Al Plastino - Artist Info

About Al Plastino

  • Biography

    Following is The New York Times obituary of Al Plastino.

    Al Plastino, 91, Dies; Drew Many Superheroes
    By WILLIAM YARDLEY
    Published: November 29, 2013

    In the heyday of Superman comic books — the late 1940s through the 1960s — Al Plastino drew scores of issues, earning $50 per page as a freelancer for the publisher that became known as DC Comics. In the late '50s he helped create new characters, including Supergirl, and the Legion of Super-Heroes, and he drew the syndicated Superman and Batman newspaper strips.

    But in his telling, Mr. Plastino, who died on Monday at 91 in Patchogue, N.Y., took his greatest pride in a single special issue, Superman's Mission for President Ke...

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