David Gantz
Atlas Tales
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- Creator Name
- David Gantz
- Date of Passing
- December 14, 2007
- Notes
- Born in 1922.
- Biography
- Gantz had an interesting career as well. We know him from his realistic work with Brown,
but most of his work is funny animal. There's a great article on him in one of the Comic
Profile issues from when he started his satirical comic strip Don Quichote (or was it called
Don Q).
Ger Apeldoorn
Gantz started out in funny-animal books for Timely. He was a friend of Al Jaffee's and Al told him to go over to Timely for work in the early 1940's. Gantz also drew teen humor strips for Timely and he told me he definitely did some super-hero work also. He's best known for the PURPLE CLAW at Toby, Elliot Caplin's company (Al Cap's brother). Eliot Caplin's daughter told me she couldn't believe any of that Toby artwork had survived.
Gantz also won an inkspot for his syndicated panel GANTZ GLANCES that ran for years in NEWSDAY in New York. But the most curious work he did was BEANBAGS, which was a scarcely seen creator-owned title. Gantz told me he owned the characters.
Doc V. - Links
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Mike Lynch's Tribute
Bail's Project Bio
Jews and the Graphic Novel by David Gantz
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Daring Mystery Comics 3 | April 1940 | |
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6pg art pencils signed |
Joker Comics 9 | June 1943 | |
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5284 9pg art pencils signed |
Little Lizzie 1 | June 1949 | |
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5313 1pg art pencils attributed |
Little Lizzie 1 | June 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 1 | June 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 1 | June 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 1 | June 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 1 | June 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 1 | June 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 1 | June 1949 | |
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5328 5pg art pencils attributed |
Little Lizzie 1 | June 1949 | |
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5578 4pg art pencils attributed |
Little Lizzie 2 | August 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 2 | August 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 2 | August 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 2 | August 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 2 | August 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 2 | August 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 2 | August 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 2 | August 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 2 | August 1949 | |
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5577 6pg art pencils attributed |
Little Lizzie 2 | August 1949 | |
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5527 5pg art pencils attributed |
Little Lizzie 2 | August 1949 | |
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Little Aspirin 2 | September 1949 | |
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Little Aspirin 2 | September 1949 | |
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Little Aspirin 2 | September 1949 | |
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Little Aspirin 2 | September 1949 | |
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Little Aspirin 2 | September 1949 | |
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Little Aspirin 2 | September 1949 | |
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Little Aspirin 2 | September 1949 | |
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Little Aspirin 2 | September 1949 | |
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Little Aspirin 2 | September 1949 | |
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Little Aspirin 2 | September 1949 | |
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6210 10pg art pencils attributed |
Little Lizzie 3 | October 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 3 | October 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 3 | October 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 3 | October 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 3 | October 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 3 | October 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 3 | October 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 3 | October 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 3 | October 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 3 | October 1949 | |
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Little Lizzie 3 | October 1949 | |
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5630 1pg art pencils attributed |
Little Lenny 3 | November 1949 | |
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Little Lenny 3 | November 1949 | |
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5989 1pg art pencils attributed |
Frankie Fuddle 17 | November 1949 | |
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Frankie Fuddle 17 | November 1949 | |
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5989 1pg art pencils attributed |
Frankie Fuddle 17 | November 1949 | |
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Frankie Fuddle 17 | November 1949 | |
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5759 1pg art pencils attributed |
Frankie Fuddle 17 | November 1949 | |
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Frankie Fuddle 17 | November 1949 | |
| story |
5630 1pg art pencils attributed |
Little Aspirin 3 | December 1949 | |
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Little Aspirin 3 | December 1949 | |
| story |
5630 1pg art pencils attributed |
Little Aspirin 3 | December 1949 | |
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1pg art pencils attributed |
Little Aspirin 3 | December 1949 | |
| story |
6777 10pg art pencils attributed |
Little Lizzie 4 | January 1950 | |
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5630 1pg art pencils attributed |
Little Lizzie 4 | January 1950 | |
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Little Lizzie 4 | January 1950 | |
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5630 1pg art pencils attributed |
Little Lizzie 4 | January 1950 | |
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Little Lizzie 4 | January 1950 | |
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6633 4pg art pencils attributed |
Little Lizzie 4 | January 1950 | |
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6776 4pg art pencils attributed |
Willie Comics (2nd - Jan 50) 22 | January 1950 | |
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6393 7pg art pencils attributed |
Little Lizzie 5 | April 1950 | |
| story |
5907 4pg art pencils attributed |
Little Lizzie 5 | April 1950 | |
| story |
6786 Stingy Saves the Day! 4pg art pencils attributed |
Little Lizzie 5 | April 1950 | |
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6750 4pg art pencils attributed |
Little Lizzie 5 | April 1950 | |
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6057 The Laugh's On Popsie! 4pg art pencils attributed |
Little Lizzie 5 | April 1950 | |
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6110 1pg art pencils attributed |
Junior Miss (2nd - Apr 47) 38 | May 1950 | |
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Junior Miss (2nd - Apr 47) 38 | May 1950 | |
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6110 1pg art pencils attributed |
Junior Miss (2nd - Apr 47) 38 | May 1950 | |
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Junior Miss (2nd - Apr 47) 38 | May 1950 | |
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6110 1pg art pencils attributed |
Patsy Walker 31 | November 1950 | |
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Patsy Walker 31 | November 1950 | |
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5528 1pg art pencils attributed |
Nellie the Nurse 25 | December 1950 | |
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Nellie the Nurse 25 | December 1950 | |
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6110 1pg art pencils attributed |
Patsy Walker 32 | January 1951 | |
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Patsy Walker 32 | January 1951 | |
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A-450 Too Much Moonlight 6pg art inks signed |
Love Tales 56 | June 1952 | |
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A-613 Somewhere Death Awaits 5pg art inks attributed |
Adventures Into Weird Worlds 8 | July 1952 | |
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A-706 The Black Gloves 5pg art inks signed |
Mystic 11 | August 1952 | |
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A-508 Ed's Young Wife! 3pg art inks signed |
Adventures Into Terror 11 | August 1952 | |
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A-620 Alone 4pg art inks attributed |
Adventures Into Weird Worlds 9 | August 1952 | |
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story |
A-464 Thru the Door 4pg art inks signed |
Journey Into Mystery 2 | August 1952 |
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A-879 Too Young For Love 5pg art inks signed |
Girl Confessions 17 | August 1952 | |
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A-843 The Dope Eloped! 5pg art inks signed |
Spellbound 7 | September 1952 | |
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A-809 Plain Girl 6pg art inks signed |
Actual Confessions 13 | October 1952 | |
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A-906 No Man of My Own! 5pg art inks signed |
Lovers 42 | October 1952 | |
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A-765 Rub Out 5pg art inks signed |
Justice 30 | October 1952 | |
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A-854 A Woman's Prerogative 5pg art inks signed |
Lovers 43 | November 1952 | |
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B-739 Hunger 4pg art inks signed |
Mystery Tales 9 | March 1953 | |
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B-846 Love Note! 6pg art inks signed |
Girl Confessions 24 | March 1953 | |
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A-743 The Crook They Couldn't Catch! 5pg art inks signed |
Justice 37 | May 1953 |
Journey Into Mystery 2
August 1952
August 1952