Howard Purcell
Cartoonist, Fictional Character Creator
1918 – 1981
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Who was Howard Purcell?
Howard Purcell was an American comic-book artist and writer active from the 1940s Golden Age of comics through the 1960s Silver Age.
A longtime penciler and cover artist for DC Comics, one of the field's two largest firms, he co-created the Golden Age characters Sargon the Sorcerer and the Gay Ghost for All-American Publications, one of the companies, with National Comics and Detective Comics, that merged to form DC. Purcell also drew the famous cover of Green Lantern #1.
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- Born
- Nov 10, 1918
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- 1981
Shavertown
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on July 23, 2013
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