Ross Andru (June 15, 1927 – November 9, 1993) was an American comic book artist and editor. He is best known for his work on The Amazing Spider-Man and Wonder Woman and for co-creating the Metal Men (with writer Robert Kanigher in Showcase # 37 in 1962) and the Punisher (with writer Gerry Conway in The Amazing Spider-Man #129 in 1974).
His most frequent collaborator was inker Mike Esposito, as the two worked together on various projects over a sp...
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Ross Andru (June 15, 1927 – November 9, 1993) was an American comic book artist and editor. He is best known for his work on The Amazing Spider-Man and Wonder Woman and for co-creating the Metal Men (with writer Robert Kanigher in Showcase # 37 in 1962) and the Punisher (with writer Gerry Conway in The Amazing Spider-Man #129 in 1974).
His most frequent collaborator was inker Mike Esposito, as the two worked together on various projects over a span of four decades. Working with Esposito, Andru was the co-founder of his own comic book company, MR Publications in 1951 and dipped his hand into self-publishing two times after that with the companies MikeRoss in 1953 and Klevart Enterprizes in 1970. Among the titles published were Get Lost, Mr. Mistery and 3D Love. Another venture into self-publishing, in 1990, failed before funding could be found.
Andru's first professional comic book work was for the Tarzan newspaper strip in 1948.
In the 1950s and early 1960s Andru worked primarily on...
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