Joe Orlando

Joseph Orlando
Name	Joseph Orlando
Pseudonyms	Joe Orlando
Personal Information
Gender	Male
Date of Birth	April 4, 1927
Place of Birth	Italy, Bari
Date of Death	December 23, 1998
Professional Information
Employers	EC, DC, Marvel
First Work	Crime Can't Win #43
Notable Creations	Owl; Purple Man

Professional History

Joe Orlando and Wally Wood formed a Comic Book Art Studio in 1950 and sold science fiction storis to publishers Avon, Youthful, and Ziff-Davis. Orlando later joined Wood at E.C. comics. When EC went out of business, Orlando drew science fiction and mystery stories for Marvel Comics in the 1950's. At this time, he also did work for MAD Magazine. After a period of painting and advertising owrk, Orlando returned to Marvel Comics in 1964. He drew three early issues of the superhero series Daredevil. Mr. Orlando also had noted acclaim for his art on pirate stories. Alan Moore is one noted admirer. Orlando died on December 23, 1998.

Work History

• 10 subject(s) created by "Joe Orlando"
• 47 work(s) that "Joe Orlando" penciled
• 23 work(s) that "Joe Orlando" inked

Images

• 15 image(s) "Joe Orlando" worked on as penciler
• 3 image(s) "Joe Orlando" worked on as inker

Notes

• Professional History information for Joe Orlando was obtained from The Illustrated Superhero Comics of the Silver Age, Mike Benton (ISBN 0-87833-746-6).

See Also

• 1 image(s) of Joe Orlando

Links and References

• Wikipedia: Joe Orlando Joe_Orlando