Richard Joseph Giordano was an American comics artist and editor whose career included introducing Charlton Comics' "Action Heroes" stable of superheroes and serving as executive editor of DC Comics.
18 Facts About Dick Giordano
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Dick Giordano, an only child, was born in New York City on July 20,1932, in the borough of Manhattan to Josephine Labruzzi and Graziano "Jack" Giordano.
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Dick Giordano was given several titles such as Teen Titans, Aquaman and Young Love, but none of DC's major series.
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Dick Giordano launched the horror comics series The Witching Hour in March 1969.
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Dick Giordano continued to freelance for DC as a penciler and inker.
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Dick Giordano drew several backup stories in Action Comics featuring the Human Target character as well as the martial arts feature "Sons of the Tiger" in Marvel's black-and-white comics magazine The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu.
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Dick Giordano inked Adams on the one-shot Superman vs Muhammad Ali in 1978.
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Dick Giordano provided art for several anniversary issues of key DC titles.
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Dick Giordano inked several major projects during this time such as George Perez's pencils on Crisis on Infinite Earths and John Byrne's pencils on The Man of Steel and Action Comics, though during this period he always employed assistants for inking backgrounds, filling in large black areas, and making final erasures.
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Dick Giordano left DC in 1993, and still did the occasional inking job, but later returned to freelancing full-time.
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Dick Giordano was one of the many artists who contributed to the Superman: The Wedding Album one-shot in 1996 wherein the title character married Lois Lane.
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Dick Giordano married the former Marie Trapani, sister of fellow comics artist Sal Trapani, on April 17,1955.
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Dick Giordano died from complications of her second stomach cancer surgery in February 1993.
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Dick Giordano had suffered from lymphoma and later from leukemia, secondary to the chemotherapy.
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Dick Giordano died on March 27,2010, due to complications of treatment for leukemia.
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Dick Giordano served as mentor or inspiration to a generation of inkers, including Terry Austin, Mike DeCarlo, and Bob Layton.
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Dick Giordano received recognition in the industry for his work, including the Alley Award for Best Editor in 1969.
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Dick Giordano won the Shazam Award for Best Inker in 1970,1971,1973, and 1974.