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Sep 23, 2018 · Last updated: 2018-09-23. Joe Certa was educated at the Art Students League. He began working in comic books through the Funnies Inc. shop in the mid-1940s. After doing art for companies like Lev Gleason (crime titles), Magazine Enterprises ('Dan'l Boone', 'The Durango Kid'), Fawcett...
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Joe Certa was an American graphic artist.
Joe Certa received his artistic education at the Art Student League in New York City. Soon after he began to find work in the comics industry, getting his start with Funnies Inc. (publisher of Marvel Comics) in the mid-1940s. He had a studio in the Bronx during the 1940s, from which he drew for comic strips such as Magazine Enterprises' daily newspaper series Straight Arrow. He also served in the Army during that time, but still managed to draw a daily panel, Private Will B. Wright for publication in both the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia and the Philadelphia Inquirer in Pennsylvania. The following six years would bring more jobs working for well known syndicated strips.
After working on many projects for multiple publishers—crime titles for Lev Gleason, romance and mystery titles for Harvey, Magazine Enterprises' Dan'l Boone and The Durango Kid, and Fawcett's Captain Marvel Jr.—he settled into regular work for DC Comics throughout the 1950s and 1960s. While working for DC, Certa, along with writer Joe Samachson, created the popular character J'onn J'onzz, the Justice League of America's Martian Manhunter, for DC Comics. He has been credited with drawing every one of the character's Silver Age appearances, some 131 stories. Other characters designed by Certa include Captain Compass, Gang Busters and the DC villains Human Flame and the criminal organization VULTURE.
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See also: Grand Comics Database: Joe Certa (as penciler)) and Joe Certa (as inker)] for individual issue information.
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1."Joe Certa." Lambiek.net. Version: October 7, 2009. Retrieved: August 5, 2009. 2.Allan Holtz. "News of Yore: Straight Arrow to Debut." Stripper's Guide. May 18, 2007. Retrieved: August 5, 2009. 3.Donald D. Markstein. "J'onn J'onzz, Manhunter From Mars." Toonopedia. 2004. Retrieved: August 5, 2009. 4.Tom Spurgeon. Are Joe Samachson and Joe Certa As Nearly Well Known As They Should Be?". The Comics Reporter, March 29, 2008. Retrieved: August 5, 2009. 5.Jess Nevins. "Annotations to Kingdom #2." Annotations And Other Pursuits. May 7, 2009. Retrieved: August 5, 2009. 6.Wikipedia contributors. "Human Flame." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Version: July 25, 2009. Retrieved: August 5, 2009. 7.Wikipedia contributors. "Vulture (DC Comics)." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Version: February 16, 2009. Retrieved: August 5, 2009.
Professional History. Joe Certa was a professional comic book artist, who is best known for designing the character of Martian Manhunter. He worked for DC Comics on the late 50's to early 70's, during the era known as the Silver Age of Comics. He also worked as a ghost artist for Bob Kane .
Oct 10, 2023 · Joe Certa/DC Comics. Over the next few years, "the Manhunter from Mars" continues to work for the Middleton constabulary in the guise of John Jones, ace detective. As tended to happen in...
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Mar 18, 2021 · Created by Joseph Samachson and Joe Certa, the unusual detective went by the name of John Jones and used his considerable physical and mental powers to bring criminals to justice. In time,...
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Detective Comics. 146 appearances. Dark Shadows. 34 appearances. House of Mystery. 31 appearances. Gespenster Geschichten. 29 appearances. No recent wiki edits to this page. Golden age...
Joe Certa (b. 1919) Born: 1919 January 2 in New York City, New York, United States? Died: 1986 month? day? in ? Notes: To be confirmed against the Who's Who entry.
