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WIN MORTIMER: FROM PATRIOT TO COMIC ARTIST. © 2004 by
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Foreword
I started reading and collecting comics from an early age, the smell of ink
and paper, four-colour heroes duking it out on the comics pages. I can
blame my affliction on my Parents, who taught and encouraged my brother
and myself to read. We read pretty much everything under the sun,
including comics. My Mom would bring home a box of coverless comics
from the corner store where she worked. (To those who don't know the
distributors and store would get refunds on the books they returned, only
the title or cover was needed, so they {GASP} ripped the covers off.) One
rule in my family is buying what you liked, so I stuck to The Hulk and
Teen Titans, My Brother Tim read Spiderman. Luckily we shared our
stuff, so we could read as much off the comic rack as we could get. One
book we liked (and coveted) in particular was the Spidey Super Stories
series based on the PBS show The Electric Company. This is where I was
first exposed to Win Mortimer's artwork. Crisp, clean storytelling outside
the muddled continuity of regular comics. You could read a story and get
on with your life.

Winslow Mortimer
Artist
b. 1 May 1919 Hamilton Ontario
d. 11 Jan 1998
The comics artist Win Mortimer was a frequent cover artist at DC in the
1950s and drew such strips as Superman, David Crane and Larry Brannon.
He was born on 1 May 1919 in Hamilton Ontario. After High School, he
went to the New York City Art Student League in 1938, where he studied
anatomy and met other cartoonists.
During WWII, Mortimer designed posters for the Canadian Ministry of
Information, also known as the Ministry of Truth. He returned to New
York, to work for DC, drawing stories for World's Finest Comics. His
work included penciling Superman and drawing several covers and stories.
Mortimer also regularly took on advertising and freelance assignments. As
a practice most artist did not or were not allowed to sign their names,
publishers kept a house style or similar look to the books they published.
In the 1940’s and 1950’s a lot of books were done by a stable of artists,
with one name attached to the work. Bob Kane, creator of Batman
obviously practiced this method as the Batman passed through many,
many hands. Although Mortimer generally did not sign his work, he
sneakily forced the word "Win" or "Winslow" in his backgrounds. After
leaving DC in 1956,
Mortimer drew the comic strip David Crane and after that Larry Brannon
until 1968.
By the end of his career, Mortimer was primarily working on commercial
Illustrations and advertising, but kept his hand in cartooning on
occasional comic book assignments. Winslow Mortimer died at 11 January
1998.
James Winslow Mortimer, or simply Win Mortimer, was born in
Hamilton in Canada. He got his early graphics training from his father,
James Mortimer, who worked at the poster department of a lithography
firm.
Win joined the Canadian Army in 1940, as part of the Commonwealth
Canada was supplying the British with supplies and troops. He was
discharged in 1941 due to illness and began work at the Otis-Fensom
Company.
A little history behind the Otis-Fensom Company:
Located at Victoria Avenue and Ferrie Street, Hamilton, Ontario for close
to 80 years.
(1902-1905, 1927-1985, headquartered in Hamilton)
In 1853, Elisha Graves Otis went into the elevator manufacturing business
in Yonkers, New York. When he died four years later, he passed the
company on to his sons, Charles and Norton Otis, who formed the Otis
Brothers and Company firm. In 1898, the Otis brothers took over eight
other manufacturing companies
and incorporated the Otis Elevator Company ("Otis U.S.A."). Meanwhile,
John Fensom, after losing his Collingwood, Ontario, shipyard in a fire,
moved to Toronto, Ontario, and opened an elevator manufacturing shop on
Duke Street in 1885.
At the turn of the century, the president of Otis U.S.A., W.D. Baldwin,
took a holiday in Quebec. On his way back to New York, he passed
through Southern Ontario. Impressed by the industrial development of the
area, he decided to put a subsidiary of the Otis U.S.A. Company
somewhere in Canada. Toronto, Montreal
(Quebec), Hamilton (Ontario), and Peterborough (Ontario) were all vying
for the opportunity to host the new plant. John Hendrie, then-mayor of
Hamilton, convinced the Otis U.S.A. representative that his city would be
the best
location. On August 22, 1902, three small elevator companies in
Hamilton,
Toronto, and Montreal were merged to form the Canadian Otis Elevator
Company
(C.O.E.). The plant was built on the corner of Victoria Avenue and Ferrie
Street.
Three years later, C.O.E. merged with Fensom's Toronto elevator
manufacturing company to become the Otis-Fensom Elevator Company

Limited (O.F.E.), with W.D. Baldwin as president, and John Fensom's son
George as vice president and general manager. The Hamilton plant of the
new company would manufacture all types of
elevators and escalators, while the corporate headquarters remained in
Toronto.
O.F.E. immediately began to establish sales offices in various principal
cities across the country. The years preceding World War I were
prosperous for the company; the Hamilton plant was expanded to the point
where by 1913 it was ten times its original 1902 size. During WWI, the
company made shells for the war effort; when the war ended, it returned
to manufacturing elevators with the same success as before.
The corporate headquarters of O.F.E. returned to Hamilton in 1927, and
the next year the workers were organized into the local branch of the
International Union of Elevator Constructors.
The company was negatively affected by the Great Depression of the
1930s, as evidenced by the fact that the number of orders decreased to the
point when there were absolutely none in the entire year of 1935.
However, the beginning of World War II ensured that the plant would be
busy for another six years manufacturing gun barrels and tank mounts.
The federal government built a gun plant on O.F.E.'s premises in 1940,
where 3,000 workers hired by the company would produce anti-aircraft
guns. The Bofors Mark VII was a Swedish designed gun, retooled by the
British for the war. The first anti-aircraft gun in Canada was made there
in August 1941. W.D. Black, then-president of O.F.E., declared on the
occasion:
"We took the black magic and mystery out of gun-making and proceeded
to tool up
The job, using boys and girls."
When the war ended, the government sold the gun plant building to
Studebaker of Canada in March 1946.
In later days Win drew the history of Elisha Graves Otis for DC’s Real
Fact comics. One of the earliest biographical series in comics, the story
follows
Spectator Article circa 1955
Byline: CITY ARTIST DRAWS COMIC STRIP ABOUT MINISTER
Headline: SPECTATOR WILL FEATURE DAVID CRANE
A Hamilton artist who 30 years ago amused himself and his parents with
quiet but brighter than average childish pencillings, is syndication a new
kind of comic strip soon to appear in Canadian and United States
newspapers.
He is Winslow Mortimer and his new production is the strip called David
Crane. It will tell the story of a young minister and his wife and their
trials and tribulations in trying to build up a broken down parish in a rural
community.
The new strip will be presented to Hamilton readers in The Hamilton
Spectator beginning on February 27. Previews of the strip have already
drawn wide and favourable comment among publishers in the United
States, who describe the story as "well told and professionally drawn."
Winslow Mortimer is 36 years old, and frequently visits Hamilton, where
his father, James Mortimer, and Mrs. Mortimer reside in Waterdown.
Young Winslow dabbed in art from an early age and his father recalls that
even at three and four he was always busy with the stub of a pencil and a
piece of paper. He attended Stinson Street School and the old Central
collegiate in Hamilton, and then studied art at the New York Art league.
He later studied anatomy under George Bridgman in New York.
He returned to Canada for a few years, turning out feature material for the
Toronto star and the Star Weekly, and also did a series of industrial
realations posters for the Otis Fensom Company which drew wide
attention. Joins syndicate He went back to New York and went into
syndicate feature production, and the strip David crane is the result. The
feature is being marketed through the Hall Syndicate.
Explaining its risky venture into a field where angels of other syndicates
have feared to tread, the Hall Syndicate says of Mortimer’s stri:
" A MINISTER WAS CHOSEN AS THE LEADING S CHARACTER IN
THIS STRIP BEACAUSE, AGAINST THE HEAVY METERIALISTIC
STRESS OF MODERN LIFE, ONLY IN SUCH A PERSON, MOTIVATED

