George Papp


George Edward Papp was an American comics artist best known as one of the principal artists on the long-running DC Comics series Superboy. Papp also co-created Green Arrow with Mort Weisinger and Congo Bill with writer Whitney Ellsworth.

Career

George Papp began his comic book career with the occasional feature and cartoon in early issues of the Superman line of comics. "Pep Morgan" and "Clip Carson" were the first features he worked on for Action Comics. Papp primarily worked for DC Comics, but briefly worked for Columbia Comics and Harvey Comics as well. At DC, Papp co-created Green Arrow and Congo Bill. Papp joined the U.S. Army during World War II before returning to comics. From 1946 to 1968, Papp worked on the Green Arrow and Superboy comics features, during which he co-created Bizarro, General Zod, and the Phantom Zone, among others. His other work includes several early appearances of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Papp was fired by DC in 1968 along with many other prominent writers and artists who had made demands for health and retirement benefits. His final published comic was Superboy #148. Afterwards, Papp worked in commercial art and advertising.

Columbia Comics

  • Big Shot Comics #5–6

    DC Comics

  • Action Comics #5, 7–11, 14, 16–18, 20, 22, 28–41
  • Adventure Comics #34 ; #104–205, 207–249 ; #251, 254–255, 258–259, 261–262, 264–267, 269–270, 272–275, 277, 282–283, 287–290, 295, 297, 299–300, 303–310, 312–315 ; #320, 348, 358
  • All-American Men of War #11, 13–14, 22, 26, 28
  • Batman #1–3, 16
  • The Brave and the Bold #71
  • Congo Bill #4
  • Detective Comics #35, 37 ; #71
  • Gang Busters #2–4, 7–8, 40, 61
  • House of Mystery #26, 56, 61, 68, 70, 73
  • House of Secrets #6, 8, 10
  • Leading Comics #1–3, 5
  • More Fun Comics #38; #52, 54–55 ; #56–67 ; #68–76 ; #73–84
  • Mr. District Attorney #4, 57–58
  • My Greatest Adventure #21
  • New York World's Fair Comics #2
  • Our Army at War #25–26, 31, 36, 44, 48
  • Our Fighting Forces #1, 3, 6–7, 10–11
  • Real Fact Comics #6, 8
  • Star Spangled Comics #91–105, 118
  • Star Spangled War Stories #23, 30, 32
  • Superboy #65–73, 75–79, 81, 83–97, 99–102, 104–128, 130–137, 139–142, 144–145, 148
  • Superman #130, 152, 177
  • Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #79–80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 94
  • Tales of the Unexpected #6, 9, 13–14, 27
  • Tomahawk #48
  • World's Finest Comics #23, 25–95

    Harvey Comics

  • Champion Comics #2, 5
  • Cyclone Comics #1, 3