coulton Waugh adventure comic strip Dickie Dare in The New York Sun I was influenced by the style or the story Mostly the story I took it very seriously 9 He moved with his family at about age 4 to Long Beach New York on Long Island 9 Later he would try to copy artist Norman Rockwell s covers to The Saturday Evening Post 9 Other major art influences were comics artists Syd Shores and Milton Caniff 7 Colan attended George Washington High School in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan and went on to study at the Art Students League of New York 4 Career editEarly career edit nbsp Daredevil 48 Jan 1969 Gene Colan penciler and George Klein inker slip an in joke into this Times Square scene Whatever caused the apparent frustration note the word at Daredevil s left hand Colan began working in comics in 1944 doing illustrations for publisher Fiction House s aviation adventure series Wings Comics J ust a summertime job before I went into the service 10 it gave Colan his first published work the one page Wing Tips non fiction filler P 51B Mustang issue 52 Dec 1944 11 His first comics story was a seven page Clipper Kirk feature in the following month s issue 12 After attempting to enlist in the U S Marine Corps during World War II but being pulled out by his father because I was underage Colan at 18 or 19 enlisted in the Army Air Corps 7 Originally scheduled for gunnery school in Boulder Colorado plans changed with the war s sudden end I was going to be an aerial gunner A bomber But it never materialized he recalled in 2001 9 After training at an Army camp near Biloxi Mississippi he joined the U S forces in the Philippines There Colan rose to the rank of corporal drew for the Manila Times and won an art contest 7 Upon his return to civilian life in 1946 Colan went to work for Marvel Comics 1940s precursor Timely Comics 13 He recalled in 2000 I was living with my parents I worked very hard on a war story about seven or eight pages long and I did all the lettering myself I inked it myself I even had a wash effect over it I did everything I could do and I brought it over to Timely What you had to do in those days was go to the candy store pick up a comic book and look in the back to see where it was published Most of them were published in Manhattan they would tell you the address and you d simply go down and make an appointment to go down and see the art director 7 Al Sulman listed in Timely mastheads then as an editorial associate 14 gave me my break I went up there and he came out and met me in the waiting room looked at my work and said Sit here for a minute And he brought the work in and disappeared for about 10 minutes or so then came back out and said Come with me That s how I met editor in chief Stan Lee 15 Just like that and I had a job 7 Comics historian Michael J Vassallo identifies that first story as Adam and Eve Crime Incorporated in Lawbreakers Always Lose 1 cover date Spring 1948 on which is written the internal job number 2401 He notes another story The Cop They Couldn t Stop in All True Crime 27 April 1948 job number 2505 may have been published first citing the differing cover date nomenclature Spring v April for the uncertainty 16 Hired as a staff penciler 3 Colan started out at about 60 a week Syd Shores was the art director 17 Due to Colan s work going uncredited in the manner of the times comprehensive credits for this era are difficult if not impossible to ascertain In 2010 he recalled his first cover art being for an issue of Captain America Comics 18 Colan drew the 12 page lead story in issue 72 the cover artist of which is undetermined 19 He definitively drew the cover of the final issue the horror comic Captain America s Weird Tales 75 Feb 1950 20 which did not include the titular superhero on either the cover or inside 21 After virtually all the Timely staff was let go in 1948 during an industry downturn Colan began freelancing for National Comics the future DC Comics A stickler for accuracy he meticulously researched his countless war stories for DC s All American Men at War Captain Storm and Our Army at War as well as for Marvel s 1950s forerunner Atlas Comics on the series Battle Battle Action Battle Ground Battlefront G I Tales Marines in Battle Navy Combat and Navy Tales Colan s earliest confirmed credit during this time is penciling and inking the six page crime fiction story Dream Of Doom by an uncredited writer in Atlas Lawbreakers Always Lose 6 Feb 1949 22 By the early 1950s he was living in New Rochelle New York 23 Around this time he did his first work for DC Comics then the industry leader on the licensed series Hopalong Cassidy based on the film and TV Western hero drawing it from 1954 to 1957 24 25 In the 1960s he lived in New Jersey where his and Adrienne s children Erik and Nanci 4 were raised 7 nbsp Dr Strange 180 May 1969 Cover art by Colan and inker Tom Palmer utilizing photomontage Silver Age edit While freelancing for DC romance comics in the 1960s Colan did his first superhero work for Marvel under the pseudonym Adam Austin 26 Taking to the form immediately he introduced the Sub Mariner feature in Tales to Astonish 27 and succeeded Don Heck on Iron Man in Tales of Suspense Sometime after Colan began this pseudonymous stint Marvel editor Stan Lee