Carl Burgos

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Carl Burgos
Name	Max Finkelstein
Pseudonyms	Carl Burgos
Personal Information
Gender	Male
Date of Birth	April 18, 1916
Place of Birth	U.S.A., New York, New York City
Date of Death	March 1, 1984
Professional Information
Employers	Timely Comics; Atlas Comics; Marvel Comics
Titles	Writer, Penciler, Inker, Letterer, Cover Artist
First Work	Marvel Comics #1
Notable Creations	Jim Hammond, Toro, the Thunderer,

Personal History

Carl Burgos was born Max Finkelstein in New York City. Burgos studied at the National Academy of Design in Manhattan, until he quit after one year because he said he couldn't learn enough.

Professional History

Burgos was an artist and writer who worked for Timely Comics, Atlas Comics and Marvel Comics. His first book at Timely was Marvel Comics #1, where he was the writer and artist who created the first Human Torch. In the same issue his good friend, Bill Everett created the Sub-Mariner. A short time later, he created another character, The Thunderer.

Work History

• 171 subjects created by "Carl Burgos"
• 262 works where "Carl Burgos" worked on a cover
• 48 works that "Carl Burgos" wrote
• 113 works that "Carl Burgos" penciled
• 104 works that "Carl Burgos" inked
• 1 work that "Carl Burgos" colored
• 9 works that "Carl Burgos" lettered

Images

• 99 covers "Carl Burgos" worked on
• 184 images "Carl Burgos" worked on as penciler
• 131 images "Carl Burgos" worked on as inker
• 17 images "Carl Burgos" worked on as letterer

See Also

• 1 image(s) of Carl Burgos

Links and References

• Carl Burgos at Wikipedia
• Carl Burgos at Lambiek Comiclopedia