Bob Brown (comics)
| Bob Brown | |
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| Born | William Robert Brown August 22, 1915 |
| Died | January 1977 (aged 61) |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller |
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Notable works
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Avengers, Challengers of the Unknown Daredevil, Detective Comics, "Space Ranger", Superboy, Tomahawk |
William Robert "Bob" Brown (August 22, 1915 – January 1977) was an American comic book artist with an extensive career from the early 1940s through the 1970s. With writers Edmond Hamilton and Gardner Fox, Brown co-created the DC Comics hero Space Ranger, drawing the character's complete run from his debut in the try-out comic Showcase #15 (Aug. 1958) through Mystery in Space #103 (July 1965).
Brown also penciled the DC title Challengers of the Unknown, taking over from Jack Kirby, from 1959 to 1968.
Brown was born in Syracuse, New York, to a father who managed a vaudeville theater and a mother who worked as a pianist. He attended the Hartford Art School and the Rhode Island School of Design. Following his parents into show business, he performed as youth in a song-and-dance act with his sister and younger brother, starting around 1927. They worked together into the early 1930s. After graduating from high school, Brown and his sister worked in night clubs and theater as a duo. By the latter 1930s, Brown was a solo dancer while his sister worked with the Tommy Dorsey Band.
In 1940, he was drafted and served in the Army Air Corps as an aircraft radio operator at Scott Field, Illinois. Later, Brown became an aviation cadet at Kelly Field in San Antonio, Texas. After washing out as a pilot, Brown, a commissioned officer, trained in Hondo, Texas, as a bombardier and a navigator, serving on a B-29 bomber in the Pacific theater of World War II. He flew 35 missions over Japan in the 877th Squadron of General Curtis LeMay's 20th Bomber Command. Brown earned six Air Medals and a Distinguished Flying Cross.
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