made overtures to lure him from DC Colan recalled Stan asked me to come over and work with him I don t remember how but I do know that we made a connection and he asked me How about coming over And so my answer was I think this was at his house I had some work to deliver late one night it was in the wintertime and I went over and delivered it and he asked me to come over to Marvel and I said Well what s the inducement Why should I leave DC and come over to work with you unless there s a little something in it for me to do that I m not just going to leave them DC He said Well if you re looking for more money there s no point to it I said What do you mean laughs He said Simply because sooner or later they re going to have to fire you and you ll have to come over here laughs I smiled and I said Stan I think I have to go And I shook his hand and I said That s okay I ll just stay where I am The next day I got a phone call from Stan because I had asked for more money and he gave it to me He tried to bluff me and then I came over 7 Under his own name Colan became one of the premier Silver Age Marvel artists illustrating a host of such major characters as Captain America Doctor Strange both in the late 1960s and the mid 1970s series and his signature character Daredevil Operating like other company artists on the Marvel Method in which editor in chief and primary writer Stan Lee would just speak to me for a few minutes on the phone tell me the beginning the middle and the end of a story and not much else maybe four or five paragraphs and then he d tell me to make a 20 page story out of it 10 providing artwork to which Lee would then script dialogue and captions Colan forged his own style different from that of artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko whom Lee would point to as examples of the Marvel style Whatever book he thought was selling he would have the rest of the staff try to copy the same style of work but I wouldn t do it I d tell him if you want Stevie Ditko then you ll have to get Stevie Ditko I can t do it I have to be myself So he left me alone He knew I meant it and that I couldn t do it and there was no point in trying to force me to do it Stan recognized something in my work from the very start whatever that was that gave me my first big break And I always got along very well with Stan not everybody can say that but I did so he let me do pretty much what I wanted to do T here was always some little change here and there but basically he left me alone And I was intimidated by Stan I didn t want to go into his office it upset me a little bit but he was very nice to me He left me pretty much alone because I was able to deliver pretty much what he was looking for so we never had any trouble 10 Lee and Colan introduced the Emissaries of Evil in Daredevil Annual 1 1967 28 and the Jester in Daredevil 42 July 1968 29 Colan s long run on the Daredevil series encompassed all but three issues in an otherwise unbroken 81 issue string from 20 100 Sept 1966 June 1973 plus the initial Daredevil Annual 1967 He returned to draw ten issues sprinkled from 1974 to 1979 and an eight issue run in 1997 Colan admitted relying upon amphetamines in order to make deadlines for illustrating the series Doctor Strange 30 for which he would personally visit the character s real life Manhattan neighborhood Greenwich Village and shoot Polaroid photographs to use as location reference 31 Captain Marvel a character created to secure the trademark on the name 32 debuted in Marvel Super Heroes 12 Dec 1967 by Lee and Colan 33 The original Guardians of the Galaxy first appeared in Marvel Super Heroes 18 Jan 1969 by writer Arnold Drake and Colan 34 In Captain America 117 Sept 1969 Colan and writer editor Stan Lee created the Falcon 35 the first African American superhero in mainstream comic books 2 3 The character came about Colan recalled in 2008 in the late 1960s when news of the Vietnam War and civil rights protests were regular occurrences and Stan always wanting to be at the forefront of things started bringing these headlines into the comics One of the biggest steps we took in this direction came in Captain America I enjoyed drawing people of every kind I drew as many different types of people as I could into the scenes I illustrated and I loved drawing black people I always found their features interesting and so much of their strength spirit and wisdom written on their faces I approached Stan as I remember with the idea of introducing an African American hero and he took to it right away I looked at several African American magazines and used them as the basis of inspiration for bringing The Falcon to life 36 Concurrent with his move to Marvel Colan also contributed several stories to Warren Publishing s line of black and white horror comics magazines beginning with the six page tale To Pay the Piper by writer Larry Ivie in Eerie 2 March 1966 There and in subsequent stories for that magazine and its sister publication Creepy Colan would ink his own pencil work His final original Warren story First Blood appeared in Eerie 11 Sept 1967 The vast majority of these were written by Warren editor Archie Goodwin with whom Colan would later collaborate on Marvel s Iron Man 24 37 Dracula and Batman edit Colan in