Gene Colan

GENE COLAN (b. 1926, USA) Gene Colan, who used the pseudonym of Austin Adams, began working in comics in 1944 at Fiction House, drawing 'Wings' comics. After spending the remainder of WWII in the Air Force, Gene spent about a year in the Art Students League. He then tried showing work to both National (DC) and Timely (Marvel) Comics. Stan Lee at Timely Comics was impressed enough to hire Gene for around sixty dollars a week. He worked on 'Menace', 'Mystic', and 'Journey into Mystery' before heading over to DC for a while to do 'Sea Devils' and 'Hopalong Cassidy'. Returning to Marvel Comics in the 60s, he worked on 'Silver Surfer', 'Iron Man', and 'Dr. Strange'. Especially notable were his long runs on 'Daredevil' and 'Tomb of Dracula' with Marv Wolfman.