BY MORAL RATHER THAN FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS, COULD
FAITH TRIUMPH.”
Mr. Mortimer is married to the former Eileen Cutting, daughter of Mrs.
and Mrs. Austin Cutting of Hamilton.
A few years later the Spectator follows up with an article concerning the
development of Mortimer’s second syndicated strip creation “Larry
Brannon.”
Headline: Ex-Hamilton Artist to draw Spec strip
Hamilton
A new adventure comic strip, by Hamilton-born artist James
Winslow Mortimer, will make its debut Monday in the Spectator.
Mortimer's hero, Larry Brannon, will be feature in authentic Canadian
settings- including Hamilton, Toronto, Kenora and North Bay - in action-
packed adventures as a troubleshooter for a Canadian businessman.
The artist hopes his story of present day Canada will help correct
many of the misconceptions Americans have about their northern
neighbour.
Although the strip's success is already assured (more that 60
Canadian newspapers have signed up for it so far) Mortimer is till

worried.
He wants Larry Brannon to be more that "just a another panel of
pictures on the comic page."
The idea of his newest comic strip first came to Mortimer before he
started working on David Crane. He recently decided to leave Crane and
devote all his energies to his new creation.
Larry Brannon replaces the David Crane strip in The Spectator.
Forty-one year old Mortimer hopes that "in some small way it will
contribute to a better understanding" between his native and adopted
countries.
In 1948, Mortimer became an American citizen after working in that
country for three years. He lives in Carmel, NY. with his wife and their
three children.
He received his schooling at Hamilton Central Collegiate and then
spent one and a half years at the Art Students' League in New York, where
he studied anatomy under George Bridgman.
In 1940 he joined the Canadian Army but was discharged for
medical reasons after a brief training period.
In 1941 Win Mortimer was employed at Otis Elevators in Hamilton
where his posters captured the attention of the federal ministry of
information.
At he end of the war, he left Otis and moved to New York where he
joined Superman, Inc., and between 1948 and 1955 he ghosted the
Superman daily comic strip. In 1955 he started David Crane.
Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye - Superman Sunday
Original Art, dated 4-17-49 (McClure Syndicate,
1949). This tabloid-sized artwork for Superman Sunday page #494 is a
wonderful example of the classic Golden Age Superman as drawn by two
of his finest interpreters, with dynamic penciling by Wayne Boring, and
lustrous inks by Stan Kaye.
This Sunday came from the estate of artist Win Mortimer several years
ago, and it has been in private hands ever since. Mortimer took over the
drawing duties on the Superman daily from Boring in 1949, and he was
given original art to work from. This was much easier than photographing
reference, and at the time original art wasn’t revered as and art form or
collectible. In most cases the publisher kept the art in case it would be
reprinted elsewhere, eventually destroying the work by shredding the
originals. Mortimer maintained Boring’s style for several months,
during a transition period, before gradually bringing his own style to the
dailies. This strip showcases most of the Man of Steel's hallmark features,
seldom seen together at the same time, in one concise example. Superman
(or his alter-ego, Clark Kent) is depicted in each and every panel, Clark’s
trademark costume quick-change is seen, and Daily Planet "Chief" Perry
White makes a cameo. This example was ideal for Mortimer, not only
because of these factors, but also because of its helpful reference -- four
clear shots of Superman's chest emblem, Superman in action, close-up
portraits of Clark Kent, and a wide variety of Metropolis background
characters. In keeping with the standard production procedures of this
period, the art was drawn on two pieces of 14.25" x 22.5" Strathmore
paper, each with approximate image area of 12.75" x 19.5". The original
registration marks remain in the
Margins, and the original vintage logo and copyright notice are still
attached to the first panel. With Stan Kaye's skillful inking, there are no
whiteout corrections on the art,
James Winslow "Win" Mortimer was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in
1919. Win received his early graphics training from his father who
supervised the poster department of a lithography firm in Hamilton. Win
worked at the firm during summer breaks from high school. After high
school, Win attended the Art Students League of New York, studying
anatomy under the renowned George Bridgeman. In that same class of
artists was Stan Drake.
At the outbreak of World War II, Mortimer joined the Canadian army. He
was discharged from the service in 1943, and began designing posters for
the Canadian Ministry of Information. At the end of the war, many
soldiers returned home, and Win found jobs difficult to come by. He
decided to move to New York in mid-1945. After meeting with Jack
Schiff, an editor at DC comics, he was hired and immediately assigned a
number of stories for World's Finest and Batman comics.
To comply with immigration laws of the 1940's, Mortimer was required to
provide documentation that he would have steady employment and
income, and not become a financial burden to the state. DC assisted him
by placing him on salary in the DC "bullpen". However, there was more
money to be made as a freelance artist, and by 1949, Mortimer was
working primarily at his home.
In general, Win Mortimer both penciled and inked his own work.
However, in 1946, Mortimer inked two sequences of the Batman and
Robin Sunday newspaper strip over the pencils of Jack Burnley:
Catwoman's Grasshopper Chase (April 28-June 16. 1946) and Half Man-
Half Monster (June 23-August 18, 1946), a Two-Face story. Mortimer
recalled that Burney's pencils were extremely "clean and precise".
During 1946, Mortimer also began producing what would become the most
prolific output of covers in DC history. From 1946 to 1955, Mortimer
penciled and inked covers for Detective Comics (starting with issue 110,
and including the first Riddler cover), Batman, World's Finest Comics,
Adventure Comics, Action Comics, Superman (including the famous
Superman 76, the first Superman Batman team-up), Star Spangled Comics,
Mr. District Attorney, Real Fact Comics, and Strange Adventure Comics.
In addition to his covers, Mortimer produced many stories for World's

Finest Comics (Full Steam Foley), Star Spangled Comics (Merry, Girl of
1000 Gimmicks and The Star Spangled Kid), Mr. District Attorney, Real
Fact Comics and Superman.
Past producing an amazing number of cover drawings, Mortimer is best
remembered for two things. First, while Wayne Boring and Jack Burnely
produced the Sunday versions of the Superman strip from 1940-1966, Win
Mortimer pencilled and inked essentially all of the Superman dailies from
1949-1955 producing some critically acclaimed story sequences, not to
mention some outstanding artwork. It is sad that this material is difficult
to find, and to date has never been reprinted. Mortimer also produced the
"Superman Time Capsule", a highly prized comic-book giveaway found in
Kellogg's Sugar Smacks in 1955.
The second achievement of Mortimer's tenure at DC was less conspicuous.
Jack Schiff's pet project was a series of one-page public service
announcements that he hoped would be read by young comics readers and
serve to give a wholesome message. Schiff worked with the National
Social Welfare Assembly, a group of psychologists and educators from
several organizations, including Nobel Prize winner Pearl Buck, to
produce a page, which appeared every month in over thirty magazines
from 1949 into the 1960's. After delivering his assignment of Superman
Daily strips to Schiff, Mortimer was often asked if he might be able to do
a single page and produced a large body of work for this project featuring
Superman, Superboy, Green Arrow, Tomahawk, and Batman to name just a

few. The topics varied from racism, to doing chores around the house,
traffic safety and study tips. The pages were requested by schools and
civic organizations by the thousands and DC printed them and sent them
out in a conscious effort to be a good citizen at a time when, as then-
publisher Jack Liebowitz said, "a lot of people came into the [comics
industry] who didn't have any standards at all."
Win Mortimer left DC Comics in 1956, taking a job to draw David Crane,
a daily newspaper strip published by the Prentice-Hall Syndicate. He
worked on this strip until 1960, and then taking on Larry Bannon,
published by the Toronto Star Syndicate, from 1961-68. From 1968,
Mortimer worked in and out of the comic book field. Out of the field,
Mortimer produced a great deal of commercial art.
Within the comic's field, Mortimer produced work for DC, Marvel and
Gold Key from 1968-1983. During that time, he showed an amazing
versatility, handling a diversity of strips: from "funny strips" like Stanley
& His Monster (Brave and Bold #64 and 69), Scooter, Binky, Jerry Lewis
and Dean Martin and Fat Albert, to hero strips like Supergirl (Adventure
Comics), Lois Lane, the Legion of Superheroes (Action and Adventure
Comics), and Spiderman, to horror and mystery stories like Boris Karloff's
Tales of Mystery, The Twilight Zone, Ripley's Believe It or Not,
Frankenstein and Supernatural Thrillers.
In 1983, Win Mortimer joined Neal Adams' Continuity Associates, and
began working on advertising and commercial projects. Following heart

bypass surgery in 1987, Mortimer returned to Continuity and worked there
producing a weekly editorial cartoon for the Putnam County Courier, a
five-page religion-oriented comic book called "Faith and Stuff" as well as
varied illustrations and commission work.
On Sunday, January 11, 1998, Win Mortimer passed following a six-month
battle with cancer. Even Superman could not help him defeat this illness.
Still, Win worked at his craft every day right up until his death. He is
survived by his wife, Eileen, three children, two grandchildren, and two
great-grandchildren.
For those that knew Win, they will miss his dedication, his sense of humor
and his zeal for life. After hearing of Win's death, Neal Adams put it very
succinctly when he said, "Win fit his work into his life. He had a family, a
home and made contributions to his community. He was an ideal for other
artists to pay attention to."
Grimm's Ghost Stories
Though I'm not sure, I don't think the great fairytale writers the Grimm
brothers (Jacob Ludwig Carl, 1785- 1863 and Wilhelm Carl, 1786-1859)
looked much like the young lady above. However, they did inspire this
horror series in the Boris Karloff Tales Of Mystery and Twilight Zone
style. The art is often uninspired, and most stories are rehashes of the
same old stories, but there are at least one or two beauties in each issue.
Gold Key #1-54, Whitman variants exist; Whitman #55-60. #1 (Jan.1972)-
60 (June 1982). Win Mortimer art #s 31, 33, 49, 51, 55, 58-60;
Letters written by comics’ pros when they were comics’ fans.
From "The Superman Family Circle" in Superman Family #213 (cover date
December 1981)...
"Dear Editor,
The way that you have been developing the Supergirl series since her
move to New York has been the main reason for my interest in
SUPERMAN FAMILY. Making her switch scenes to the Big Apple was the
best thing that could have happened. New Athens was just too far away
from the rest of your DC characters.
"'Strike Three...You're Out" in #209 was by far the best story in the book.
(The others were good too, but I'm biased.) First, there were eight new
characters introduced. I hope this means there will be lots of interaction
between Linda and the soap opera gang. And while the story was 14 pages
long, only two of them showed Supergirl in action. I like a good battle as
much as anyone, but having twelve pages for characterization was better
than any fight could be. I like to see what Linda's thoughts are and how
she reacts to different situations.
"To top things off, the art was gorgeous! Its not just Win Mortimer's
penciling or Vince Colletta's inking, but the combination of the two. They
mesh perfectly to draw the best-looking super-heroine anywhere.
"I know I've carried on too long and it's time for you to read the rest of
the mail, but when I'm excited, I tend to ramble. Next issue, I promise to
comment on all five stories..."
Signed, Todd McFarlane, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
DC 100-PAGE SUPER SPECTACULAR: LOVE STORIES REPLICA
EDITION
DC Comics, $6.95
Originally published in 1971, this material is showing its age. With
art by well-known names like Win Mortimer, John Romita, Wally
Wood, Mort Drucker, and Mike Sekowsky, the stories are easy
enough to follow, if you don't mind the emphasis on faces, clothes,
and emotions, but the resolutions are too often abrupt changes in
direction just for the sake of a happy ending. For instance, in the
second story, the cousin who's been badmouthing the girlfriend
suddenly finds out the truth, that the girl has done nothing wrong ...
and even though there's a caption saying "one week later,"
everyone's still wearing the same outfits. Another story focuses on a
girl's love for her traveling salesman boyfriend who treats her like
dirt, and although the tale ends with his proposal of marriage, I
couldn't help cringing at the unhappy future those two faces if they
try to stay together.
Even though the stories are far from realistic, it's still a fun read,
and an interesting reminder of times when mainstream comics had
more diverse genres than they do now.
After high school,
Mortimer studied at the Art Students League of New York, where he took
Courses in anatomy. He joined the Canadian Army when World War II
broke
out, but returned to civil life in 1943. He started designing posters,
until he got a job at DC Comics in 1945. There, he started out doing
some 'Batman' and 'Superman' comics.
At the same time, he became one of DC's most prolific cover artists. In
the early 1950s he was National Comics's main artist of 'Superman' and
'Batman' covers. At the same time, he took over the 'Superman' daily
series from Wayne Boring. Mortimer left DC in 1956, taking on a job to
draw the 'David Crane' daily for Prentice-Hall Syndicate. He worked on