the 1970s illustrated the complete 70 issue run of the acclaimed 38 39 horror title The Tomb of Dracula 40 as well as most issues of writer Steve Gerber s cult hit Howard the Duck 41 Colan already one of Marvel s most well established and prominent artists said he had lobbied for the Tomb of Dracula assignment When I heard Marvel was putting out a Dracula book I confronted editor Stan Lee about it and asked him to let me do it He didn t give me too much trouble but as it turned out he took that promise away saying he had promised it to Bill Everett Well right then and there I auditioned for it Stan didn t know what I was up to but I spent a day at home and worked up a sample using Jack Palance as my inspiration and sent it to Stan I got a call that very day It s yours 42 Colan and Marv Wolfman created several supporting characters for the Dracula series They introduced Blade in The Tomb of Dracula 10 July 1973 43 and Lilith in Giant Size Chillers 1 June 1974 44 Colan became the artist of Doctor Strange volume 2 with issue 6 Feb 1975 which introduced the Gaea character 45 A crossover between the two Colan drawn series occurred in May 1976 46 In 2010 Comics Bulletin ranked Colan s run on The Tomb of Dracula fifth on its list of the Top 10 1970s Marvels His work on Doctor Strange was ranked ninth on the same list 47 Colan s collaboration with Steve Gerber on the Howard the Duck series saw the title character nominated by the All Night Party a fictional political party as their nominee in the Presidential campaign of 1976 48 and led to Howard the Duck receiving thousands of write in votes in the actual election 49 The Gerber Colan team created Doctor Bong in Howard the Duck 15 Aug 1977 50 Gerber later said to Colan There really was almost a telepathic connection there I would see something in my mind and that is what you would draw I ve never had that experience with another artist before or since 51 Colan returned to DC in 1981 52 following a professional falling out with Marvel editor in chief Jim Shooter 53 Colan recalled two decades later that Shooter hated me I was miserable It was the worst experience one of the worst I ve ever experienced I had to leave Marvel because of him I wouldn t stay and I left everything behind I left a pension plan everything I would have stayed but Shooter gave me such a rough time In fact the vice president of Marvel had been down in a meeting with me and Shooter trying to pacify me and get me to stay And I just wouldn t do it cause I could see the writing on the wall and I knew where Shooter was heading and I didn t want any more of it 54 He brought his shadowy moody textures to Batman serving as the character s primary artist from 1981 to 1986 penciling most issues of Detective Comics and Batman during this time His debut issue of the character s eponymous series was 340 Oct 1981 52 55 With writer Gerry Conway Colan revived the Golden Age supervillains Doctor Death in Batman 345 March 1982 56 and the Monk in Batman 350 Aug 1982 57 and introduced Killer Croc in Detective Comics 523 Feb 1983 58 Killer Croc appears in the 2016 live action movie Suicide Squad portrayed by Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje 59 Another new character Nightslayer was created by Colan and Doug Moench in Detective Comics 529 Aug 1983 60 In the insert preview in DC Comics Presents 41 Jan 1982 writer Roy Thomas and Colan provided Wonder Woman with a stylized WW emblem on her bodice replacing the traditional eagle 61 The WW emblem unlike the eagle could be protected as a trademark and therefore had greater merchandising potential Wonder Woman 288 February 1982 premiered the new costume and an altered cover banner incorporating the WW emblem 62 Colan was one of several artists on Wonder Woman 300 Feb 1983 63 64 and stayed on the series until issue 305 wherein he and writer Dan Mishkin reintroduced the character Circe to the rogues gallery of Wonder Woman s adversaries 65 Steve Gerber and Colan reunited at DC to produce The Phantom Zone limited series 66 Helping to create new characters as well Colan collaborated in the 1980s with The Tomb of Dracula writer Marv Wolfman on the 14 issue run of Night Force featuring characters introduced in an insert preview in The New Teen Titans 21 July 1982 67 He was one of the contributors to the DC Challenge limited series in 1985 68 Additionally Colan worked with Cary Bates on the 12 issue run of Silverblade with Greg Potter on the 12 issue run of Jemm Son of Saturn and drew the first six issues of Doug Moench s 1987 revival of The Spectre 24 nbsp Colan page from The Tomb of Dracula 40 Jan 1976 Inked by Tom Palmer Colan s style characterized by fluid figure drawing and extensive use of shadow was unusual among Silver Age comic artists 69 and became more pronounced as his career progressed He usually worked as a penciller with Frank Giacoia and Tom Palmer as his most frequent inkers Colan broke from the mass market comic book penciller inker colorist assembly line system by creating finished drawings in graphite and watercolor on such projects as the DC Comics miniseries Nathaniel Dusk 1984 and Nathaniel Dusk II 1985 86 and the feature Ragamuffins in the Eclipse Comics umbrella series Eclipse 3 5 and 8 1981 83 with frequent collaborator Don