[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”4480″ img_size=”900×461″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]It’s always sad when someone in the superhero industry passes away. Comic book writers and illustrators are the unsung heroes, as if it weren’t for their creations, the movies would have nothing to base their characters off of. Long-time comic-book writer and colorist Marie Severin has passed away at the age of 89. I felt it appropriate to highlight this loss, as she was a pioneer who broke into the industry in the 40s. Becoming a regular colorist for EC Comics, she went on to be inducted in 2001 in the Will Eisner Hall of Fame.
In the 1950s, Severin began working for Atlas Comics, which eventually turned in Marvel. She is best known for her work on the Incredible Hulk and co-creating Spider-Woman in 1976. Severin designed Spider-Woman’s costume and did all the pencil work. Unfortunately, she had been let go from Marvel in the 1990’s due to Marvel declaring bankruptcy (can you imagine that ever happening now?), but went on to still work on her artform until retirement in the mid-2000s.
Rest in peace, Marie, and thank you.
Source: CBR.com[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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