this strip until 1960, when he took on the 'Larry Bannon' strip for Toronto
Star Syndicate. While also doing work outside the comics field, Mortimer
returned to DC in the late 1960s, as well as doing work for Marvel and
Gold Key. Until the early 1980s, he was a versatile artist in many genres:
from funny strips ('Scooter', 'Binky', 'Fat Albert'), to superhero comics
('Supergirl', 'Lois Lane', 'Spiderman') and horror ('Tales of Mystery', 'The
Twilight Zone', 'Frankenstein'). In 1983, Win Mortimer started doing
advertising and commercial art and artwork for Neal Adams's Continuity
Associates.
Win was the primary artist behind the Spidey Super Stories of the 70's.
The book was an easy-to-read spin-off of the PBS TV show The Electric
Company.
Mortimer did draw Night Nurse, and did it very well, in my opinion. When
I finally got around to collecting the series (before it got its inexplicable
"hot" status) I was afraid it would be a Colletta-inked series, but it wasn't.
Mortimer was perfect for the job, I thought. His girls were pretty, he was
great with the real-world settings and props, and his characters had plenty
of personality drawn in.
I first remember noticing Mortimer's work in the Marvel black & white
monster magazines. He usually got the lesser stories, the one-shot tales
instead of the headline series that I was more interested in at the time. It
looked good without color, and it had an appropriate grit to it. But it
seemed dated, and didn't impress me much at the time. One of his jobs
around this time that did[/d] impress me was his adaptation of Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde for Marvel's color [i]Supernatural Thrillers #4.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario on May 23, 1919, James Winslow "Win"
Mortimer received some early graphics training from his father, who was
employed in the poster department of a local lithography firm. After high
school Mortimer attended the Art Students League of New York, studying
anatomy under George Bridgeman in the same class as Stan Drake. When
World War II broke out he enlisted in the Canadian Army, and began
designing posters for the Canadian Ministry of Information after his
discharge in 1943. Once the war was over Mortimer found work hard to
come by, so he moved to New York City in 1945. In order to comply with
immigration laws, DC placed him on a steady salary in the bullpen, but by
1949 he was mainly employed as a freelance artist working out of his
home. From 1946 to 1955 Mortimer
Produced an astounding number of covers, ranging from standard super-
hero titles such as Superman and Batman to comics as diverse as Mr.
District Attorney and Real Fact Comics. He left DC in 1956 for the
syndicated newspaper strip David Crane, and returned to comics in 1968,
where he drew the last eight appearances of the Legion of Super-Heroes in
Adventure Comics. He followed the Legion over to Action Comics, and
worked in and out of the comics industry until 1983, when he joined Neal
Adams at
Continuity Associates. After heart bypass surgery in 1987 Mortimer
continued to work for Continuity, where Neal Adams would later describe
him as "...an ideal for other artists to pay attention to." Win Mortimer
died on January 11, 1998.
Celebrate the birthday of the late Win Mortimer, a fine comics artist and
stellar gentleman whom I had the pleasure of working with in the 1970s.
Win did so many great covers for DC Comics in the 1940s and
1950s...drew the interior art for one of my favorite issues of THE BRAVE
AND THE BOLD in the 1960s [Batman Vs. Eclipso]...and also drew
"Voodoo Unto Others," one of my earliest scripts for Marvel Comics.
Alas, noted comics historian Bob Hughes raised the possibility that Win's
birthday might actually have been May 1 and not May 23 (as listed in
COMICS BUYER'S GUIDE). I didn't want to spread any misinformation,
so I'm tabling the Win stuff for a year. That will give me time to see if
Marvel would allow me to reprint "Voodoo Unto Others" here.
The late fifties and the sixties are thought of, by most, as the "Silver Age
of Comics." Starting with the publication of Showcase #4 in September
1956, which revived the DC Comics character The Flash, superheroes
dominated the comics of this era. But with a little research, you will find
that something besides superheroes had a hold on comics. When DC
published Strange Adventures #8 in May 1951, little did they know that
they were really starting The Gorilla Age of Comics!
If you start looking at the covers of comics (mostly DC Comics) published
in the fifties and all through the sixties, you will notice that gorillas
appear on many of the covers. Les Daniels' book, DC Comics: Sixty Years
of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes explains this phenomenon:
The eighth issue of Strange Adventures achieved some sort of
cult status. The cover showed a gorilla in a zoo holding up a
slate that read, "Please believe me! I am the victim of a
terrible scientific experiment!" This "Incredible Story of an
Ape with a Human Brain" had strong sales, and [DC editor,
Julius] Schwartz recalls, "Irwin Donenfeld called me in and
said we should try it again. Finally all the editors wanted to
use gorilla covers, and he said no more than one a month."
In an interview in The Comics Journal #214, Golden and Silver Age artist,
Sheldon Moldoff, when asked about DC's science fiction titles, had this to
offer:
"It was a question of trying to find something that sold, and if
one issue came out and it happened to sell, then immediately
they would follow that type of story. Now, it didn't
necessarily follow through that they were going to sell. Now,
I know Jack Schiff, when he was the editor of Batman, he

followed sales very well. When he found that a gorilla on
covers sold, then you could be damn sure that in an issue or
two you're going to have another gorilla story."
While some believe that Julius Schwartz's story of the "one gorilla a
month" and the "gorilla = sales" rules may be an urban legend, there is no
doubt that there are a lot of gorillas to be found on the covers of comics
published in this era.
Even into the seventies, possibly because of the popularity of the Planet
of the Apes movies, gorillas kept showing up on covers, even though it
tended to be on the covers of books like Tarzan instead of Superboy. But
as you will see, even recent comics like Spawn have not been able to
ignore the call of the gorilla.
The only mention of DC's 'Fireman Farrell' character was via the name of
the young boy in Kurt Busiek's Astro City story, considering that Fireman
Farrell -- created by Arnold Drake and Win Mortimer -- launched DC's
groundbreaking 'Showcase' series.
Batman/detective covers
Published by Abbeville Press, Incorporated
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 1558596437
Pub. Date: September 1993