McGregor 24 Independent comics work includes the Eclipse graphic novel Detectives Inc A Terror Of Dying Dreams 1985 written by McGregor and reprinted in sepia tone as an Eclipse miniseries in 1987 and the miniseries Predator Hell amp Hot Water for Dark Horse Comics He contributed to Archie Comics in the late 1980s and early 1990s drawing and occasionally writing a number of stories His work there included penciling the lighthearted science fiction series Jughead s Time Police 1 6 July 1990 May 1991 and the 1990 one shot To Riverdale and Back Again an adaptation of the NBC TV movie about the Archie characters 20 years later airing May 6 1990 Stan Goldberg drew the parts featuring the characters in flashback as teens while Colan drew adult characters in a less cartoony style and Mike Esposito inking both 24 Back at Marvel he collaborated again with Marv Wolfman and veteran inker Al Williamson on a new The Tomb of Dracula series and with Don McGregor on a Black Panther serial in the Marvel Comics Presents anthology as well as a six issue adaptation of Clive Barker s The Harrowers Raiders of the Abyss 24 Later life and career edit Colan did some insert artwork on Hellbilly Deluxe released August 1998 the first solo album of Rob Zombie credited as Gene The Mean Machine Colan 70 Unrealized projects around this time included the Marvel Music comic Elvis Mystery Train which went on hold he said in 1996 when Marvel ran into problems so everything came to a halt Right now it s in limbo Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan s son is writing it 71 In 1998 Colan and his Tomb of Dracula writing collaborator Marv Wolfman reteamed on Dark Horse Comics three issue miniseries The Curse of Dracula July Sept 1998 24 Saying the book required a much younger and better looking Dracula than in their previous series Colan used my lawn boy as my model I asked him to do the posing and he did 54 For the same company early the next decade Colan returned to vampires with the 2001 one shot Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tales of the Slayers an omnibus that included writer Doug Petrie s 16 page Nikki Goes Down starring a 1970s vampire slayer seen in one episode of the namesake TV series 24 Colan penciled the final pages of Blade vol 3 12 Oct 2007 the final issue of that series drawing a flashback scene in which the character dresses in his original outfit from the 1970s series The Tomb of Dracula That same month for the anniversary issue Daredevil vol 2 100 Oct 2007 Colan penciled pages 18 20 of the 36 page story Without Fear Part One the issue additionally reprinted the Colan drawn Daredevil 90 91 Aug Sept 1972 24 In the late 1980s Colan in addition to his art taught at Manhattan s School of Visual Arts and Fashion Institute of Technology 72 and had showings at the Bess Cutler Gallery in New York City and at the Elm Street Arts Gallery in Manchester Vermont 73 He had relocated to nearby Manchester Center Vermont from New York City in 1990 or 1991 and was living there as of 2001 72 By 2009 at the latest they had returned to New York City settling in Brooklyn 74 75 76 On May 11 2008 his family announced that Colan who had been hospitalized for liver failure had suffered a sharp deterioration in his health 77 By December he had sufficiently recovered to travel to an in store signing in California 78 He continued to produce original comics work as late as 2009 drawing the 40 page Captain America 601 Sept 2009 for which he won an Eisner Award 79 Personal life editGene Colan was married twice first to Sallee Greenberg with whom he had children Valerie and Jill before the couple divorced and Adrienne Brickman with whom he had children Erik and Nanci 4 80 Adrienne Colan died on June 21 2010 81 Colan died in the Bronx on June 23 2011 aged 84 following complications of cancer and liver disease 4 He lived in Brooklyn at the time of his death 1 82 Awards and honors editColan s collaboration with Steve Gerber on Howard the Duck received the 1977 83 and 1978 84 Eagle Award for Favorite Comic Book Humor and was nominated for four Eagle Awards in 1978 84 Colan received an Inkpot Award in 1978 as well 85 In 2005 Colan was inducted into the comics industry s Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame 86 He subsequently won the 2010 Eisner Award for Best Single Issue together with writer Ed Brubaker for his work on Captain America 601 Sept 2009 79 The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco presented the retrospective Colan Visions of a Man without Fear from November 15 2008 to March 15 2009 73 87 Colan was the recipient of the 2008 Sparky Award presented December 4 2008 88 and won the Comic Art Professional Society s Sergio Award on October 24 2009 89 Bibliography editArchie Comics edit Archie s Pals n Gals 186 188 197 1987 88 Everything s Archie 133 142 148 1988 90 Jughead 17 1990 Jughead s Pal Hot Dog 3 1990 Jughead s Time Police 3 6 1990 91 Life with Archie 272 279 285 286 also writer for 273 278 1989 1991 Pep Comics 411 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 22 1991 To Riverdale and Back Again oneshot 1990 Bongo Comics edit Treehouse of Horror 11 2005 Comico edit Bloodscent 1 1988 CrossGen Comics edit Rob Zombie s Spookshow International 1 3 2003 2004 Dark Horse