The late comics stalwart was born 104 years ago, on May 21, 1920…
The late Lee Elias — born May 21, 1920 — may be best known for his work on Harvey Comics’ Golden Age hero the Black Cat, but he had a lengthy career featuring stints on many big-time characters, such as DC’s Golden Age Flash, Black Canary, Green Arrow and Adam Strange. He was the co-creator of Eclipso, one of my all-time cult-fave characters, as well as the very-of-its-moment Ultra, the Multi-Alien.
His output included a whole bunch of really groovy DC sci-fi covers in the Silver Age — and that’s what we’ve decided to spotlight for this 13 COVERS birthday salute.
Far out!
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MORE
— THE DARLING OF COMICS: A BLACK CAT Birthday Salute to LEE ELIAS. Click here.
— 13 ECLIPSO COVERS: It’s Eclipse Day! Click here.
May 21, 2024
My introduction to Lee was his wonderful work on the Human Fly. I loved that comic as a kid and still do. These are great covers.
May 21, 2024
I bought Showcase #48 at a yard sale around 1979… It was the oldest comic I had ever seen in person, and became a prized part of my collection. I handled it like it was Action #1, and read it many, many times.