Michael Sekowsky was an American comics artist known as the penciler for DC Comics' Justice League of America during most of the 1960s, and as the regular writer and artist on Wonder Woman during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
17 Facts About Mike Sekowsky
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Mike Sekowsky was born in Lansford, Pennsylvania, and began working in the comics medium in 1941, as an artist at Marvel Comics' predecessor, Timely Comics, in New York City.
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Mike Sekowsky developed a reputation as one of the fastest artists in the comics field.
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Mike Sekowsky said, 'I'll get you a job making $35 a week as a [staff] inker, and you can [additionally] freelance over the weekend.
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Mike Sekowsky went to editor Stan Lee and got me the job.
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Mike Sekowsky bestowed expensive gifts on her even after his marriage to Latta, causing friction in the Timely bullpen, which she left in 1949.
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Mike Sekowsky went to Stan Lee and said, 'Stan, I want her fired, and if she doesn't get fired, I'm going to quit'.
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Mike Sekowsky continued drawing for Timely in multiple genres through the 1940s and into the 1950s, on such Western characters as the Apache Kid, the Black Rider, and Kid Colt for Marvel's 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics.
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Mike Sekowsky later freelanced for other companies, drawing the television show spin-offs Gunsmoke and Buffalo Bill, Jr.
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Mike Sekowsky continued to draw for Dell in particular through the early 1960s.
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In 1952, Mike Sekowsky began working at DC Comics, where he drew romance comics and science fiction titles under the editorship of Julius Schwartz.
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Fox and Mike Sekowsky added to the membership of the Justice League by inducting new members Green Arrow, the Atom, and Hawkman.
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Mike Sekowsky married his second wife, Josephine, called Pat, in October 1967.
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Mike Sekowsky's run on the series included a variety of themes, from espionage to mythological adventure.
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Mike Sekowsky contributed a story about Wonder Woman and Batman to The Brave and the Bold.
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Mike Sekowsky wrote and drew features for the series-tryout comic-book series Showcase during the last three years of its run.
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Mike Sekowsky won a 1963 Alley Award for Favorite Novel and a 1981 Inkpot Award.