Batman in Detective Comics: Featuring the Complete Covers of the First
25 Years
The transitional postwar period saw more artists than ever before (or even
during the next fifteen years) illustrating covers for Detective Comics.
During the four years from issue 108 (1946) until a nearly uninterrupted
stretch settled in with cover 157 (1950), Win Mortimer and Jim Mooney
were newly hired while Ray Burnley returned from wartime duty.
The most prolific cover artist throughout these three hundred covers was
Win Mortimer, who joined DC in 1945. His first cover effort for Detective
Comics appeared on cover 110 (April 1946). Not only did he maintain a
nearly unbroken string of forty-six issues (covers 169-214), he ultimately
penciled and inked eighty-seven of the covers reprinted in this book.
Mortimer also did numerous covers for Action Comics, Batman,
Adventure Comics, World's Finest Comics, and Superman during this
time. "For the most part," he says, "Jack Schiff was the one that I was
working with almost exclusively. Many times Mort Weisinger would have
been the editor on the story stuff that I was doing, but covers always
seemed to come from Jack Schiff. As I recall, I'd always pencil
[some]thing and show it to him. There might be a change [but] more often
[I'd] just go right ahead and do it." From 1949 until 1956, Mortimer
worked on the daily Superman syndicated newspaper strips at home,
visiting the DC offices almost every week to drop off and pick up new
material. "When I'd get in," he continues, "I would do whatever they'd
throw at me; it was usually a cover, so it was almost like one a week.
That's why the numbers pile up on these things." Mortimer left DC in
1956 to illustrate another daily newspaper strip, David Crane. He moved
in and out of comics after the mid-1960s, again doing occasional work for
DC over the years.
· June 1970 - National Periodical Publications (DC Comics)
Adventure Comics publishes a short story, "The Mysterious Mort of
Doov." The odd time-travel adventure ends with the Supergirl and
her pet super-cat, streaky, telling her story to L. Frank Baum in
1898, thus inspiring The Wizard of Oz. It was written by Cary Bates
and illustrated by Win Mortimer.
BATMAN #33 [February-March, 1946].
The Grand Comics Database does not have a lot of credit information for
this issue--and the listed cover artist is almost certainly incorrect--but it
had three Batman tales, all of them drawn by Win Mortimer and one of
them, featuring the Penguin, written by Bill Finger. Looking at the cover
again, I wouldn't rule out Mortimer. The rest of the contents consist of a
text story and the usual gag fillers.
TheFifties
Sometime prior to April 1948 Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster quit National
Comics' employ and began a lawsuit against the company demanding
complete reversion of the rights to Superman and Superboy to them to do
with as they saw fit.
Although they won some monetary damages over Superboy, which had
been released without Siegel's approval while he was in the army, their
main campaign was a failure. With most of their studio in tow (sans
Wayne Boring) they set up shop at Magazine Enterprises, run by Vin
Sullivan, (the first Superman editor) where they created a new character
Funnyman. It ran as both a comic’s strip and a book. Both were dismal
failures. Siegel went on to work for Ziff-Davis, St. John and Toby Press
before they both ended up at Charlton in the mid-Fifties. Shuster, his
eyesight almost gone by that time, never worked in comics again. Siegel
returned to DC from 1959 until 1965 when he created the Mighty
Crusaders for the Archie Comics Group. Most of Siegel's writing after
that appeared in foreign countries. One of his most unusual assignments
was writing a series of Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchuck stories
for an Italian publisher.
The two resumed their lawsuit against National Periodical Publications in
1967 but never really got anywhere until the Christopher Reeve Superman
film was due to come out. DC's new corporate owners deemed it the
better part of political discretion to provide the two with a pension and
medical insurance for the rest of their lives.
Siegel and Shuster's departure from National coincided pretty closely with
editor Mort Weisinger's taking control of the series back from Jack Schiff.
Weisinger brought in a new team of artists to prepare the Man of Steel for
the next decade.
The two most important were Wayne Boring and Curt Swan who have their
own
pages. Others included:
Win Mortimer (1919-97) began work at DC in 1945 doing Batman stories.
He did a
handful of Superman stories in 1948, in issue 50 and 51. Then from 1950
to
1955 he became National Comics' main cover artist for both Superman and
Batman.
During this same period he also took over the Superman dailies from
Wayne
Boring.
ACTUAL ARTICLE Hamilton Spectator
EX-HAMILTON ARTIST TO DRAW SPEC STRIP
Hamilton
A new adventure comic strip, by Hamilton-born artist James Winslow
Mortimer, will make its debut in The Spectator.
Mortimer’s hero, Larry Brannon, will be featured in authentic Canadian
settings - including Hamilton, Toronto, Kenora and North Bay - in action-
packed adventures as a trouble-shooter for a Canadian businessman.
The Artist hopes his story of present-day Canada will help correct many
of the misconceptions Americans have about their northern neighbour.
Although the strips success is already assured (more than 60 Canadian
newspapers have signed up for it so far) Mortimer is still worried.
He wants Larry Brannon to be more that “just another panel of pictures on
the comic page.

1953 Superman dailies by Win Mortimer
Win Mortimer from "The Superman Time Capsule" a 1955 advertising
giveaway.
Mortimer left National in 1956, but returned 10 years later. He did
Legion Of
Superheroes for a while and a number of humor books and penciled the
World of
Metropolis mini-series in 1988.
Johnny Law: a 1930's Comic Book Detective Johnny Law | The Johnny
Law tales in
Big Town
Classic Comic Books Home Page
More Fun Comics
21 (June 1937) The Arsonist, Part 1
22 (July 1937) The Arsonist, Part 2
23 (August 1937) The Arsonist, Part 3
24 (September 1937) The Arsonist, Part 4
25 (October 1937) The Marijuana Racket, Part 1
Big Town
2 (February 1951) The Dubious Alibi

3 (March 1951) The Fearsome Film
4 (April 1951) The Zero Hour
The Big Town Tales
In 1951 a new series of Johnny Law tales started. They were the second
feature
In Big Town magazine. These tales appeared in Big Town #1 (January
1951) through
#20 (March-April 1953). Most of the first twenty issues of Big Town
contained
three Big Town tales, and one Johnny Law story. After that, the Johnny
Law
series was permanently dropped, and the magazine consisted nearly
exclusively of
Big Town stories for the rest of its run.
Win Mortimer was the artist for issues #1 - #6; Irwin Hasen took over
with #7,
and remained till the series ended in #20.
It is not clear that this second series of Johnny Law stories has much to do
with the 1930's stories. In both, Johnny Law is a police detective,
apparently
in New York City. But the 1950's Johnny Law seems older and more
established as
a policeman. He is also a lot cockier. There is no sign in the 1950's stories

of
Tim. Nor is there any emphasis on the Lower East Side, or slum districts
in
general, in the 1950's stories. The 1950's tales might just be a series of
detective stories that share little but their protagonist's name and
profession
with the earlier tales.
Mortimer, Win, 1919-1998.
Annie / adapted by Tom DeFalco, writer ; Win Mortimer, pencils ;
Vince Colletta, inks ; George Roussos and Marie Severin, colors. -- New
York: Marvel Comics Group, 1982.
-- col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- (A Marvel Movie Special) -- Title from cover. --
Based on the strip Little Orphan Annie, by Harold Gray. I. DeFalco,
Tom. II. Mortimer, Win. III. Colletta, Vince.
IV. Gray, Harold, 1894-1968. V. Little Orphan Annie. VI. Series. Call
no.: PN6728.5.M3A54 1982
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"Blechhula!" / script, Stu Schwartzberg ; art, Marie Severin ; inks,
Winslow Mortimer. 9 p. in Spoof, no. 4
(Mar. 1973 -- Blackula parody. ) I. [Each creator]. I. Blackula. k.

Vampires. k. African Americans.
Call no.: PN678.4.M3S66no.4
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El Increíble Hulk : Atrapados / producido para Marvel Comics Group
por Dave Kraft, John Romita, Marie Severin, Winslow Mortimer, Ken
Feduniewicz, Frank Giacoia, Gary Brodsky, y Stan Goldberg. -- Madrid :
Montena, 1982. -- 10 p. : col. ill. ; 15 cm. -- A pop-up book. -- The
Incredible Hulk, in Spanish. -- Call no.: PN6778.I5A8 1982
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"The Man of Stone" (Superman) / art by Win Mortimer? ; story by Don
Cameron. 12 p. in Superman, no. 38 (Jan./Feb. 1946) -- Villains: Goon
McGloon (introduced), Literary Link (introduced) -- Data from Lou
Mougin of Grand Comic-Book Database. I. Mortimer, Win. II.
Cameron, Don. III. Superman. k.
Stone. k. McGloon, Goon. k. Literary Link. Call no.:
PN6728.1.N3S8no.38
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"The Man Who Raised the World" / Winslow Mortimer. 5 p. in Real
Fact Comics, no. 9 (July/Aug. 1947). -- Story of Elisha Graves Otis
(1811-1861) and the elevator. -- Call

