Gil Kane
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Gil Kane at the 1976 San Diego Comic-Con.
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| Born | Eli Katz April 6, 1926 Riga, Latvia |
| Died | January 31, 2000 (aged 73) Florida, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller |
| Pseudonym(s) | Scott Edward, Gil Stack, Stack Til, Stacktil, Pen Star, Phil Martell |
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Notable works
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Green Lantern Atom Spider-Man Iron Fist |
| Awards |
National Cartoonists Society Award, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1977 Shazam Award, 1971 Inkpot Award 1975 |
Gil Kane (born Eli Katz; April 6, 1926 – January 31, 2000) was a Latvian-born 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 additionally 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.
Gil Kane was born Eli Katz on April 6, 1926, in Latvia to a Jewish family that immigrated to the U.S. in 1929, settling in Brooklyn, New York City. His father was a struggling poultry merchant. Kane attended high school at Manhattan's School of Industrial Art, but left in his senior year when he saw an opportunity to work at MLJ Comics (later Archie Comics). He recalled in a 1996 interview,
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