Paul Reinman

Paul J. Reinman (2 September 1910, Germany—27 September 1988) was an American comic book artist best known as one of industry legend's Jack Kirby's frequent inkers during what comics fans and historians call the Silver Age of comic books. This included such landmarks as the first issues of The Incredible Hulk and The X-Men. Reinman entered the field in the 1940s at All-American Comics, one of the companies that later merged into DC Comics, workin... more

Paul J. Reinman (2 September 1910, Germany—27 September 1988) was an American comic book artist best known as one of industry legend's Jack Kirby's frequent inkers during what comics fans and historians call the Silver Age of comic books. This included such landmarks as the first issues of The Incredible Hulk and The X-Men. Reinman entered the field in the 1940s at All-American Comics, one of the companies that later merged into DC Comics, working on such characters as the Golden Age Green Lantern and Wildcat before succeeding series creators Ben Flinton and Jon Kozlak on The Atom from 1947 to 1949. Other Golden Age characters he drew include Starman and Wonder Woman. Reinman also worked for MLJ, the company that would become Archie Comics, on characters including the Black Hood, the Hangman and the Wizard. His Golden Age work for Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel, included Human Torch and Sub-Mariner stories in Captain America Comics and elsewhere. He went on to pencil... less