Sol Brodsky

Sol Brodsky
Cover of Marvel Age 22 (January 1985)
Featuring Sol Brodsky, art by John Romita Sr.
BornSoloman Brodsky
(1923-04-22)April 22, 1923
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedJune 4, 1984(1984-06-04) (aged 61)
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Penciller, Inker
Pseudonym(s)Solly B.
Spouse(s)
Selma Cohen
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(m. 1948)​

Soloman "Sol" Brodsky (April 22, 1923 – June 4, 1984)[1][2] was an American comic book artist who, as Marvel Comics' Silver Age production manager, was one of the key architects of the small company's expansion to a major popular culture conglomerate. He later rose to vice president, operations; and vice president, special projects. "Sol was really my right-hand man for years", described Marvel editor and company patriarch Stan Lee.[3]

Brodsky worked primarily behind the scenes, uncredited. His accomplishments include co-creating, with letterer Artie Simek, the long-familiar logo of The Amazing Spider-Man,[4][a] as well as other Marvel logos still in use in the mid-2000s. He was belatedly credited after decades as the inker of Jack Kirby's pencil art for The Fantastic Four #3–4 (March–May 1962) and many other landmark comics.

Lee described Brodsky as "my assistant for years and the company's production head. He could write, he could draw, he could ink — he could do everything."[7]

  1. ^ 'Soloman Brodsky' at the United States Social Security Death Index via FamilySearch.org. Retrieved on February 21, 2013. Archived from the original on July 19, 2015.
  2. ^ "Marvel Vice President/Administration Sol Brodsky Dies at Age of 61". The Comics Journal. No. 92. August 1984. p. 18.
  3. ^ Daniels, Les (1991). Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics. Harry N. Abrams. p. 105.
  4. ^ Sol Brodsky at the Lambiek Comiclopedia. Archived July 24, 2010.
  5. ^ "The Amazing Spider-Man #2". Alpha.com. Archived from the original on October 31, 2006. Retrieved 2006-01-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ Houck, Eric. "The Back-Issue Bin: The Amazing Spider-Man #1". Archived from the original on October 25, 2006. Retrieved 2006-01-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ Meth, Clifford (April 29, 2004). "Stan Lee: Grand Master - Part Two"". Meth Addict. Comics Bulletin. Archived from the original on Sep 4, 2008 – via Silver Bullet Comics "Past Masters" column. Conducted '18 years ago.'


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