Comics edit Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tales of the Slayers OGN 2002 Creepy The Limited Series 1 1992 The Curse of Dracula 1 3 1998 Dark Horse Presents 117 Aliens 1997 Harlan Ellison s Dream Corridor 2 2007 Hellboy Weird Tales 6 2003 Michael Chabon Presents The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist 2 5 2004 2005 Predator Hell amp Hot Water 1 3 1997 DC Comics edit All American Men of War 3 4 6 9 43 112 113 1953 1966 Batman 340 343 345 348 351 373 383 1981 1985 Batman Gotham Knights Batman Black and White 15 2001 Captain Storm 4 13 16 1964 1966 DC Challenge 1 1985 DC Comics Presents 41 Wonder Woman preview 1982 DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel 2 Nightwings 1986 Detective Comics 510 512 517 523 528 538 540 546 555 567 1982 1986 Elvira s House of Mystery 11 1987 Falling in Love 68 73 75 81 84 87 1964 1966 Fury of Firestorm 19 Annual 4 1984 1986 G I Combat 113 1965 Girls Love Stories 113 115 118 145 165 167 174 1965 1972 Girls Romances 101 103 106 109 111 115 117 119 123 1964 1967 Heart Throbs 87 89 91 97 98 100 106 107 1963 1967 Hopalong Cassidy 86 122 1954 1957 House of Secrets 63 1963 Jemm Son of Saturn 1 12 limited series 1984 1985 Just Imagine Stan Lee With Jim Lee Creating Wonder Woman backup story 2001 Legion of Super Heroes vol 2 311 1984 Legion of Super Heroes vol 3 27 1986 Little Shop of Horrors movie adaptation 1 1987 My Greatest Adventure 72 75 77 1962 1963 Mystery in Space 13 26 1953 1955 Nathaniel Dusk 1 4 1984 Nathaniel Dusk II 1 4 1985 1986 The New Teen Titans 21 Night Force preview 1982 Night Force 1 14 1982 1983 Our Army at War 5 19 144 162 169 173 1952 1966 Our Fighting Forces 86 87 95 100 1964 1966 Phantom Zone 1 4 1982 Sea Devils 13 1963 Secret Hearts 92 94 96 107 109 114 1963 1966 Secret Origins 5 Crimson Avenger 1986 Silverblade 1 12 1987 1988 Spectre vol 2 1 6 1987 Star Spangled War Stories 17 18 20 121 123 128 1954 1966 Strange Adventures 30 1953 Western Comics 62 1957 Who s Who The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe 2 11 16 17 25 1985 1987 Wonder Woman 288 305 1982 1983 World s Finest Comics 274 Zatanna 297 299 Superman and Batman 1981 1984 Young Love 52 56 61 65 66 1965 1968 Young Romance 128 131 133 1964 Disney Comics edit Goofy Adventures 17 1991 Eclipse Comics edit Detectives Inc A Terror of Dying Dreams OGN 1985 Eclipse Monthly 3 4 1983 1984 Eclipse Magazine 3 5 8 Ragamuffins 1981 1983 Stewart the Rat graphic novel 1980 IDW Comics edit Hero Comics oneshot also writer 2009 Marvel Comics edit 2 Gun Western 4 1956 2099 Unlimited 9 1995 3 D Tales of the West 1 1954 Adventure into Mystery 7 1957 Adventures into Terror 3 5 14 21 24 25 28 29 1951 1954 All True Crime 46 1951 All True Crime Cases 27 31 33 34 1948 1949 Amazing Adventures 3 5 Black Widow 26 Killraven 1970 1974 Amazing Detective Cases 9 1951 Amazing Mysteries 32 33 1949 Astonishing 12 20 29 56 1952 1956 Astonishing Tales 7 8 Doctor Doom 1971 The Avengers 63 65 206 208 210 211 1969 1981 Battle 11 16 17 19 24 33 35 38 41 43 47 56 58 59 1952 1958 Battle Action 8 15 19 21 22 24 25 28 30 1953 1957 Battle Ground 3 11 13 16 20 1955 1957 Battlefield 5 11 1952 1953 Battlefront 21 22 24 25 27 3 35 38 40 42 43 45 48 1954 1957 Best Love 36 1950 Bible Tales for Young People 4 1954 Black Rider 11 1950 Blade Crescent City Blues 1 1998 Blade vol 4 12 two pages 2007 Bob Marley Tale of the Tuff Gong 1 2 1994 1995 Captain America 116 137 256 601 Annual 5 1969 1971 1981 2009 Captain America s Weird Tales 75 1950 Captain Marvel 1 4 1968 Combat 5 11 1952 1953 Combat Kelly 3 1952 Commando Adventures 1 2 1957 Complete Mystery 1 1948 Crime Can t Win 1 1950 Crimefighters 1 2 1948 Daredevil 20 49 53 82 84 100 110 112 116 124 153 154 156 157 363 366 368 370 1 Annual 1 1966 1979 1997 Daredevil vol 2 20 2001 Doctor Strange 172 178 180 183 1968 1969 Doctor Strange vol 2 6 18 36 45 47 1975 1981 Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme 19 1990 Dracula Lives 6 8 1973 1974 Frontier Western 1 2 6 1956 G I Tales 5 6 1957 Giant Size Chillers 1 Dracula 1974 Girl Comics 4 1950 Gunhawk 16 18 1951 Gunsmoke Western 35 39 42 72 76 1956 1963 Harrowers 1 6 1993 1994 Haunt of Horror 2 1974 Howard the Duck 4 20 24 27 30 31 1976 1979 Howard the Duck magazine 1 5 7 9 1979 1981 Hulk 11 19 24 27 1978 1981 Ideal 4 1948 Iron Man 1 253 Annual 10 13 15 1968 1989 1994 Iron Man and Sub Mariner 1 1968 Journey into Mystery 2 23 40 81 82 1952 1962 Journey into Mystery vol 2 4 1973 Journey Into Unknown Worlds 2 6 17 19 20 23 29 39 1950 55 Justice 4 5 7 22 32 35 36 46 1948 54 Kid Colt Outlaw 52 79 110 112 114 1955 64 Lawbreakers Always Lose 1 2 6 1948 49 Love Adventures 2 1950 Love Romances 101 1962 Love Tales 62 1955 Loveland 1 1949 Lovers 26 1949 Man Comics 9 13 21 23 1951 1953 Marines at War 5 7 1957 Marines in Action 5 6 11 12 1956 1957 Marines in Battle 1 9 10 17 19 25 1954 1958 Marvel Comics Presents 13 37 101 108 112 1989 1992 Marvel Fanfare 51 52 1990 Marvel Preview 8 16 23 1976 1980 Marvel Romance Redux But I Thought He Loved Me 1 2006 Marvel Romance Redux Guys amp Dolls 1 2006 Marvel Romance Redux I Should Have Been a Blonde 1 2006 Marvel Romance Redux Love Is a Four Letter Word 1 2006 Marvel Spotlight 18 19 Son of Satan 1974 Marvel Super Heroes 12 13 Captain Marvel 15 