John Forte
John Robert Forte, Jr. (October 6, 1918 – May 2, 1966) was an American comic-book artist, active from the early 1940s on, best known as one of the primary pencilers of DC Comics' early Legion of Super-Heroes stories. Forte additionally drew for Timely Comics and Atlas Comics — the 1940s and 1950s predecessors, respectively, of Marvel Comics — as well as for the American Comics Group.
Also recorded as John R. Forte, Jr. · J. R. Forte
John Forte
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- Full name
- John Robert Forte and Jr.
- Born
- 1918 · Rockaway.
- Died
- 1966
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- illustrator · artist
- Fields
- comic · illustration
- Languages
- English
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John Robert Forte, Jr. (October 6, 1918 – May 2, 1966) was an American comic-book artist, active from the early 1940s on, best known as one of the primary pencilers of DC Comics' early Legion of Super-Heroes stories. Forte additionally drew for Timely Comics and Atlas Comics — the 1940s and 1950s predecessors, respectively, of Marvel Comics — as well as for the American Comics Group.
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Fiction House, Lev Gleason, and Quality Comics. He worked primarily for DC Comics beginning 1958, penciling Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane stories for the Superman family of titles. Forte was also the artist for "Tales of the Bizarro World" which preceded Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes as the lead feature in Adventure Comics. He also illustrated pulp magazines, calendars, clothing catalogs and newspaper advertising. Forte died of cancer at the age of forty-seven in Valley Stream, New York, on May 20, 1966.
The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is comic and illustration.
August 1941 cover of the Future Fiction magazine, volume 1, issue 6.
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April 1942 cover of the Future combined with Science Fiction magazine, volume 2, issue 4.
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1918
John Forte born at Rockaway.
1966
John Forte died.
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