Sunday, April 17, 2022

Today in Comics History, April 17: Happy birthday, Earl Norem!

Born on this day in 1923: illustrator Earl Norem, who painted gorgeous covers for pulps, men's magazines, and many Marvel Comics and other companies' projects! You can see his work on the covers of The Savage Sword of Conan, The Conan Saga, Hulk, The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, Moon Knight, Dracula Lives, Planet of the Apes, Masters of the Universe, Dinosaurs Attack!, and many more!


from Marvel Age #28, 52 and 88 (Marvel, July 1985, July 1987 and April 1991); text by Jim Salicrup (#28), Mike Carlin (#52) and Chris Eliopoulis and Barry Dutter (#88); pencils and inks by Ron Zalme; colors by George Roussos (#28), Paul Becton (#52) and Gregory Wright (#88)

See some of Earl's beautiful paintings: Happy birthday, Earl!

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