Medusa 18 Guardians of the Galaxy 1967 1969 Marvel Super Special 6 Jaws 2 movie adaptation 10 Star Lord 14 Meteor movie adaptation 1978 1979 Marvel Tales 93 94 96 101 105 107 118 120 121 127 131 140 1949 1955 Marvel Team Up 87 1979 Men s Adventures 13 14 19 26 1952 1954 Menace 6 1953 Midnight Sons Unlimited 6 1994 Monsters Unleashed 1 1973 My Love 3 1950 My Love vol 2 4 6 8 9 13 15 16 1970 1972 My Own Romance 11 18 44 1950 55 Mystery Tales 1 3 18 35 43 1952 1956 Mystic 3 7 12 21 37 60 1951 1957 Navy Action 8 10 11 16 18 1955 1957 Navy Combat 4 6 11 13 18 1955 1958 Navy Tales 3 4 1957 Not Brand Echh 4 5 8 9 13 1967 1969 Our Love 1 1949 Our Love Story 3 6 8 10 1970 1971 Outlaw Fighters 4 1955 Police Action 1 1954 Quick Trigger Western 13 16 1956 1957 Rangeland Love 1 1949 Rawhide Kid 35 37 38 1963 1964 Richie Rich 1 movie adaptation 1995 Riot 1 1954 Savage Sword of Conan 33 1978 Savage Tales 1 1971 Secret Story Romances 9 1954 Silver Surfer 1 3 The Watcher backup stories 1968 Six Gun Western 3 1957 Spellbound 17 28 1953 1956 Sports Action 3 1950 Spy Cases 1 1950 Strange Stories of Suspense 13 1957 Strange Tales 7 8 11 18 20 26 53 58 59 97 1952 1962 169 173 Brother Voodoo 1973 1974 Sub Mariner 10 11 40 43 46 49 1969 1972 Suspense 2 4 9 17 1950 1952 Tales of Justice 62 1956 Tales of Suspense 39 1963 73 99 Iron Man 1966 1968 Tales of the Zombie 2 6 1973 1974 Tales to Astonish Sub Mariner 70 77 79 82 84 85 101 1965 1968 Teen Age Romance 85 86 1962 Tex Morgan 4 1949 Thunderbolts Annual 97 among others 1997 The Tomb of Dracula 1 70 1972 1979 The Tomb of Dracula magazine 3 6 1979 1980 The Tomb of Dracula vol 3 1 4 1991 1992 Tower of Shadows 3 4 6 1970 True Life Tales 1 1949 True Secrets 38 1956 True Western 1 1949 Two Gun Kid 49 1959 Two Gun Western 4 5 1956 Uncanny Tales 11 16 17 45 49 52 1953 1957 Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction 1 3 5 6 1975 Venus 12 1951 War Action 14 1953 War Adventures 6 7 1952 War Combat 3 1952 War Comics 1 4 28 31 34 36 39 41 44 49 1950 1957 Western Gunfighters 20 25 27 1956 1957 Western Outlaws 5 10 11 17 20 1954 1957 What If Fantastic Four 21 1980 Wild 4 1954 Wild West 2 1948 Wild Western 49 1956 Wolverine 9 24 1989 1990 World of Fantasy 10 1958 World of Mystery 6 1957 Young Hearts 2 1950 Young Men on the Battlefield 14 15 20 1952 1953 Ziff Davis Publishing edit Lars of Mars 10 11 1951 References edit a b Eugene Colan at the Social Security Death Index via FamilySearch org Retrieved on February 22 2013 a b Brothers David February 18 2011 A Marvel Black History Lesson Pt 1 Marvel Senior Vice President of Publishing Tom Brevoort The Falcon was the very first African American super hero as opposed to The Black Panther who preceded him but wasn t American Marvel Comics Archived from the original on February 23 2011 a b c Sanderson Peter Gilbert Laura 2008 1940s Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History The Black Panther may have broken the mold as Marvel s first black superhero but he was from Africa The Falcon however was the first black American superhero London United Kingdom Dorling Kindersley p 137 ISBN 978 0756641238 a b c d e f Fox Margalit June 25 2011 Gene Colan Prolific Comic Book Artist Dies at 84 The New York Times Archived from the original on March 7 2014 Khoury Jorge June 24 2011 Remembering Gene Colan Comic Book Resources Archived from the original on June 27 2011 Renowned Comic Book Artist Gene Colan Dies 84 New York New York WNYC June 24 2011 Archived from the original on January 26 2013 a b c d e f g h i So You Want A Job Eh The Gene Colan Interview Alter Ego 3 6 Raleigh North Carolina TwoMorrows Publishing Autumn 2000 Archived from the original on December 1 2010 Gravett Paul June 29 2011 Gene Colan Obituary Artist who worked on some of America s greatest comic book heroes and villains The Guardian London United Kingdom Archived from the original on January 9 2012 a b c d The Gene Colan Interview The Comics Journal 231 Seattle Washington Fantagraphics Books March 2001 Archived from the original on January 10 2012 a b c Gene Colan interview Adelaide Comics and Books 2003 Archived from the original on February 15 2011 Wings Comics 42 Dec 1944 Grand Comics Database Wings Comics 53 Jan 1945 Grand Comics Database Sanders et al 2008 p 33 For example see Patsy Walker 11 June 1947 at the Grand Comics Database Whose official title per same issue of Patsy Walker as above was consulting associate Vassallo Michael J Marvel Masterworks Atlas Era Strange Tales Vol 2 The History of Atlas Horror Fantasy Pre Code 1953 Marvel Publishing 2009 p vii unnumbered ISBN 978 0 7851 3489 3 Gene Colan interview Alter Ego 52 March 2006 p 66 Captain America 601 Cover Art for Sale Gene Colan official site September 6 2010 Archived from the original on February 18 2011 Captain America Comics 72 at the Grand Comics Database Brevoort Tom 1950s in Gilbert 2008 p 46 Captain America Comics 75 at the Grand Comics Database Lawbreakers Always Lose 6 Feb 1949 at the Grand Comics Database Colan interview The Comics Journal p 2 Archived October 29 2012 at the Wayback Machine a b c d e f g h i Gene Colan at the Grand Comics Database Irvine Alex Dolan Hannah 2010 1950s DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle London United Kingdom Dorling Kindersley p 