Win Mortimer

James Winslow "Win" Mortimer (May 1, 1919 – January 11, 1998) was a comic book and comic strip artist best known as one of the major illustrators of the DC Comics superhero Superman. He additionally drew for Marvel Comics, Gold Key, and other publishers. Mortimer was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Trained as an artist by his father, who worked for a lithography company, and at the Art Students League of New York, Win Mortimer found work as an... more

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  • May 1, 1919

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  • Jan 11, 1998 (age 78 years)

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