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'''Jack Abel''' (July 15, 1927 – March 6, 1996)<ref>[https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JTTK-Y46 Jack Abel] at the United States [[Social Security Death Index]] via FamilySearch.org. Retrieved February 15, 2013. [http://www.webcitation.org/6a7ciFHAX Archived] from the original on July 18, 2015.</ref><ref name=lam>[http://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/abel_jack.htm Jack Abel] at the [[Lambiek Comiclopedia]]. [http://www.webcitation.org/5lXJeRXDd Archived] November 24, 2009.</ref> was an [[United States of America|American]] [[Comic book creator|comic book artist]] best known as an [[inker]] for leading publishers [[DC Comics]] and [[Marvel Comics]]. He was DC's primary inker on the Superman titles in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and inked [[penciler]] [[Herb Trimpe]]'s introduction of the popular [[superhero]] [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]] in ''[[The Incredible Hulk]]'' #181 (Nov. 1974). He sometimes used the [[pseudonym]] '''Gary Michaels'''.
'''Jack Abel''' (July 15, 1927 – March 6, 1996)<ref>[https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JTTK-Y46 Jack Abel] at the United States [[Social Security Death Index]] via FamilySearch.org. Retrieved February 15, 2013. {{webcite|url=http://www.webcitation.org/6a7ciFHAX |date=20150718203711 |dateformat=iso }} from the original on July 18, 2015.</ref><ref name=lam>[http://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/abel_jack.htm Jack Abel] at the [[Lambiek Comiclopedia]]. {{webcite|url=http://www.webcitation.org/5lXJeRXDd |date=20091125002706 |dateformat=iso }} November 24, 2009.</ref> was an [[United States of America|American]] [[Comic book creator|comic book artist]] best known as an [[inker]] for leading publishers [[DC Comics]] and [[Marvel Comics]]. He was DC's primary inker on the Superman titles in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and inked [[penciler]] [[Herb Trimpe]]'s introduction of the popular [[superhero]] [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]] in ''[[The Incredible Hulk]]'' #181 (Nov. 1974). He sometimes used the [[pseudonym]] '''Gary Michaels'''.


==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early life and career===
===Early life and career===
Abel's published work stretches to 1951, when he penciled and inked [[horror fiction|horror]] stories for such [[comics anthology|anthology]] series as Mr. Publications' ''Mister Mystery'', and [[Atlas Comics (1950s)|Atlas Comics]]' — the 1950s forerunner of [[Marvel Comics]] — ''[[Journey into Unknown Worlds]]'', and [[Western comics|Western]] tales in [[Prize Comics]]' aptly title ''Prize Comics Western''. He inked, [[science fiction]], [[romance comics|romance]] and [[war comics]] for Atlas, [[American Comics Group]], [[Avon Comics]], [[Harvey Comics]], and [[Hillman Periodicals]], and later in the decade became a prolific penciler for the DC war titles ''[[Our Fighting Forces]]'', ''[[Our Army at War]]'', ''[[Star Spangled War Stories]]'' and ''[[All-American Men of War]]''.<ref name=gcd>[http://www.comics.org/credit/name/jack%20abel/sort/chrono/ Jack Abel] at the [[Grand Comics Database]]. [http://www.webcitation.org/62gAJeLgW Archived] October 24, 2011.</ref>
Abel's published work stretches to 1951, when he penciled and inked [[horror fiction|horror]] stories for such [[comics anthology|anthology]] series as Mr. Publications' ''Mister Mystery'', and [[Atlas Comics (1950s)|Atlas Comics]]' — the 1950s forerunner of [[Marvel Comics]] — ''[[Journey into Unknown Worlds]]'', and [[Western comics|Western]] tales in [[Prize Comics]]' aptly title ''Prize Comics Western''. He inked, [[science fiction]], [[romance comics|romance]] and [[war comics]] for Atlas, [[American Comics Group]], [[Avon Comics]], [[Harvey Comics]], and [[Hillman Periodicals]], and later in the decade became a prolific penciler for the DC war titles ''[[Our Fighting Forces]]'', ''[[Our Army at War]]'', ''[[Star Spangled War Stories]]'' and ''[[All-American Men of War]]''.<ref name=gcd>[http://www.comics.org/credit/name/jack%20abel/sort/chrono/ Jack Abel] at the [[Grand Comics Database]]. {{webcite|url=http://www.webcitation.org/62gAJeLgW |date=20111024175556 |dateformat=iso }} October 24, 2011.</ref>


