Vince Alascia
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Vince Alascia, circa 1942
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| Born | Vincent Alascia January 14, 1914 |
| Died | September 3, 1998 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Inker |
| Pseudonym(s) | Nicholas Alascia |
Vincent Alascia (January 14, 1914 – September 3, 1998), also known as Nicholas Alascia, was an American comic book artist known for his work on Captain America during the Golden Age of comics, and for his 23-year run as inker on a single creative team, with penciler Charles Nicholas Wojtkowski (as "Charles Nicholas") and writer Joe Gill at Charlton Comics from 1953 to 1976.
Vince Alascia was on staff at Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, where the artist and comics historian Jim Steranko credits him for art as early as USA Comics #5 (Summer 1942), on the masked-crimefighter feature "American Avenger". When Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby left Timely after issue #10 (Jan. 1942) of the eponymous book, Alascia penciled the hero's adventures in the sister title All Select Comics #2–10 (Winter 1943/1944 to Summer 1946), generally inked by Allen Bellman, and in several issues of All Winners Comics, with a variety of inkers, starting with #11 (Winter 1943/1944). Syd Shores and Al Avison had taken over art duties on Captain America Comics, and Alascia shortly afterward filled-in as Shores' inker while Avison did his World War II military service.
Alascia later went into rotation as one of the various Captain America Comics artists in any given issue. Examples of his work in that flagship title include the story "Ali Baba and His Forty Nazis" in issue #32 (Nov. 1943), inking Ken Bald, and "The Crime Dictator" in issue #47 (June 1945), which Alascia penciled.
It was Alascia, inked by Bob Powell, who drew the Captain American and Bucky chapters in the two magazine-length stories – rare for the time – of the superhero team the All-Winners Squad in the (non-hyphenated) All Winners Comics #19 (Fall 1946) and #21 (Winter 1946; there was no issue #20). Additionally, in issue #19, Alascia inked Shores on the chapter starring superheroine Miss America. In issue #21, he also pencilled both the Whizzer chapter and the final chapter, and inked Avison's Sub-Mariner chapter.
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