John Tartaglione

John Tartaglione
Tartaglione
Born(1921-01-14)January 14, 1921
DiedNovember 12, 2003(2003-11-12) (aged 82)
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Penciller, Inker
Pseudonym(s)John Tartag
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Notable works
Collaborations with Jim Steranko
The Life of Pope John Paul II

John Tartaglione (January 14, 1921 – November 12, 2003),[1][2] a.k.a. John Tartag and other pseudonyms, was an American comic book artist best known as a 1950s romance-comics artist; a Marvel Comics inker during the Silver Age of comic books; and the illustrator of the Marvel biographies The Life of Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the first of which at least sold millions of copies worldwide in several languages.

  1. ^ Comics Buyer's Guide #1650; February 2009; Page 107
  2. ^ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JR7Q-8JW : accessed 5 Mar 2013), John Tartaglione, 12 November 2003.