| Golden Age Comic Book Artist Sheldon Moldoff Passes Away |
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| Saturday, 10 March 2012 03:08 |
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After looking up ol' Shelly I came away with much appreciation for this great man. He was there when the groundwork for the Golden Age of Comics in America was being laid as a uncredited ghost artist. Luckily, the comic book world discovered his contributions and he received recognition later in his life before passing at 91 years of age.
Sheldon Moldoff, who drew some of the most recognizable superheroes of comic books’ golden age without receiving recognition in his own right until decades later, died on Feb. 29 near his home in Lauderhill, Fla. He was 91.
The cause was complications of kidney failure, his daughter, Ellen Moldoff Stein, said.
Mr. Moldoff drew covers for the first appearances of the characters Flash and Green Lantern in 1940 and some of the earliest renderings of Hawkman. He also contributed to the first issue of Action Comics, in which Superman was introduced (though Read more: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Coloso/news/?a=56113 |
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