Joe Maneely
Fictional Character Creator
1926 – 1958
Who was Joe Maneely?
Joseph "Joe" Maneely was an American comic book artist best known for his work at Marvel Comics' 1950s predecessor, Atlas Comics, where he co-created the Marvel characters the Black Knight, the Ringo Kid, the Yellow Claw, and Jimmy Woo.
An exquisite draftsman whose delicate yet solid, fine-line figures made his work both distinctive and well-suited to the medium, Maneely was one of the relative stars of Atlas, along with such soon-to-blossom talents as Steve Ditko and John Romita, Sr.. Writer/editor Stan Lee commented that "Joe Maneely to me would have been the next Jack Kirby. He also could draw anything, make anything look exciting, and I actually think he was even faster than Jack." Talented and well-respected, he died in a commuter-train accident shortly before Marvel's ascendancy into a commercial and pop-cultural conglomerate.
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- Born
- Feb 18, 1926
Philadelphia - Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
- Died
- Jun 7, 1958
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on July 23, 2013
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