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[[File:Gil_Kane.jpg|thumb|Gil Kane at the 1976 San Diego Comic-Con.]]'''Gil Kane''' (April | [[File:Gil_Kane.jpg|250px|thumb|Gil Kane at the 1976 San Diego Comic-Con.]]'''Gil Kane''' (6 April 1926 – 31 January 2000), born Eli Katz, was an American comic book artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and every major comics company and character. | ||
Kane co-created the modern-day versions of the superheroes [[Green Lantern (nonfiction)|Green Lantern]] and the Atom for [[DC Comics (nonfiction)|DC Comics]], and co-created Iron Fist with Roy Thomas for Marvel Comics. | |||
He was involved in such major storylines as that of The Amazing Spider-Man #96–98, which, at the behest of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, bucked the then-prevalent Comics Code Authority to depict drug abuse, and ultimately spurred an update of the Code. | |||
Kane pioneered an early [[Graphic novel (nonfiction)|graphic novel]] prototype, ''His Name is...Savage'', in 1968, and a seminal graphic novel, ''Blackmark'', in 1971. | |||
In 1997, he was inducted into both the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame and the Harvey Award Jack Kirby Hall of Fame. | In 1997, he was inducted into both the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame and the Harvey Award Jack Kirby Hall of Fame. | ||
== In the News == | |||
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File:Green Lantern Showcase 22.png|link=Green Lantern (nonfiction)|First appearance of Silver Age [[Green Lantern (nonfiction)|Green Lantern]] is awesome, Kane fans declare. | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Gil Kane]] | * [[Gil Kane]] - clues have emerged which suggest that that "Gil Kane" was the secret identity of an as-yet unidentified superhero. | ||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Green Lantern (nonfiction)]] | * [[Green Lantern (nonfiction)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:51, 6 April 2021
Gil Kane (6 April 1926 – 31 January 2000), born Eli Katz, was an American comic book artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and every major comics company and character.
Kane co-created the modern-day versions of the superheroes Green Lantern and the Atom for DC Comics, and co-created Iron Fist with Roy Thomas for Marvel Comics.
He was involved in such major storylines as that of The Amazing Spider-Man #96–98, which, at the behest of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, bucked the then-prevalent Comics Code Authority to depict drug abuse, and ultimately spurred an update of the Code.
Kane pioneered an early graphic novel prototype, His Name is...Savage, in 1968, and a seminal graphic novel, Blackmark, in 1971.
In 1997, he was inducted into both the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame and the Harvey Award Jack Kirby Hall of Fame.
In the News
First appearance of Silver Age Green Lantern is awesome, Kane fans declare.
Fiction cross-reference
- Gil Kane - clues have emerged which suggest that that "Gil Kane" was the secret identity of an as-yet unidentified superhero.
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Gil Kane @ Wikipedia