72 ISBN 978 0 7566 6742 9 Following the decision to close the comics division of Fawcett Publications in 1953 Hopalong Cassidy came to DC with issue 86 by the writers Gardner Fox and Don Cameron and artist Gene Colan Evanier Mark April 14 2008 Why did some artists working for Marvel in the sixties use phony names P O V Online column Archived from the original on November 26 2009 Retrieved July 28 2008 DeFalco Tom 1960s in Gilbert 2008 p 109 Prince Namor replaced Giant Man as the lead feature in Tales to Astonish 70 The Sub Mariner series was written by Stan Lee and drawn by Gene Colan who was using the pen name Adam Austin at the time DeFalco 1960s in Gilbert 2008 p 124 DeFalco 1960s in Gilbert 2008 p 130 Stan Lee and artist Gene Colan introduced Jonathan Powers aka the Jester The Colan Mystique Comic Book Artist 13 Raleigh North Carolina TwoMorrows Publishing May 2001 Archived from the original on December 27 2010 Colan interview The Comics Journal p 3 Archived October 27 2012 at the Wayback Machine Markstein Don 2010 Captain Marvel 1967 Don Markstein s Toonopedia Archived from the original on April 9 2012 Retrieved August 30 2010 DeFalco 1960s in Gilbert 2008 p 125 Captain Mar Vell was a Kree warrior sent to spy on Earth by Stan Lee and artist Gene Colan DeFalco 1960s in Gilbert 2008 p 134 The Guardians of the Galaxy were a science fiction version of the group from the movie Dirty Dozen 1967 and were created by writer Arnold Drake and artist Gene Colan Captain America 117 at the Grand Comics Database Colan Gene Introduction Marvel Masterworks Captain American Volume 4 Marvel Publishing New York 2008 p 2 of introduction unnumbered Arndt Richard J July 3 2005 The Warren Magazines Includes annotated checklist EnjolrasWorld com Archived from the original on July 10 2011 As discussed in Wolk Douglas Reading Comics How Graphic Novels Work and What they Mean page needed Markstein Don Gene Colan Don Markstein s Toonopedia Archived from the original on February 4 2012 Retrieved February 3 2012 In 1972 he helped launch the series that many Marvel fans consider the high point of his tenure there Tomb of Dracula started with that year s April issue Writer Marv Wolfman came on board a few months later and helped make it one of the most critically acclaimed horror themed comic books ever Sanderson 1970s in Gilbert 2008 p 155 Following the revision of the Comics Code Stan Lee was eager to do a comics series about the archetypal vampire novelist Bram Stoker s Dracula Based on a few ideas from Lee Roy Thomas plotted the first issue of The Tomb of Dracula which Gerry Conway then scripted The interior art was penciled by Gene Colan Ginocchio Mark September 6 2017 Great Moments From Great Comics 1 Steve Gerber s Howard the Duck ComicBook com Retrieved September 6 2017 Greenberger Robert Inside the Tome of Dracula Marvel Spotlight Marvel Zombies Return 2009 p 27 unnumbered Sanderson 1970s in Gilbert 2008 p 160 Early in their collaboration on The Tomb of Dracula writer Marv Wolfman and artist Gene Colan co created Blade a black man who stalked and killed vampires with the wooden blades after which he named himself Sanderson 1970s in Gilbert 2008 p 165 Created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan Lilith took possession of host bodies of women who like her despised their fathers Sanderson 1970s in Gilbert 2008 p 168 Sanderson 1970s in Gilbert 2008 p 175 The great Marvel artist Gene Colan was doing superb work illustrating both Doctor Strange and The Tomb of Dracula So it made sense for Strange writer Steve Englehart and Tomb author Marv Wolfman to devise a crossover story Sacks Jason September 6 2010 Top 10 1970s Marvels Comics Bulletin Archived from the original on August 1 2013 Retrieved August 3 2013 Sanderson 1970s in Gilbert 2008 p 177 Howard the Duck ended up being nominated as a presidential candidate Daniels Les 1991 Marvel Five Fabulous Decades of the World s Greatest Comics New York New York Harry N Abrams p 174 ISBN 9780810938212 Stan Lee recalls that the duck received thousands of write in votes when he ran for President of the United States against Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter in 1976 Sanderson 1970s in Gilbert 2008 p 180 Field Tom 2005 Secrets in the Shadows The Art amp Life of Gene Colan Raleigh North Carolina TwoMorrows Publishing p 118 ISBN 978 1893905450 a b Catron Michael June 1981 Colan Quits Marvel Will Draw Batman for DC Amazing Heroes 1 Fantagraphics Books 26 27 Jim Shooter Interview Part 1 Comic Book Resources October 6 2000 Archived from the original on March 6 2010 a b Colan interview The Comics Journal p 4 Archived November 22 2012 at the Wayback Machine Manning Matthew K Dougall Alastair 2014 1980s Batman A Visual History London United Kingdom Dorling Kindersley p 139 ISBN 978 1465424563 Writers Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas collaborated with artist Gene Colan for the dramatic return of the Mole an old Batman villain given a serious upgrade Manning 1980s in Dougall p 141 Manning 1980s in Dougall p 142 Manning Matthew K 1980s in Dolan p 200 Killer Croc made his mysterious debut in the pages of Detective Comics 523 written by Gerry Conway with art by Gene Colan Croc would soon become a major player in Gotham s