no.: PN6728.1.N3R4no.9
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"The Superman Time Capsule" (Superman) / Win Mortimer, original
art ; new splash page by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson. 11 p. in
Superman, no. 250 (Apr. 1972) ; reprint
of a 1955 promotional premium. I. [Each creator] k. Time Capsules. k.
Capsules. Call no.:
PN6728.1.N3S8no.250
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"What Are You Getting Out of School?" (Buzzy) / Win Mortimer, art ;
Jack Schiff, script. 1 p. in Wonder Woman, no. 77 (Oct. 1955). -- Public
service page, in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly,
emphasizes the social and extracurricular benefits of public education. --
Data from Gene Reed and Lou Mougin, via Grand Comic-Book
Database. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.N3W6no.77
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"Winter Sports Champions of the World" / Win Mortimer, pencils ;
Jack Abel, inks ; Jack Schiff, script. 1 p. in Wonder Woman, no. 88 (Feb.
1957). -- Reports on the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina, Italy. -- Data
from Gene Reed and Lou Mougin, via Grand Comic-Book Database. --
Call no.: PN6728.1.N3W6no.88
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The World of Metropolis : a four-issue mini-series by Byrne,
Mortimer, Giordano, McLaughlin. -- New York : DC Comics, 1988. --
col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Stories of the world of Superman. -- LIBRARY HAS:
no. 1-3. 1. Superhero comics. I. Byrne, John, 1950- II. Mortimer, Win.
III. McLaughlin, Frank. IV. Giordano, Dick. V. Superman. VII. DC
Comics, Inc. k. Metropolis. Call no.: PN6728.5.D3W635 1988
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"You're Under Arrest, Lukey!" (Larry Brannon) / Winslow Mortimer.
-- Summary: The Mountie tries to make an arrest in a pool hall. --
Undated strip reprinted (p. 108) in The National Cartoonists Society
Album 1980 ed. -- Call no.: NC1300.N3 1980
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Mortimer, Win, 1919-1998--Biography.
"Win Mortimer, Artist, Dead at 77" p. 27 in The Comics Journal, no.
203 (Apr. 1998) -- (News Watch) -- Born May 1, 1919, raised in
Hamilton, Ontario, died Jan. 11, 1998. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.203
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Mortimer, Win, 1919-1998--Miscellanea. Entry (p. 200) in The National
Cartoonists Society Album
1996 ed., edited by Bill Janocha (New York : NCS, 1996). -- Call no.:
NC1300.N3 1996
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Cartoonists Society Album 1980 ed., compiled by Charles Green and
Mort Walker (New York : NCS, 1980). -- Call no.: NC1300.N3 1980
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Cartoonists Society Album 1972-77 ed., compiled by Mort Walker (New
York : NCS, 1972). -- Call no.: NC1300.N3 1972
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Cartoonists Society Album
1965, ed. by Mort Walker (New York : NCS, 1965). -- Call no.:
NC1300.N3 1965
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Mortimer, Win, 1919-1998--Miscellanea. Entry (p. 161) in The Who's
Who of American Comic Books, by Jerry Bails & Hames Ware (Detroit,
Mich. : J. Bails, 1973-1976). -- Call no.: PN6725.B3v.2
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Mortimer, Win, 1919-1998--Miscellanea.

Entry (p. 327) in The Who's Who of American Comic Books, by Jerry
Bails & Hames Ware (Detroit, Mich. : J. Bails, 1973-1976). -- Call no.:
PN6725.B3v.4
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Entry in The Who's Who of American Comic Books : 1977 Yearbook /
by Jerry Bails (Detroit, Mich. : J. Bails, 1977-1978). -- Call no.:
PN6725.B3 1977
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Entry (p. 13) in The Who's Who of American Comic Books :
1978 Yearbook / by Jerry Bails (Detroit, Mich. : J. Bails, 1979-1980).
-- Call no.: PN6725.B3 1978
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Index entry (p. 64) in Encyclopédie des bandes dessinées / ed.
Marjorie Alessandrini. Nouv. ed. (Paris : A Michel, 1986) Call no.:
PN6707.E5 1986
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Index entry (p. 635, 642) in The World Encyclopedia of Comics, ed. by
Maurice Horn (New York : Chelsea House, 1976). Call no.: PN6710.W6
1976
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"Remembering Win" / Arlen Schumer. p. 45 in Comic Book
Marketplace, v. 2, no. 57 (Mar. 1998) -- Recalls acquaintance with Win
Mortimer, who died Jan. 10, 1998 at
age 88. -- Call no.: PN6714.C632v.2no.57
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The Legion of Super-Heroes
In 1969 ended the Legion of Super-Heroes in
ADVENTURE COMICS changing to ACTION COMICS as the second
adventure of the issue. From issue number 381, ADVENTURE COMICS
becomes a Supergirl magazine.
ADVENTURE COMICS NO.376 (January 1969) Cover by Neal Adams.
"The Execution of Chamaleon Boy" Part I by Jim Shooter (script,
layouts), Win Mortimer. "Cupid Clips Cham" Part II by Jim Shooter
(script, layouts), Mortimer.

ADVENTURE COMICS NO.377 (February 1969) Cover by Neal Adams.
"Heroes for Hire" Part I by Jim Shooter (script, layouts), Win Mortimer &
Jack Abel.
"The Money Mad Members" Part II by Jim Shooter (script, layouts), Win
Mortimer & Jack Abel.
ADVENTURE COMICS NO.378 (March 1969) Cover by Neal Adams.
"Twelve Hours to Live" Part I by Jim Shooter (script, layouts), Win
"In the Shadow of Death" Part II by Jim Shooter (script, layouts), Win
ADVENTURE COMICS NO.379 (April 1969) Cover by Neal Adams.
"Burial in Space: Showdown on Seeris" Part I by Jim Shooter (script,
layouts), Win Mortimer & Jack Abel.
"Burial in Space: Help Comes..Too Late" Part II Shooter (script, layouts),
Win Mortimer & Jack Abel.
ADVENTURE COMICS NO.380 (May 1969) Cover by Curt Swan & Mike
Exposito.
"The Legion's Space Odyssey": "The Building of the Ship" Part I by Jim
Shooter (script, layouts),
"No Welcome for the Wanderers" Part I by Jim Shooter (script, layouts),

Win Mortimer
Bibliography
WINSLOW MORTIMER DIES AT AGE 78
According to a report in the January 15 edition of the Putnam, NY
Courier-Trader, cartoonist Winslow Mortimer passed away on Sunday,
January 11 after a six-month battle with cancer. Mortimer, who drew for
DC Comics as a staff artist from 1945 to 1956, was honored at this year's
Comic-Con International: San Diego as Cartoonist of the Year, but was
unable to appear in person due to his failing health. In his long, varied,
and illustrious career, he created more than 200 covers for Adventure
Comics, Batman, Detective Comics, World's Finest, Action Comics,
Superboy, Superman, Mr. District Attorney, and Star Spangled Comics, as
well as interior stories for a wide variety of titles -- most recently, his
work appeared in several of the BIG BOOKS from PARADOX PRESS.
From 1972 until his death, he was the Courier-Trader's editorial
cartoonist, and from 1983 he also worked at Neal Adams' Continuity
Graphics in New York. Adams told the Courier-Trader that he grew up
admiring Mortimer's super-hero art, and praised both his craft and his
approach to his career: "Win fit his work into his life. He had a family, a
home and made contributions to his community. He was an ideal for other
artists to pay attention to." Mortimer is survived by his wife, Eileen,three
children, two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Comics
100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-21 1973 Series - DC, October 1973
Feature Story: Superboy The Miracle Plane
Credits:
Bill Finger (Script), John Sikela, Win Mortimer (page 1) (Pencils), John
Sikela, Win Mortimer (page 1) (Inks),
Reprinted: fr. Adventure #117 (Jun '47)
80 Page Giant Magazine #1
1964 Series - DC, August 1964,
Small cover reprint Win Mortimer (Pencils), Win Mortimer (Inks), ?
(Colors), ? (Letters).
Reprinted: fr. Adventure #211 (Apr '55)
#3
(Sequence 17 - small cover reprint , 0,25 page )
Feature Story: small cover reprint
Credits:
Win Mortimer (Pencils), Win Mortimer (Inks), ? (Colors), ? (Letters).
Reprinted: fr. Adventure #211 (Apr '55)
#5
Cover Credits:
Win Mortimer (Pencils) , Win Mortimer (Inks) , ? (Colors) , ? (Letters)
Cover Feature: Batman & Robin
#23
(Sequence 5 - cover reprint , 1 page )
Feature Story: cover reprint
Credits:
Win Mortimer (Pencils), Win Mortimer (Inks), ? (Colors), ? (Letters).
Reprinted: fr. Action #164 (Jan '52)
#55
Batman vs. Eclipso
(Sequence 10 , 5 pages )
Feature Story: Batman & Robin & Eclipso
Credits:
Bob Haney (Script), Win Mortimer (Pencils), Win Mortimer (Inks), ?
(Colors), ? (Letters).
Reprinted: fr. Brave & Bold #64 (FM '66)
Action Comics DC/National
Feature: Superman 1938 113 Oct 1947
116,117,119,129,135,141,147,149,152-193 (some issues feature Single
page Public Service announcements featuring Superman, Superboy,
Batman and Robin or Buzzy),

196,200,204,205,206,207,211, 378-392 (Legion of Superheroes),475(Lori
Lemaris).
Adventure Comics DC/National 166
Superboy stories (some issues feature Single page Public Service
announcements featuring Superman, Superboy, Peter Porkchops, Binky or
Buzzy)
117,119,126,128,132,161-207,227,229,248,373-380 (Tales of the Legion
of Super-Heroes),381,383-389,391-396,
Amazing Spider-Man Marvel Comics Group 220
Annie Marvel Comics Group, 1982. Win Mortimer, pencils
Batman DC/National #33
Battle of the Planets Western Publishing 1979
Battle of the Planets. Classic Issues Volume 1. To quote from the cover -
"Many fans may not even be aware of the existence of this original group
of ten Western Publishing Battle of the Planets comics that date from mid
to late 1980! They are a separate version from the TV show, which feature
eighteen completely original G-Force adventures. This lighter set of
stories offers a different view of G-Force and their enemy Spectra that
was meant for a slightly younger audience than the TV show. While
different, the comics present their own line of continuity that is fun to
read and enjoy on its own. We are proud to offer the entire run of the
original published Battle of the Planets comics, seen for the first time
since they were originally released! As an added bonus, we are presenting
the series in black and white to enhance the detail in the original art by
comic veteran Winslow (Win) Mortimer."
Big Town #1 (January 1951) Win Mortimer was the artist for issues #1 -
#6
Binky
The Brave and the Bold DC/National
Detective Comics DC/National Covers 120
Fat Albert
Legion Of Superheroes
Lois Lane
Monsters Unleashed Marvel 1974 4
Mr. District Attorney
Night Nurse
Four issues, bimonthly
Dates: November 1972-May 1973
Jean Thomas and Winslow Mortimer,
presented by Stan Lee
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Night Nurse, an intriguing but brief comic book series, promised--and
actually delivered--dramatic and exciting stories ("Enter the world of
danger, drama and death!") of the personal and professional lives of three
young and beautiful nurses at Metro General.
Beginning with a crisis on the day of their graduation from nursing
school, the initial issue offers a flashback to their student years as the
three young women meet and adjust to rooming together--and to the
demands of a big-city hospital.

