Werner Roth (comics)
| Werner Roth | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 27, 1921 |
| Died | June 1973 (aged 52) |
| Area | Penciller |
| Pseudonym | Jay Gavin |
Notable works | The X-Men Lorna, the Jungle Girl |
Werner Roth (/rɒθ/; January 27, 1921 – June 1973[1][2]) was an American comic book artist, perhaps best known for immediately succeeding Jack Kirby on Marvel Comics' The X-Men.
Career
[edit | edit source]Roth's work began appearing in Marvel Comics, then known as Atlas Comics, in 1953. Atlas editor Stan Lee has described being impressed with Roth's portfolio, particularly his drawings of women, "So I took his samples to show [then-publisher] Martin Goodman. I suggested we should use Werner, even create a comic for him. Which we did, and that was how Lorna, the Jungle Girl was born."[3] Roth drew the first dozen issues of Lorna. He drew a number of other features for Atlas, including most of the stories of the Apache Kid. He later drew romance stories for DC Comics.
Roth returned to Marvel to work on the X-Men in 1966, initially using the pseudonym Jay Gavin, taken from the names of his two sons, to conceal his Marvel work from his editors at DC.[4][5] His true name was revealed in the "Bullpen Bulletins" page of Fantastic Four #54 (Sept. 1966). X-Men series writer Roy Thomas later commented that Roth, though a talented artist, was a poor fit for the X-Men, being more oriented towards character interactions and relationships than action.[6] Roth pencilled the first appearances of the Banshee,[7] the Cobalt Man,[8] and Lorna Dane.[9]
Roth later drew more Western comics for Marvel, and penciled issues of Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane for DC Comics. His first issue of that series, #106 (Nov. 1970), featured the controversial story "I Am Curious (Black)!",[10] in which Lois Lane uses a machine that allows her to experience racism firsthand as an African American woman.[11]
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]DC Comics
[edit | edit source]- Girls' Love Stories #164 (1971)
- Heart Throbs #62, 66, 83, 85 (1959–1963)
- House of Secrets #82 (1969)
- Love Stories #151 (1973)
- The Phantom Stranger (vol. 2) #4 (1969)
- Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #106–121 (1970–1972)
- The Unexpected #115, 119, 133 (1969–1972)
Marvel Comics
[edit | edit source]- Apache Kid #2–9, 13–19 (1951–1956)
- The Avengers Annual #2 (1968)
- Kid Colt, Outlaw #62, 133, 138–140 (1956–1969)
- Lorna the Jungle Girl #6–12, 19 (1954–1956); formerly Lorna the Jungle Queen #1–5 (1953–1954)
- Marvel Tales #96, 113, 148 (1950–1956)
- Mystic #7, 10–11, 19 (1952–1953)
- Rawhide Kid #67, 79 (1968–1970)
- Strange Tales #34, 62, 66 (1955–1958)
- Tales to Astonish #96–98 (Namor) (1967)
- Venus #8–10, 12 (1950–1951)
- X-Men #13–29, 31–33, 35, 38–57 (1965–1969)
- Yellow Claw #1 (1956)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Social Security Death Index for Werner Roth, which gives "State of Issue" as Massachusetts, and notes "Last known residence - State: Unknown". Accessed January 5, 2012.
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- ^ DeFalco "1960s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 121: "Writer Roy Thomas and artist Werner Roth introduced Cobalt Man."
- ^ DeFalco "1960s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 132: "Lorna Dane learned she was a mutant in The X-Men #49, an issue written by Arnold Drake and Illustrated by Don Heck and Werner Roth."
- ^ Kanigher, Robert (w), Roth, Werner (p), Colletta, Vince (i). "I Am Curious (Black)!" Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane, no. 106 (Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).).
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Werner Roth at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Werner Roth at Marvel.com
- Werner Roth at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Werner Roth at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
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