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As Everett later described, "Lloyd... had an idea that he wanted to start his own art service — to start a small organization to supply artwork and editorial material to publishers. ... He asked me to join him. He also asked Carl Burgos. So we were the nucleus ..." He added, "I don't know how to
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During the late 1950s and early 1960s, Burgos worked for the Pro-Art Company and later for the Belwin Company, where he drew covers for sheet-music books, sometimes assisted by Susan Burgos, one of his two daughters. He also worked for a greeting-card company.
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observed in 2005, "Carl and Stan never really got along, because their personalities clashed. When Atlas became Marvel, Carl never really got back into the company, or really into comics, either".
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His most prominent comics work during this time came during Atlas' mid-1950s attempt at reviving the dormant superhero field with Timely stars the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and
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that they settled out of court. I'm sure that's what happened the day he threw away . I have no idea how it was settled or even if it went to court, though I don't think it did"
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explain it, but I was still on a freelance basis. That was the agreement we had. The artists, including myself, at Funnies, worked on a freelance basis".
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as a result of Fawcett Comics losing its trademark. He was quickly ordered to cease by Marvel Comics. His last recorded comics art was the cover of
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Michigan State University Libraries, Special Collections Division, Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection: "Bureau" to "Buriko"
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since 1961. Little, if anything, came of this legal action. Burgos nonetheless contributed art to a Johnny Storm Human Torch story in
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Re-Constructing the Man of Steel: Superman 1938–1941, Jewish American History, and the Invention of the Jewish–Comics Connection
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Burgos took a job with the Franklin Engraving Company, which engraved the printing plates for comic books produced by
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Burgos' character proved a hit, and quickly went on to headline one of comics' first single-character titles,
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Marvel eventually revived Burgos' original Human Torch for present-day stories, starting with
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The Weird World of Eerie Publications: Comic Gore That Warped Millions of Young Minds
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into the final panel of the Torch story, with Lee adding the avuncular dialog:
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vol. 2, #2 (March 1939); creating the features "Air-Sub DX", in Centaur's
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and as issue #2, having taken over the numbering from the single-issue
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from the original on July 27, 2018. Note: Gives erroneous birth year.
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Burgos and others, including Centaur Publications writer-artist
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In the mid-1960s, during the era fans and historians call the
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vol. 2, #4 (April 1939), and "Rocky Dawson"; and creating the
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From 1971 to 1975, Burgos served as an editor for Fass'
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during 1958 and 1959, as well as layout art for the
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Index

Nassau County
Penciller
Original Human Torch
Jack Kirby Hall of Fame
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BUR-gohss
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FING-kəl-steen
comic book
advertising
artist
original Human Torch
Marvel Comics
Golden Age of comic books
Jack Kirby Hall of Fame
New York City
National Academy of Design
Manhattan
Harry "A" Chesler
medium
inking
pencilers
Centaur Publications
robot
Iron Skull
Amazing-Man Comics
Bill Everett
art director
Lloyd Jacquet
Funnies, Inc.

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