The disparate trio of friends includes small-town girl Linda Carter (no
resemblance to the character who appeared in the earlier comic book
Linda Carter, Student Nurse; however, this comic is also from Stan Lee,
so the name is probably not a coincidence), blond, beautiful, and
dedicated; inner-city poor girl Georgia Jenkins, black, beautiful, and
dedicated; and disinherited, determined rich girl Christine Palmer, red-
haired, beautiful, and dedicated.
Each issue contains a single full-length dramatic story: a bomb threatens
to blow up the hospital; a doctor is trafficking in drugs; a killer stalks the
hospital halls; a private duty case lands a nurse in a spooky gothic
mansion on a cliff. The stories weave romantic complications into these
highly colorful situations in classic soap-opera fashion, offering plenty of
suspense, chills, and satisfying drama.
Cover illustration from Night Nurse, issue no. 1, November 1972,
copyright © 1972, Magazine Management.
Real Fact Comics "The Man Who Raised the World" / Winslow Mortimer.
5 p. in Real Fact Comics, no. 9 (July/Aug. 1947). -- Story of Elisha
Graves Otis (1811-1861) and the elevator.

Scooter
Sea Devils
Spoof Marvel #4
Spidey Super Stories Marvel Oct 1974 Pencils #1-57
Strange Adventures DC/National #8 First Gorilla cover
Supergirl DC/National
Superman DC/National 1948 # 50,51
The Superman Time Capsule 1955 advertising giveaway
Superman Family DC/National
Tales of Mystery
Tales of the Zombie Marvel
Toy Boy Continuity Comics 1986

Twilight Zone
What The?! #14
Wonder Woman, no. 77 (Oct. 1955). "What Are You Getting Out of
School?" (Buzzy) / Win Mortimer, art ; Jack Schiff, script. 1 p. in --
Public service page, in cooperation with the National Social Welfare
Assembly, emphasizes the social and extracurricular benefits of public
education. --
Data from Gene Reed and Lou Mougin, via Grand Comic-Book
Database.
Wonder Woman, no. 88 (Feb. 1957). Mortimer, Win, 1919-1998.
"Winter Sports Champions of the World" / Win Mortimer, pencils ;
Jack Abel, inks ; Jack Schiff, script. 1 p. in -- Reports on the 1956
Winter Olympics in Cortina, Italy. -- Data from Gene Reed and Lou
Mougin, via Grand Comic-Book Database.
World of Metropolis mini-series 1988
World’s Finest DC/National
The only issue of the WKRP in Cincinnati comic book received limited
distribution due to the problems of Western Publishing, which by then had
changed the name of its comic book line from Gold Key to Whitman. For a
time, they published their comics under both imprints -- that is, part of the
press run would say "Gold Key" and part would have the "Whitman"
insignia. The ones that had "Gold Key" in the upper left were for
conventional newsstand distribution, whereas the "Whitman" titles were
sold on a non-returnable basis to department and toy stores, the same way
Western distributed its activity and coloring books. By 1980 when they
did this one issue of WKRP, they had given up on newsstand outlets so no
more Gold Key editions were being published, and many books that were
written and drawn were not published at all, even under the Whitman logo.
(A few, like the Disney titles, were printed overseas.) It's possible that
subsequent issues of WKRP were drawn but never made it to press. Again,
the writer is unknown but the art was by J. Winslow Mortimer, who at one
time was a main artist for Superman and Batman. He had done a long run
for Gold Key on the Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids comic, and some
others, and was then drawing Spidey Super Stories for Marvel. He did a
nice job drawing "Blonde Ambition," in which Jennifer (the Loni
Anderson character) goes on a TV show not unlike The Dating Game,
little realizing that the unseen bachelors she must pick from are her co-
workers, Johnny Fever, Les Nessman and Andy Travis. As she questions
them, each fantasizes about marrying Jennifer and we see these daydreams
acted out. The ending of the story is a bit of a cop-out as the unctuous
game show host invokes a hitherto-unknown rule and claims the date with
Jennifer for himself.

WHAT IF: Sub-Mariner Vol. 9
Map by GaryUK: reprints Sub-Mariner #61 - #72 (241 pages)
5/73: Sub-Mariner #61 (20 pages + cover)
"The Prince and the Pirate"
Credits: Bill Everett and Steve Gerber (writers); Bill Everett and
Winslow Mortimer (pencillers); Bill Everett and Jim Mooney (inkers)
Newspaper Strips
Batman
Superman Daily strip 1953
David Crane daily Prentice-Hall Syndicate. 1955
Larry Bannon strip Toronto Star Syndicate 1960
Other
THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN Coloring Book, 1987. Artwork by David
Anthony Kraft, Winslow Mortimer, Mike Esposito.
The National Cartoonists Society Album 1980
The Comics Journal, no. 203 (Apr. 1998)"Win Mortimer, Artist, Dead at
77" p. 27
Very Busy Barbie WESTERN PUBLISHING CO., publisher of GOLDEN
BOOKS Written by Barbara Slate
Chuck Norris and the Karate Kommandos #2: Island of the Walking Dead
Wanderer books. 1986. Weinberg,Larry. Church Norris and the Karate
Kommandos. The Kommandos battle the evil Super Ninja & an evil witch
doctor & his army of zombies. Adventure. , PAPERBACK. B&W
Illustrations. First Edition. Illustrated by Mortimer, Winslow.
ISBN: 0671631829
THE INCREDIBLE HULK POP-UP BOOK "TRAPPED"
By Dave Kraft, John Romita, Marie Severin, Winslow Mortimer, Ken

Feduniewicz, Frank Giacoia, Gary Brodsky, Stan Goldberg; paper
engineering by Guillermo Rozo.
The Incredible Hulk saves the gold miners, when thieves dynamite the
mine. Six double-page colorful, simple pop-up scenes.
Size: 13 x 15 cm / 6 double pages
1982 Marvel Comics Group
Intervisual Communications Inc.
Printed and bound in Colombia
ISBN: 093976606X P&MB: (1) 290-4
G.I.Joe Coloring Book - The Cobra Shrinking Ray
Preparing children for lives as graphic designers and artist, the Joes had
adventures in the pages of Coloring Books.
This forty-eight page coloring book was written by S. M. Balard and
illustrated by Winslow Mortimer.
The coloring book is dated 1987.
Superman in Action Comics: Featuring the Complete Covers of the First
25 Years (Tiny Folio)
by Michel Laclotte, Mark Waid

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TitleSeriesIssuePublishedPublisherCover
100-Page Super Spectacular
Feature: Superboy1973DC-21October 1973DC
80 Page Giant Magazine
Feature: small cover reprint19641August 1964DC
Feature: small cover reprint19643September 1964DC
Feature: Batman & Robin19645December 1964DC
Feature: cover reprint1964G23June 1966DC

Feature: Batman & Robin & Eclipso1964G55January-February
1969DC
Action Comics
Feature: Superman1938113October 1947DC
Action Comics
Feature: Superman1938116January 1948DC
Action Comics
Feature: Superman1938117February 1948DC
Action Comics
Feature: Superman1938119April 1948DC
Action Comics
Action Comics
Action Comics
Action Comics
Feature: Superman [public service page]1938135August 1949DC
Action Comics
Feature: Batman & Robin [public service page]1938141February
1950DC
Action Comics
Feature: Superboy [public service page]1938147August 1950DC
Action Comics
Feature: Superman [public service page]1938149October 1950DC
Action Comics
Feature: Janie1938152January 1951DC
Action Comics
Feature: Superboy [public service page]1938152January 1951DC
Action Comics
Action Comics
Feature: Green Arrow, Tomahawk, Shining Knight [public service
page]1938153February 1951DC
Action Comics
Feature: Superman1938154March 1951DC
Action Comics
Feature: Buzzy [public service page]1938154March 1951DC
Action Comics
Action Comics
Feature: Superman [public service page]1938155April 1951DC
Action Comics
Feature: Buzzy [public service page]1938156May 1951DC
Action Comics
Feature: Superboy [public service page]1938157June 1951DC
Action Comics
Feature: Superman1938159August 1951DC
Action Comics
Feature: Superman1938160September 1951DC
Action Comics
Feature: Buzzy [public service page]1938160September 1951DC
Action Comics
Action Comics
Feature: Superman1938162November 1951DC
Action Comics
Feature: Superman1938163December 1951DC
Action Comics
Action Comics
Feature: Superboy [public service page]1938164January 1952DC
Action Comics
Action Comics
Action Comics