===DC and Superman===
===DC and Superman===
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From the mid-1970s, Abel inked not only for Marvel and again DC (including its ''[[Teen Titans]]'' and ''[[The Flash]]''), but for the smaller companies ''[[Gold Key]]'' (''Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery'', ''Grimm’s Ghost Stories'', ''Mighty Samson'', the licensed title ''[[The Twilight Zone]]''); [[Charlton Comics]] (''Ghost Manor'', ''Ghostly Haunts'', ''Haunted'', ''Midnight Tales''); [[Atlas/Seaboard]] (''IronJaw'', ''Morlock 2001''); and [[Skywald Publications]] (''[[The Heap (comics)|The Heap]]'', and additionally the black-and-white horror-comics magazines ''Nightmare'' and ''Psycho'').<ref name=gcd />
From the mid-1970s, Abel inked not only for Marvel and again DC (including its ''[[Teen Titans]]'' and ''[[The Flash]]''), but for the smaller companies ''[[Gold Key]]'' (''Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery'', ''Grimm’s Ghost Stories'', ''Mighty Samson'', the licensed title ''[[The Twilight Zone]]''); [[Charlton Comics]] (''Ghost Manor'', ''Ghostly Haunts'', ''Haunted'', ''Midnight Tales''); [[Atlas/Seaboard]] (''IronJaw'', ''Morlock 2001''); and [[Skywald Publications]] (''[[The Heap (comics)|The Heap]]'', and additionally the black-and-white horror-comics magazines ''Nightmare'' and ''Psycho'').<ref name=gcd />


Baseball-fan Abel, who in the 1970s rented studio space at [[Neal Adams]] and [[Dick Giordano]]'s [[Continuity Associates]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adelaidecomicsandbooks.com/mcleod.html |publisher=(interview) Adelaide Comics and Books|title=Bob McLeod|year=2003 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5lJyLq3ut | archivedate=November 16, 2009|deadurl=no}}</ref> organized the Continuity [[softball]] team that played league games in [[Central Park]].<ref>[[Ken Gale|Gale, Ken]]. [http://www.comicbookradioshow.com/fireballs.html Ken Gale's Pages: The Fandom Fireballs]. [http://www.webcitation.org/5lJyUEj1X WebCite archive]</ref>
Baseball-fan Abel, who in the 1970s rented studio space at [[Neal Adams]] and [[Dick Giordano]]'s [[Continuity Associates]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adelaidecomicsandbooks.com/mcleod.html |publisher=(interview) Adelaide Comics and Books|title=Bob McLeod|year=2003 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5lJyLq3ut | archivedate=November 16, 2009|deadurl=no}}</ref> organized the Continuity [[softball]] team that played league games in [[Central Park]].<ref>[[Ken Gale|Gale, Ken]]. [http://www.comicbookradioshow.com/fireballs.html Ken Gale's Pages: The Fandom Fireballs]. {{webcite|url=http://www.webcitation.org/5lJyUEj1X |date=20091116055714 |dateformat=iso }}</ref>


