John
Forte was a journeyman comics artist who started in 1941 over at
Timely. John did a significant amount of work at Quality and ACG, but
found his most consistent home over at DC. Silver Age enthusiasts
will remember him as the original series artist on the Legion Of
Super Heroes strip, as well as for his turns on Lois Lane, Jimmy
Olsen and the Bizzaro series.
But
before those costumed hero jobs, Forte was kind of a Romance
specialist. Here is a 1950 strip John drew from the Quality book
HOLLYWOOD DIARY called “Bewitched by Success”. With no disrespect
to the man, I have to say that this earlier stuff appeals to me more
than the 60’s material.
Forte
might have garnered a larger reputation with his superhero work had
he continued producing, Sadly, at age 47 Forte lost his battle with
colon cancer and passed away in 1965.
Pat
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