Action Comics
Feature: Buzzy [public service page]1938167April 1952DC
Action Comics
Feature: Superman1938168May 1952DC
Action Comics
Feature: Superboy [public service page]1938168May 1952DC
Action Comics
Feature: Superman1938169June 1952DC
Action Comics
Feature: Superman [public service page]1938169June 1952DC
Action Comics
Feature: Superman1938170July 1952DC
Action Comics
Feature: Buzzy [public service page]1938170July 1952DC
Action Comics
Action Comics
Action Comics
Feature: Superman [public service page]1938171August 1952DC
Action Comics
Action Comics
Action Comics
Action Comics
Action Comics
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Adventure Comics
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Adventure Comics
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1956DC
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Adventure Comics
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Feature: Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes1938373October
1968DC
Adventure Comics
Feature: Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes1938374November

1968DC
Adventure Comics
Feature: Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes1938375December
1968DC
Adventure Comics
Feature: Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes1938376January
1969DC
Adventure Comics
Feature: Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes1938377February
1969DC
Adventure Comics
Feature: Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes1938378March
1969DC
Adventure Comics
Feature: Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes1938379April
1969DC
Adventure Comics
Feature: Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes1938380May
1969DC
Adventure Comics
Feature: Supergirl1938381June 1969DC
Adventure Comics
Feature: Supergirl1938383August 1969DC

Adventure Comics
Feature: Supergirl1938384September 1969DC
Adventure Comics
Feature: Supergirl1938385Oct 1969DC
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Feature: Supergirl1938386November 1969DC
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Adventure Comics
Feature: Supergirl1938388Jan 1970DC
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Adventure Comics
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Feature: Real Fact1938393May 1970DC
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Feature: Supergirl1938395July 1970DC
Adventure Comics
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Feature: Merry, the Girl of a Thousand Gimmicks1938416March
1972DC
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Adventure Comics
Adventures of Alan Ladd, The
Feature: Untold Tales of Filmland19492December-January 1949-
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Feature: Batman & Robin [public service page]19493February-
March
1950DC
Feature: Superboy [public service page]19496August-September
1950DC

Feature: Superman [public service page]19497October-November
1950DC
Feature: Alan Ladd19498December-January 1950-51DC
Feature: public service page19498December-January 1950-51DC
Feature: Alan Ladd19499February-March 1951DC
Feature: Green Arrow, Tomahawk, Shining Knight [public service
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All Funny Comics
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All Star Comics
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1949DC
All Star Comics
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1950DC
All Star Comics
Feature: Superman & Batman [public service page]194053June-

July
1950DC
All Star Comics
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1950DC
All-American Men of War
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Amazing Spider-Man, The
Feature: Aunt May (Spider-Man)1963220September 1981Marvel
Annie
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Annie
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Annie
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Annie Treasury Edition
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Batman
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Batman
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Feature: Buzzy194069February-March 1952DC
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Batman
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Feature: Superman194074December 1952-January 1953DC
Batman
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Feature: Superboy194075February-March 1953DC
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Feature: Binky194079October-November 1953DC
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Batman
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Batman
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Batman
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Batman
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Batman
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Batman
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Batman
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Batman
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Batman
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Batman
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Batman
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Feature: Peter Porkchops1940101August 1956DC
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Batman
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Feature: Batman & Robin194057February-March 1950DC
Batman
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Batman
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Batman
Feature: 194062December 1950-January 1951DC
Batman
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Batman
Feature: Superman194064April-May 1951DC
Batman
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Batman
Feature: Superman [public service page]194076April-May
1953DC
Batman
Feature: Binky194078August-September 1953DC
Batman
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Batman
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Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies
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Batman Gallery, The
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Battle of the Planets
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Best of DC, The
Feature: cover reprint19792November-December 1979DC
Best of DC, The
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Best of DC, The
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Best of DC, The
Feature: Binky & His Buddies197970March 1986DC
Big Boy
Feature: 195610July 1957Artima
Big Edsel Band

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Big Town
Feature: Johnny Law19512February 1951DC
Big Town
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Big Town
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Big Town
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Big Town
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Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery
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Brave and the Bold, The
Feature: Batman versus Eclipso195564February-March 1966DC
Brave and the Bold, The
Feature: Batman & Green Lantern195569December 1966-January
1967DC
Captain Storm
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Chamber of Chills
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Comic Cavalcade
Feature: Superboy194245June-July, 1951DC
Congo Bill
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1955DC
Congo Bill
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DC 100-Page Super Spectacular
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DC Silver Age Classics
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Detective Comics
Feature: Batman and Robin1937105November 1945DC
Detective Comics
Feature: Batman and Robin1937107January 1946DC
Detective Comics
Feature: Batman and Robin1937109March 1946DC
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Feature: Batman and Robin1937110April 1946DC
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Feature: Batman and Robin1937111May 1946DC

Detective Comics
Detective Comics
Feature: Batman and Robin1937112June 1946DC
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Feature: Batman and Robin1937114August 1946DC
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Feature: Batman and Robin1937115September 1946DC
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Feature: Batman and Robin1937116October 1946DC
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Detective Comics
Feature: Batman and Robin1937120February 1947DC

Detective Comics
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Feature: Superboy1937155January 1950DC
Detective Comics
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Detective Comics
Detective Comics
Detective Comics
Feature: Superman & Batman1937160June 1950DC
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Feature: Batman and Robin1937161July 1950DC
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Feature: Superboy1937162August 1950DC
Detective Comics
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Detective Comics
Detective Comics
Detective Comics
Feature: Batman and Robin1937166December 1950DC
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Detective Comics
Detective Comics
Detective Comics
Feature: Green Arrow, Tomahawk, Shining
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Detective Comics
Detective Comics
Detective Comics
Feature: Buzzy1937171May 1951DC

Detective Comics
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Feature: Buzzy1937182April 1952DC
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Feature: Buzzy1937185July 1952DC
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Feature: Buzzy1937189November 1952DC
Detective Comics
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Feature: Buzzy1937191January 1953DC
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Detective Comics
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Feature: Leave It to Binky1937193March 1953DC
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Detective Comics
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Feature: Binky1937198August 1953DC
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Detective Comics
Feature: United Nations Day, October 24th1937201November
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Detective Comics
Feature: Binky1937202December 1953DC
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Feature: Binky1937204February 1954DC
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Feature: Superboy1937209July 1954DC
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Detective Comics
Feature: Superboy1937214December 1954DC
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Feature: Your United Nations at Work1937217March 1955DC
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Detective Comics
Detective Comics
Detective Comics
Feature: Buzzy1937220June 1955DC
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Feature: Binky1937221July 1955DC

Detective Comics
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Feature: Binky1937222August 1955DC
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Feature: How a Nation is Born1937226December 1955DC
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Feature: Binky1937227January 1956DC
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Feature: Buzzy1937228February 1956DC
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Detective Comics
Feature: Binky1937229March 1956DC
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Detective Comics
Feature: Do-It-Yourself Safety Rules!1937233July 1956DC
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Feature: Peter Porkchops1937234August 1956DC
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Detective Comics
Feature: Buzzy1937255May 1958DC
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Feature: Binky1937275January 1960DC
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Feature: Buzzy1937302April 1962DC
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Feature: You Get What You Pay For!1937323January 1964DC
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Detective Comics
Feature: 1937357November 1966DC
Detective Comics
Detective Comics
Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom
Feature: Prof Harbinger196215December 1965Gold Key

Feature: Prof Harbinger196216June 1966Gold Key
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Feature: Prof Harbinger196219April 1967Gold Key
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Feature: Prof Harbinger196221October 1967Gold Key
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Feature: Prof Harbinger196224July 1968Gold Key
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Feature: Prof Harbinger196226January 1969Gold Key
Dracula Lives
Feature: 197310January 1975Marvel
Dracula Lives
Edderkoppen
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Forlag
Emergency (magazine)
Feature: Emergency19764January 1977Charlton
Essential Showcase 1956-1959, The
Feature: feature1992nn1988DC
Falling In Love
Feature: The Adventures of Cindy the Salesgirl195598Apr
1968DC
Falling In Love
Feature: Cindy the Salesgirl1955104Jan 1969DC
Falling In Love
Feature: What the Stars Forecast for You1955106Apr 1969DC
Falling In Love
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Fantastici Quattro, I
Feature: Sub Mariner197112323 Dicembre 1975Editoriale Corno
Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion
Feature: 19727September-October 1972DC
Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion
Feature: 197211June-July 1973DC
Funny Folks
Funny Folks
Feature: Superman194621DC
Gang Busters
Gang Busters
Feature: 19475August-September 1948DC
Gang Busters
Gang Busters
Feature: Perfect Crime Mystery19476October-November 1948DC
Gang Busters
Feature: 19479April-May 1949DC
Gang Busters
Feature: Perfect Crime Mystery19479April-May 1949DC
Gang Busters
Gang Busters
Feature: 194725December-January 1951-52DC
Gang Busters
Gang Busters
Gang Busters
Ghosts
Ghosts
Feature: 197189June 1980DC
Ghosts
Feature: 197191August 1980DC
Ghosts
Giant Superman Annual #1 Replica Edition
Feature: Superman1998nn1998DC
Giant-Size Chillers
Feature: 19751February 1975Marvel
Greatest Fifties Stories Ever Told, The
Feature: Peter Porkchops [public service page]1990nn1990DC

