“Supergirl” artist Jim Mooney dies
Mark Evanier at his News From Me site has noted that prolific artist Jim Mooney has died. Mooney was probably best known for his “Supergirl” stories in “Action Comics,” but worked on many comics for Marvel and DC, including “House of Mystery,” “Man-Thing” and “Omega the Unknown.”
From Evanier’s site:
For those who grew up reading comics in the sixties, Mooney was the Supergirl artist. He was assigned to the strip for the most prosaic of reasons — her strip replaced the Tommy Tomorrow strip in Action Comics, and it was easier on the schedule to keep the same artist on that slot. Al Plastino drew the first installment but Jim took over after, making the character his own and drawing her from 1959 to 1968. During much of this time, he lived back in Los Angeles, managing an antiquarian bookstore on Hollywood Boulevard and drawing pages there when he wasn’t waiting on customers. At one point, he hired some young art students to help around the store and they occasionally inked backgrounds for him, as well.
– Matt Price
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