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10 Facts About Frank Thorne

1.

Benjamin Franklin Thorne was an American comic book artist-writer, best known for the Marvel Comics character Red Sonja.

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Frank Thorne began his comics career in 1948, penciling romance comics for Standard Comics.

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Frank Thorne turned out a multitude of stories for Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim, The Green Hornet, Tom Corbett Space Cadet, Tomahawk, Mighty Samson, Enemy Ace and numerous others.

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Frank Thorne subsequently created a number of erotic fantasy comics and characters, alongside other works.

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Frank Thorne wrote and produced the documentary Two Lords and a Lady, about Elizabeth Lee “Aunt Betty” Frazee and The Battle of the Short Hills.

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Frank Thorne's awards include a 1963 National Cartoonists Society award in the Comic Book Division, the 1978 San Diego Inkpot Award, the Playboy editorial award for best comic for Moonshine McJugs, Warren Magazine's Best Comic for Ghita of Alizarr, NJ Art Director's Club.

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Frank Thorne was known during the 1970s for attending comic book conventions in his persona as The Wizard judging Red Sonja Lookalike Contests.

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Frank Thorne was born in Rahway, New Jersey, and as of 2010 lived in Scotch Plains, New Jersey.

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9.

Frank Thorne wanted to be known as a master in all aspects of cartooning and illustration.

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10.

Frank Thorne acknowledged that he could not have done all that he had done without the support of Marilyn, his wife of sixty-nine years.

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