After suffering a serious stroke in 1981, Abel rehabilitated his paralyzed right hand to the extent that he was able to ink and draw again<ref>Shooter, Jim. "Bullpen Bulletins," Marvel comics cover-dated June 1982.</ref> — which he did through the rest of the 1980s, primarily for Marvel. <!--He later became a [[proofreader]] in the Marvel bullpen before being partially debilitated by another stroke.
After suffering a serious stroke in 1981, Abel rehabilitated his paralyzed right hand to the extent that he was able to ink and draw again<ref>Shooter, Jim. "Bullpen Bulletins," Marvel comics cover-dated June 1982.</ref> — which he did through the rest of the 1980s, primarily for Marvel. <!--He later became a [[proofreader]] in the Marvel bullpen before being partially debilitated by another stroke.
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=1991|title=Jack Abel}}
*{{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=1991|title=Jack Abel}}
* [http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/ The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19960101-re_/http://www.worldfamouscomics.com/tony/back20050510.shtml The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators]
* [http://www.comic-art.com/intervws/murphtan.htm Comic Art & Graffix Gallery: Murphy Anderson interview] (1994). [http://www.webcitation.org/5lXK3neFF WebCite archive]
* [http://www.webcitation.org/5lXK3neFF Comic Art & Graffix Gallery: Murphy Anderson interview] (1994). [http://www.webcitation.org/5lXK3neFF WebCite archive] (1994). [http://www.webcitation.org/5lXK3neFF WebCite archive]
* "Remembering Jack Abel", ''Comic Book Marketplace'', vol. 2, #46 (April 1997): Reminiscences by [[Gene Colan]], [[Peter David]], [[Joe Giella]], [[Russ Heath]], [[Joe Kubert]], [[Alan Kupperberg]], and [[Steve Mitchell (comics)|Steve Mitchell]]
* "Remembering Jack Abel", ''Comic Book Marketplace'', vol. 2, #46 (April 1997): Reminiscences by [[Gene Colan]], [[Peter David]], [[Joe Giella]], [[Russ Heath]], [[Joe Kubert]], [[Alan Kupperberg]], and [[Steve Mitchell (comics)|Steve Mitchell]]
*{{cite web|last=Schenk|first= Ramon, ed.|accessdate= June 6, 2011|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080305204243/www.ramonschenk.nl/charltoncomics/charltonspotlight/charltonpersonnel.htm |archivedate=March 5, 2008|title=Charlton Personnel | url=http://www.ramonschenk.nl/charltoncomics/charltonspotlight/charltonpersonnel.htm}}Additional [http://www.webcitation.org/5qUv4osFf WebCitation archive] made June 15, 2010.
*{{cite web|last=Schenk|first= Ramon, ed.|accessdate= June 6, 2011|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080305204243/www.ramonschenk.nl/charltoncomics/charltonspotlight/charltonpersonnel.htm |archivedate=March 5, 2008|title=Charlton Personnel | url=http://www.ramonschenk.nl/charltoncomics/charltonspotlight/charltonpersonnel.htm}}Additional [http://www.webcitation.org/5qUv4osFf WebCitation archive] made June 15, 2010.

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Jack Abel
File:Jack-Abel-&-Others.jpg
Jack Abel (second from right) with fellow staffers at Marvel Comics circa 1987-88
Born(1927-07-15)July 15, 1927
DiedMarch 6, 1996(1996-03-06) (aged 68)
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Penciller, Inker
Pseudonym(s)Gary Michaels
Notable works
Superman

Jack Abel (July 15, 1927 – March 6, 1996)[1][2] was an American comic book artist best known as an inker for leading publishers DC Comics and Marvel Comics. He was DC's primary inker on the Superman titles in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and inked penciler Herb Trimpe's introduction of the popular superhero Wolverine in The Incredible Hulk #181 (Nov. 1974). He sometimes used the pseudonym Gary Michaels.

