Paul S. Newman

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Paul S. Newman (born April 29, 1924, New York City, New York; died May 30, 1999) is an American writer of comic books, comic strips, and books from the 1940s to the 1990s. He is best known for writing the comic book character Turok for a remarkable 26 years.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life and career

The son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Newman, Paul S. Newman did World War II military service in the Po Valley campaign in Italy, earning a service star. He served as an enlisted man in a bomb disposal unit, and later, as a first lieutenant, as a special services officer aboard troop transports. Following his discharge, he attended Dartmouth College, graduating in 1947.

That same year, Newman broke into comic books with DC Comics' teen-humor series A Date with Judy, based on the radio program, for which Newman had originally applied to write. He went on to script for Avon Comics, Fawcett Comics, Hillman Periodicals, St. John Publications, Ziff Davis, and, as a staff writer, at Marvel Comics' two predecessor companies, Timely Comics and Atlas Comics.

At Timely/Atlas, where he and other staff writers were officially titled editors, Newman worked on the teen-humor series Patsy Walker, Hedy Devine and Jeannie under editor-artist Al Jaffee. Under Atlas editor-in-chief Stan Lee, he wrote stories (generally uncredited, as were virtually all those of the staff writers) for such horror/mystery titles as Journey into Mystery and Marvel Tales, as well as for romance titles.

Turok, whose uncredited creation is disputed, was published in the omnibus title Four Color Comics and later in Turok, Son of Stone, published by Western Publishing first through its business partner Dell Comics and then through its own label, Gold Key Comics.

Newman had an additional decades-long run on the character The Lone Ranger, also scripted by Gaylord Dubois. With artist Tom Gill, he chronicled the adventures of that radio, television and comic-strip Western hero in a comic-book series released by Western Publishing through by Dell Comics, taking the reins from #38-145 (April 1948 - July 1962), the final issue.

[edit] Silver Age of comics

In 1962, Newman and Western Publishing editor Matt Murphy created the character Doctor Solar. Later that decade, Newman wrote the comic-book adaptation of the Beatles' animated feature Yellow Submarine. By the 1980s, he was writing for the DC Comics series G.I. Combat and House of Mystery; for Marvel's licensed Disney comic Darkwing Duck; and industrial films and audio-visual presentations.

[edit] Comic strips

Newman wrote comic the Sept. 9, 1951 - Feb. 8, 1953 Sundays and dailies of Tom Corbett — Space Cadet, drawn by Ray Bailey and which lasted through Sept. 6, 1953. Newman additionally wrote issues of Dell Comics' Tom Corbet comic book.

Among his other strips are Laugh-In (with artist Roy Doty), based on the TV show; Smokey the Bear, Robin Malone; and latter-day The Lone Ranger.

[edit] Later life and career

In 1985, the once-divorced Newman married his second wife, Carol Wernick, project coordinator of youth leadership for the New York City Board of Education. The ceremony by Rabbi Max Ticktin took place at Newman's New York City home.

[edit] Awards

Newman won a 1998 Inkpot Award for his lifetime contribution to the comic-book field. He was a 1997 nominee for the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame.

[edit] Personal

Newman was the father of two children, Peter Newman and Lisa Newman, and had two grandchildren, Daniel and Mara.[citation needed]

[edit] References

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