Greatest Fifties Stories Ever Told, The
Feature: public service page1990nn1990DC
Greatest Golden-Age Stories Ever Told, The
Feature: Superboy1990nn1990DC
Feature: 197212September 1973Gold Key
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Feature: 197221January 1975Gold Key
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Monsters Unleashed
Feature: 19736June 1974Marvel
Movie Town Animal Antics
Feature: Superboy195038May-June 1952DC
Feature: Leave It to Binky195043March-April 1953DC
Feature: Buzzy195046September-October 1953DC
Feature: Mr. District Attorney19483May-June 1948DC
Feature: Mr. District Attorney19484July-August 1948DC
Feature: Mr. District Attorney19486November-December 1948DC
Feature: Perfect Crime Mystery19488March-April 1949DC
Feature: Special Feature194818November-December 1950DC
Feature: Mr. District Attorney194820March-April 1951DC

Feature: Mr. District Attorney194823September-October 1951DC
Feature: Mr. District Attorney194830November-December
1952DC
Feature: Mr. District Attorney194831January-February 1953DC
Feature: Buzzy [public service page]194835September-October
1953DC

1953DC
1954DC
Feature: Casebook Mystery194843January-February 1955DC
Feature: 194845May-June 1955DC

1955DC
My Greatest Adventure
Feature: Buzzy [public service page]19556November-December
1955DC
Feature: Binky [public service page]19558March-April 1956DC
Feature: 19558March-April 1956DC
Feature: Binky [public service page]195582September 1963DC
Mystery Comics Digest

Feature: 197226October 1975Gold Key
Phantom Stranger, The
Feature: Superman [public service page]19523December-January
1952-53DC
Feature: Superboy [public service page]19524February-March
1953DC
Feature: Superman [public service page]19525April-May 1953DC
Plastic Man
Feature: Plastic Man19662January-February 1967DC
Plastic Man
Feature: Plastic Man19662January-February 1967DC

Plastic Man
Feature: Plastic Man19663March-April 1967DC
Plastic Man
Feature: Plastic Man19664May-June 1967DC
Plastic Man
Feature: Plastic Man19665July-August 1967DC
Plastic Man
Feature: Plastic Man19666September-October 1967DC
Plastic Man
Feature: Plastic Man19666September-October 1967DC
Plastic Man
Feature: Plastic Man19667November-December 1967DC
Ripley's Believe It Or Not



Sea Devils
1962DC
Secret Hearts
Feature: Cindy the Salesgirl1949133Jan 1969DC
Secret Hearts
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Secret Hearts
Feature: Romance1949139Oct 1969DC
Showcase
Feature: 19561March-April 1956DC
Six Million Dollar Man, The (magazine)
Feature: Six Million Dollar Man19763November 1976Charlton
Spidey Super Stories
Feature: Spider-Man19741October 1974Marvel

Feature: Spider-Man19742November 1974Marvel
Feature: Spider-Man19743December 1974Marvel
Feature: Spider-Man19744January 1975Marvel
Feature: Spider-Man19745February 1975Marvel

Feature: Spider-Man19746March 1975Marvel
Feature: Spider-Man19747April 1975Marvel
Feature: Spider-Man19748May 1975Marvel
Feature: Spider-Man19749June 1975Marvel

Feature: Spider-Man197410July 1975Marvel
Feature: Spider-Man197411August 1975Marvel
Feature: Spider-Man197412September 1975Marvel

Feature: Moondragon197431February 1978Marvel
Feature: Power Man197448September 1980Marvel
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Feature: Captain America197451March 1981Marvel

Star Spangled Comics
Feature: Robin194165February 1947DC
Feature: Robin194166March 1947DC
Feature: Robin194166March 1947DC
Feature: Robin194167April 1947DC
Feature: Robin194167April 1947DC
Feature: Robin194168May 1947DC
Feature: Robin194168May 1947DC
Feature: Robin194169June 1947DC
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Feature: Robin194170July 1947DC
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Feature: Star Spangled Kid194171August 1947DC
Feature: Star Spangled Kid194172September 1947DC
Feature: Robin194173October 1947DC
Feature: Star Spangled Kid194173October 1947DC
Feature: Robin194174November 1947DC
Feature: Star Spangled Kid194174November 1947DC
Feature: Star Spangled Kid194175December 1947DC
Feature: Robin194176January 1948DC
Feature: Star Spangled Kid194176January 1948DC

Feature: Star Spangled Kid194177February 1948DC
Feature: Star Spangled Kid194178March 1948DC
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Feature: Star Spangled Kid194180May 1948DC
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Feature: Star Spangled Kid194182July 1948DC
Feature: Star Spangled Kid194183August 1948DC
Feature: Robin194184September 1948DC
Feature: Star Spangled Kid194184September 1948DC

Feature: Robin194185October 1948DC
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1948DC
Feature: Star Spangled Kid featuring Merry194186November
1948DC
Feature: Merry, the Girl of a Thousand
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Feature: Merry, the Girl of a Thousand Gimmicks194188January
1949DC
Feature: Merry, the Girl of a Thousand Gimmicks194190February
1949DC
Feature: Perfect Crime Mystery194191April 1949DC
Strange Adventures
Feature: 19508May 1951DC
Sub-Mariner
Feature: Sub-Mariner196861May 1973Marvel
Sugar & Spike
Feature: Binky [public service page]19562June-July 1956DC
Sugar & Spike
Feature: Peter Porkchops [public service page]19563August-
September
1956DC
Sugar & Spike
Feature: Binky [public service page]19564October-November
1956DC
Sugar & Spike
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Sugar & Spike
1965DC
Sugar & Spike
Feature: Superboy [public service page]195659June-July 1965DC
Super Adventure Comic
Feature: Supergirl196050Circa 1972-1973K. G. Murray
Super-Team Family
Feature: Batman versus Eclipso19755June-July 1976DC

Superboy
Feature: Superboy [public service page]19496January-February
1950DC
Superboy
Feature: Superboy [public service page]194912January-February
1951DC
Superboy
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Superboy
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Superboy
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Superboy
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Superboy
1951DC
Superboy
Feature: Superman [public service page]194917November-
December
1951DC
Superboy
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Superboy
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Superboy
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Superboy
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1952DC
Superboy
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Superboy
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1953DC
Superboy
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1953DC
Superboy
Feature: Superboy194925April-May 1953DC
Superboy
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1953DC
Superboy
Superboy
Superboy
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1953DC
Superboy
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Superboy
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1953DC
Superboy
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Superboy
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Superboy
Superboy
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Superboy
Superboy
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Superboy
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Superboy
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Superboy
Superboy
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Superboy
Superboy
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Superboy
Superboy
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Superboy
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Superboy
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blame my affliction on my Parents, who taught and encouraged my brother

including comics. My Mom would bring home a box of coverless comics

Teen Titans, My Brother Tim read Spiderman. Luckily we shared our

first exposed to Win Mortimer's artwork. Crisp, clean storytelling outside

on with your life.

b. 1 May 1919 Hamilton Ontario

He was born on 1 May 1919 in Hamilton Ontario. After High School, he

anatomy and met other cartoonists.

During WWII, Mortimer designed posters for the Canadian Ministry of

Information, also known as the Ministry of Truth. He returned to New

Mortimer also regularly took on advertising and freelance assignments. As

obviously practiced this method as the Batman passed through many,

sneakily forced the word "Win" or "Winslow" in his backgrounds. After

By the end of his career, Mortimer was primarily working on commercial

Illustrations and advertising, but kept his hand in cartooning on

occasional comic book assignments. Winslow Mortimer died at 11 January

James Winslow Mortimer, or simply Win Mortimer, was born in

James Mortimer, who worked at the poster department of a lithography

Win joined the Canadian Army in 1940, as part of the Commonwealth

discharged in 1941 due to illness and began work at the Otis-Fensom

A little history behind the Otis-Fensom Company:

(1902-1905, 1927-1985, headquartered in Hamilton)

other manufacturing companies

and incorporated the Otis Elevator Company ("Otis U.S.A."). Meanwhile,

John Fensom, after losing his Collingwood, Ontario, shipyard in a fire,

moved to Toronto, Ontario, and opened an elevator manufacturing shop on

Duke Street in 1885.

took a holiday in Quebec. On his way back to New York, he passed

through Southern Ontario. Impressed by the industrial development of the

area, he decided to put a subsidiary of the Otis U.S.A. Company

somewhere in Canada. Toronto, Montreal

(Quebec), Hamilton (Ontario), and Peterborough (Ontario) were all vying

location. On August 22, 1902, three small elevator companies in

Three years later, C.O.E. merged with Fensom's Toronto elevator

manufacturing company to become the Otis-Fensom Elevator Company

new company would manufacture all types of

elevators and escalators, while the corporate headquarters remained in

O.F.E. immediately began to establish sales offices in various principal

to manufacturing elevators with the same success as before.

The corporate headquarters of O.F.E. returned to Hamilton in 1927, and

International Union of Elevator Constructors.

The company was negatively affected by the Great Depression of the

The federal government built a gun plant on O.F.E.'s premises in 1940,

where 3,000 workers hired by the company would produce anti-aircraft

The job, using boys and girls."

Studebaker of Canada in March 1946.

Spectator Article circa 1955

Byline: CITY ARTIST DRAWS COMIC STRIP ABOUT MINISTER

Headline: SPECTATOR WILL FEATURE DAVID CRANE

quiet but brighter than average childish pencillings, is syndication a new

kind of comic strip soon to appear in Canadian and United States

trials and tribulations in trying to build up a broken down parish in a rural