Biography

Early life and career

Abel's published work stretches to 1951, when he penciled and inked horror stories for such anthology series as Mr. Publications' Mister Mystery, and Atlas Comics' — the 1950s forerunner of Marvel Comics — Journey into Unknown Worlds, and Western tales in Prize Comics' aptly title Prize Comics Western. He inked, science fiction, romance and war comics for Atlas, American Comics Group, Avon Comics, Harvey Comics, and Hillman Periodicals, and later in the decade became a prolific penciler for the DC war titles Our Fighting Forces, Our Army at War, Star Spangled War Stories and All-American Men of War.[3]

DC and Superman

Abel inked hundreds of DC stories, and eventually was chosen to succeed longtime "Superman family" inker George Klein as Curt Swan's embellisher on "Legion of Super-Heroes" in Adventure Comics (most issues, #369-406, June 1968 - May 1971); Superman (most issues, #208-219, July 1968 - Aug. 1969); "Superman" in Action Comics (#369-392, Nov. 1968 - Sept. 1970), and occasional issues of Superboy.[3]

Later career

Jack Abel by Michael Netzer

After a reshuffling at DC c. 1970, Abel went to Marvel. He had already inked Gene Colan there on a long stretch of Iron Man stories beginning with Tales of Suspense #73 (Jan. 1966), under the pseudonym "Gary Michaels".[3][4] As Colan recalled, "He did a lot of Iron Man with me. He had a very slick line, which was okay on Iron Man, of course. Iron Man was made of iron, so you want it to look like metal. But when it came to stone and dark corners and garbage [laughs], he wasn't the man for that".[5]

Later, under his own name, he would embellish Colan on some issues of Daredevil and Tomb of Dracula (including the introduction of Blade, in #10); Trimpe on The Incredible Hulk; George Tuska on Iron Man; and Paul Gulacy on Master of Kung Fu, among other work. From the mid-1970s, Abel inked not only for Marvel and again DC (including its Teen Titans and The Flash), but for the smaller companies Gold Key (Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery, Grimm’s Ghost Stories, Mighty Samson, the licensed title The Twilight Zone); Charlton Comics (Ghost Manor, Ghostly Haunts, Haunted, Midnight Tales); Atlas/Seaboard (IronJaw, Morlock 2001); and Skywald Publications (The Heap, and additionally the black-and-white horror-comics magazines Nightmare and Psycho).[3]

Baseball-fan Abel, who in the 1970s rented studio space at Neal Adams and Dick Giordano's Continuity Associates,[6] organized the Continuity softball team that played league games in Central Park.[7]

After suffering a serious stroke in 1981, Abel rehabilitated his paralyzed right hand to the extent that he was able to ink and draw again[8] — which he did through the rest of the 1980s, primarily for Marvel.

Comic strips

Outside comic books, Abel inked John Celardo from 1967-1969 on the syndicated comic strip Tales of the Green Beret, written by author Robin Moore.[9]

Awards

In 2016, Abel was nominated and tied for runner-up for the Inkwell Awards Special Recognition Award.[10]

References

  1. ^ Jack Abel at the United States Social Security Death Index via FamilySearch.org. Retrieved February 15, 2013. Template:Webcite from the original on July 18, 2015.
  2. ^ Jack Abel at the Lambiek Comiclopedia. Template:Webcite November 24, 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d Jack Abel at the Grand Comics Database. Template:Webcite October 24, 2011.
  4. ^ Evanier, Mark (April 14, 2008). "Why did some artists working for Marvel in the sixties use phony names?". P.O.V. Online (column). Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Gene Colan interview (May 2001). "The Colan Mystique". Comic Book Artist. No. 3. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. {{cite magazine}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Bob McLeod". (interview) Adelaide Comics and Books. 2003. Archived from the original on November 16, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Gale, Ken. Ken Gale's Pages: The Fandom Fireballs. Template:Webcite
  8. ^ Shooter, Jim. "Bullpen Bulletins," Marvel comics cover-dated June 1982.
  9. ^ Jack Abel entry, The Comic Strip Project, "Who's Who of Comic Strip Producers", A-Part 1. WebCitation archive.
  10. ^ Inkwell Awards 2016 Winners
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