George Tuska
(b. 26/4/1916, USA)
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George Tuska finished his studies at the National Academy School of Art at age 21. In 1939, he became assistant on 'Scorchy Smith'. At the same time, he joined the graphic studios of Jerry Iger and Will Eisner. There he worked on several comic books, like 'Jungle', 'Wings', 'Planet Wonderworld' and 'Mystery Men'. In the 1940s, Tuska created the character 'Hercule' for Quality Comics and, as a member of Studio Chesler, he drew several episodes of 'Captain Marvel', 'Golden Arrow', 'Uncle Sam' and 'El Carim'.
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Tuska was mobilized during World War II, and he had to postpone his comic activities, but did draw for some army magazines. After the war, he continued in the comic field with 'The Crime Does Not Pay', as well as 'Black Terror', 'Crimebuster' and 'Doc Savage'. He also became the main illustrator on 'Scorchy Smith' from 1954 to 1959. In 1959, he took over the daily and Sunday 'Buck Rogers' pages, which he continued until 1965 (daily) and 1967 (Sunday).
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In the late 1960s, Tuska started working for Marvel, where he contributed to the series 'Ghost Rider', 'Planet of the Apes', 'X-Men', 'Daredevil' and 'Iron Man'. He continued drawing superhero comics for DC, including 'Superman', 'Superboy' and 'Challengers of the Unknown'. In 1978, along with José Delbo, Paul Kupperberg and Martin Pasko, Tuska started a new version of the daily 'Superman' comic. Tuska worked on this series until 1993.
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