underworld Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje to Play Killer Croc in WB s Suicide Squad Exclusive TheWrap March 31 2015 Archived from the original on June 25 2016 Retrieved March 31 2015 Manning 1980s in Dougall p 146 Doug Moench and artist Gene Colan introduced readers to the Thief of the Night later called Nightslayer a shadowy burglar Sanderson Peter September October 1981 Thomas Colan Premiere Wonder Woman s New Look Comics Feature 12 13 New Media Publishing 23 The hotly debated new Wonder Woman uniform will be bestowed on the Amazon Princess in her first adventure written and drawn by her new creative team Roy Thomas and Gene Colan This story will appear as an insert in DC Comics Presents 41 Wonder Woman 288 February 1982 at the Grand Comics Database Manning 1980s in Dolan p 200 The Amazing Amazon was joined by a host of DC s greatest heroes to celebrate her 300th issue in a seventy two page blockbuster Written by Roy and Dann Thomas and penciled by Gene Colan Ross Andru Jan Duursema Dick Giordano Keith Pollard Keith Giffen and Rich Buckler Mangels Andy December 2013 Nightmares and Dreamscapes The Highlights and Horrors of Wonder Woman 300 Back Issue 69 Raleigh North Carolina TwoMorrows Publishing 61 63 Manning 1980s in Dolan p 202 The sorceress Circe stepped out of the pages of Homer s Odyssey and into the modern mythology of the DC Universe in Wonder Woman 305 courtesy of Dan Mishkin s script and Gene Colan s pencils Manning 1980s in Dolan p 196 DC once again shone the spotlight on Superman s alien past in this four issue miniseries by writer Steve Gerber and artist Gene Colan Manning 1980s in Dolan p 197 The New Teen Titans 21 This issue hid another dark secret a sixteen page preview comic featuring Marv Wolfman s newest team Night Force Chronicling the enterprise of the enigmatic Baron Winters and featuring the art of Gene Colan Night Force spun out into an ongoing title of gothic mystery and horror the following month Greenberger Robert August 2017 It Sounded Like a Good Idea at the Time A Look at the DC Challenge Back Issue 98 Raleigh North Carolina TwoMorrows Publishing 36 Daniels p 132 Rob Zombie Richard De La Font Agency Inc n d Archived from the original on November 22 2001 I grew up worshipping the artists at Marvel Comics and Gene was my favorite Gene Colan Interview Westfield Comics July 1996 Archived from the original on November 21 2008 Retrieved January 25 2013 a b Colan interview The Comics Journal p 5 Archived October 5 2012 at the Wayback Machine a b Colan Visions of a Man Without Fear Cartoon Art Museum September 20 2008 Archived from the original on January 26 2013 Retrieved January 25 2013 Clark Noelene June 24 2011 Gene Colan comic book artist dead at 84 Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on November 16 2012 Retrieved January 25 2013 Comic book artist Gene Colan in his studio in his home in Brooklyn New York in 2009 Photo caption Archive requires highlighting of black text on black background to make visible Gene Colan Enterprises LLC LookupBook com Archived from the original on February 16 2013 Retrieved January 25 2013 Send Gene Colan Your Cards and Letters The Hero Initiative August 11 2009 Archived from the original on January 26 2013 Retrieved January 25 2013 Comic Book Legend Gene Colan Hospitalized for Liver Failure Comic Book Resources May 11 2008 Archived from the original on May 12 2008 Evanier Mark December 2 2008 Gene Gene POV Online Archived from the original on October 14 2012 a b 2010 Eisner Awards for works published in 2009 San Diego Comic Con International December 2 2012 Archived from the original on January 16 2013 Retrieved January 25 2013 M y first wife and I would go out on dates with fellow Timely Comics artist Rudy Lapick and his girlfriend Alter Ego p 70 Evanier Mark June 21 2010 Adrienne Colan R I P POV Online Archived from the original on October 14 2012 Gene Colan Dead at the Age of 84 Comic Book Resources June 24 2011 Archived from the original on December 10 2011 Retrieved June 24 2011 Archived link requires scrolldown Eagle Awards Previous Winners 1977 Eagle Awards 2013 Archived from the original on October 23 2013 Retrieved November 3 2013 a b Eagle Awards Previous Winners 1978 Eagle Awards 2013 Archived from the original on October 23 2013 Retrieved November 3 2013 Inkpot Award Winners Comic Book Awards Almanac Archived from the original on July 9 2012 Retrieved March 7 2014 Spirit of Will Eisner Lives on at 2005 Eisner Awards Archived from the original on December 21 2005 Colan Visions of a Man without Fear Retrospective ComicArtFans com November 15 2008 Archived from the original on July 23 2011 Gene Colan awarded Sparky Award Comic Book Resources December 11 2008 Archived from the original on February 22 2014 Evanier Mark October 26 2009 Genealogy POV Online Archived from the original on October 14 2012 Further reading editMeth Clifford ed The Invincible Gene Colan Marvel Entertainment 2010 ISBN 978 0 9797602 6 6 Field Tom Secrets in the Shadows The Art amp Life of Gene Colan TwoMorrows Publishing 2005 ISBN 1 893905 45 4External links edit Gene The Dean Colan Virtual Studio Official site Archived from the original on July 16 2011 a href Template Cite web html 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