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Gil Kane

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Born April 6, 1926Died January 31, 2000 (73 years)
Gil Kane (/ɡɪl keɪn/; born Eli Katz /kæts/, Latvian: Elija Kacs; April 6, 1926 – January 31, 2000) was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually 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 and Adam Warlock with Roy Thomas for Marvel Comics. He was involved in the anti-drug storyline in 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.

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Known For

  • Marvel's Iron Fist
  • Marvel's The Defenders

Filmography

2017
Marvel's The Defenders (TV Series) · as Based On The Marvel Comics By
2017
Marvel's Iron Fist (TV Series) · as Comic Book
2015
Cartoon Superheroes Abridged (TV Series) · as Characters
2010
Death Battle! (TV Series) · as Atom Created By
1992
The Green Goblin's Last Stand · as Comic Book Story
1988
Superman (1988) (TV Series) · as Production Designer

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