Friday, February 04, 2022

Today in Comics History, February 4: Happy birthday, Fred Ray!

Born on this day in 1920: comics artist Fred Ray, the primary cover artist of DC's Superman and Action Comics magazines during the 1940s, who refiuned and shaped Superman's appearance character from early inconsistency to a powerful icon. Among his other work: drawing Batman and Robin and Congorilla, among others, including twenty-plus years drawing Tomahawk. Ray was an extensive authority on military uniforms of the Revolutionary War and a consultant to the Smithsonian Institution, and wrote non-fiction books on the subject.


from Limited Collectors' Edition #C-47 [Superman Salutes the Bicentennial] (DC, August 1976), self-portrait by Fred Ray

Happy birthday, Fred!

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