Gil Kane

Innovative comc book artist who sketched Green Lantern, The Hulk, Captain Marvel, and Spiderman. Born Eli Katz in Latvia, his family emigrated to NY in 1929 when he was 3 yrs old. Gil broke into the comic field in 1941 as an assistant in the Jack Binder shop erasing pencils and eventually became an inker and penciler. At the same time he was drawing the Scarlet Avenger for MLJ for 2 yrs. He worked for Joe Simon and Jack Kirby in 1943-44, saying he learned many things from Kirby. He began working for DC National Comics in 1944, shortly before joining the Army. When he returned, he drew Wildcat and the Sandman. In 1956 he showcased a charactor named Adam Strange, but the regular features thereafter were drawn by Carmine Infantino. Much later in his life he moved to California and became closely associated with development of cartoons for Hanna-Barbera. (bio by: Phantomht)