Creator

Paul Gustavson

Biography

Paul Gustavson was a Finnish-American comic book writer and artist born in Åland who emigrated to the United States as a child. He entered comics in the late 1930s and created the Angel, who debuted in Marvel Comics #1 in 1939 and appeared in more than 100 stories during the Golden Age. Gustavson joined Quality Comics in 1941, where he created the Human Bomb and the Spider, and also contributed to Uncle Sam, Blackhawk, and Kid Eternity.

Creator Details

Name

Paul Gustavson

Issues

1,067

Series

67

Titles

9

Also Known As

Karl Paul Gustafson, Paul Carroll

Gender

Male

Birth Date

August 16, 1916

Death Date

April 29, 1977

Birth Place

Åland

Country

Finland

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Series

Alter Ego

Alter Ego (1999)

TwoMorrows Publishing

201 issues

Gwandanaland Comics

Gwandanaland Comics (2017)

Gwandanaland Comics

3173 issues

Étranges Aventures

Étranges Aventures

Organic Comix

6 issues

Marvel Comics #1: 80th Anniversary Edition

Marvel Comics #1: 80th Anniversary Edition (2019)

Marvel Comics

Collected Edition

1 issue

Men of Mystery Comics

Men of Mystery Comics (1999)

AC Comics

99 issues

Super Patriotic Heroes

Super Patriotic Heroes (2018)

IDW Publishing

1 issue

Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War

Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War (2017)

Fantagraphics

1 issue

Weird Love

Weird Love (2015)

IDW Publishing

6 issues

Weird Love

Weird Love (2014)

IDW Publishing

24 issues

Golden-Age Glamour

Golden-Age Glamour (2013)

AC Comics

1 issue

Issues

Issue #171

#171

Issue #171

Alter Ego (1999)

Sep 01, 2021

The Human Bomb: Total Gustavson

#3177

The Human Bomb: Total Gustavson

Gwandanaland Comics (2017)

Issue #4

#4

Issue #4

Étranges Aventures

Issue #1

#1

Issue #1

Marvel Comics #1: 80th Anniversary Edition (2019)

Aug 07, 2019

Rusty Ryan - The Paul Gustavson Stories Volume 2

#2376

Rusty Ryan - The Paul Gustavson Stories Volume 2

Gwandanaland Comics (2017)

Issue #110

#110

Issue #110

Men of Mystery Comics (1999)

Jan 16, 2019

Issue #109

#109

Issue #109

Men of Mystery Comics (1999)

Oct 17, 2018

Issue #1

#1

Issue #1

Super Patriotic Heroes (2018)

Jul 25, 2018

Rusty Ryan - The Paul Gustavson Stories: Volume 1

#678(b)

Rusty Ryan - The Paul Gustavson Stories: Volume 1

Gwandanaland Comics (2017)

Issue #106

#106

Issue #106

Men of Mystery Comics (1999)

Jan 10, 2018

Issue #2

#2

Issue #2

Étranges Aventures

Alias The Spider

#654

Alias The Spider

Gwandanaland Comics (2017)

Frequent collaborators

Bernard Dibble

Bernard Dibble

Gill Fox

Gill Fox

Jack Cole

Jack Cole

Al Stahl

Al Stahl

Harry F. Sahle

Harry F. Sahle

Al Bryant

Reed Crandall

Reed Crandall

Bill Everett

Bill Everett

Lou Fine

Lou Fine

George Brenner

Bart Tumey

Vernon Henkel

Vernon Henkel

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