George Klein (comics)
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| Born | 1915 Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Died | May 10, 1969 (aged 53–54) New York City |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Inker |
| Pseudonym(s) | Nick Karlton Mark Midnight |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia |
George Dunsford Klein (1915- May 10, 1969) was an American comic book artist and cartoonist whose career stretched from the 1930s and 1940s' Golden Age of comic books. He was best known as an inker for DC Comics, where he was an integral part of the Superman family of titles from 1955 to 1968, and for Marvel Comics, where he was the generally recognized, uncredited inker on Jack Kirby's pencil art for the landmark comic book The Fantastic Four #1.
Klein was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, to George and Matilda Klein. By age four, he was living with his family in Laramie, Wyoming. In 1940, at age 24, Klein was living in Norfolk, Massachusetts and was already an accomplished artist. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II. Klein attended the Kansas City Art Institute and New York's Cartoonists and Illustrators School.
At Marvel Comics' 1940s precursor, Timely Comics, Klein was both a penciler and an inker, initially on superhero features. He was among the pencilers of the super-speedster the Whizzer, in All Winners Comics #8–9, Spring-Summer 1943). He had inked that early Marvel character, over Mike Sekowsky's pencils, as early as All Winners #3 (Winter 1941/42). Klein also worked on the characters Miss America (inking the premiere issue in 1944), the Young Allies, the Black Marvel, the Golden Age Black Widow, the Defender, and, under the pseudonym Nick Karlton, the Challenger. Klein found himself more utilized, however, in what was called Timely's "animator" bullpen, which created such movie tie-in and original funny animal comics as Mighty Mouse and Animated Funny Comic-Tunes.
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