1. Salvatore A "Sal" Trapani was an American comic-book artist active from the 1940s Golden Age of comics through the 1960s Silver Age and into the 1980s.
10 Facts About Sal Trapani
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Sal Trapani is best known as a journeyman inker and occasional penciller for a variety of comics publishers.
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Sal Trapani was born in Brooklyn, New York City in 1927.
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Sal Trapani attended the School of Visual Arts and counted school co-founder Burne Hogarth among his early influences.
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Sal Trapani's earliest recorded comic book credits include short filler pieces in Airboy Comics in 1949.
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Sal Trapani replaced character co-creator Ramona Fradon for an extended run on the superhero title Metamorpho at DC Comics, beginning in 1966.
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Sal Trapani provided inks for many Steve Ditko-illustrated stories published by Charlton, ACG, and Dell, and regularly used Ditko as one of his many ghost artists.
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Sal Trapani was a prolific inker for Marvel Comics in the 1970s, providing embellishments for The Incredible Hulk, The Defenders, Ghost Rider, Man-Thing, and many others.
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Sal Trapani worked as a designer and storyboard artist for animated cartoons.
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Sal Trapani was a lifelong enthusiast of the Golden Age of Radio and as a fan and collector of radio dramas he was instrumental in kickstarting the organized fandom for so-called Old Time Radio.