COLE, L. B.
 Name and vital stats
    COLE, L. B. [1918-95] (artist; editor; art director) NULL
 Biographical
    Aka LEONARD BRANDT COLE NULL
 Education
    Doctor of Anatomy & Physiology, University of Berlin NULL
 Family in arts
    Wife: Ellen Cole NULL
 Print Media (non-comics)
    Art Director: Alfred Hitchcock Magazine 1956-58 > 56 57 58
    Art Director: Consolidated Lithography c1943 > 43
    Editor & Illustrator: Cosmos Science Fiction 1953-54 > 53 54
    Editor & Illustrator: Rod & Gun Magazine 1956-58 > 56 57 58
    Illustrator: Advertising: 1957-59 > 57 58 59
    Illustrator: Children's magazines NULL
    Illustrator: Medical illustrator NULL
    Illustrator: Paperback cover: Stork Original Novels 1950 > 50
    Illustrator: Paperback cover: Thriller Books 1947 > 47
    Producer & Illustrator: Anatomy books 1990s > 90s
 Commercial Art & Design
    Instructional materials: Audio-visuals for University Films 1964-c79 > 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
 Additional biography
    Comic Book Marketplace #30 Dec., 1995; #43 Jan., 1997 NULL
    Comics Forum [U.K.] #10 Spr., 1996 NULL
    Oversteet Price Guide 1981 [cover/interior art] NULL
 Honors
    Inkpot Award (San Diego Comicon) 1981 > 81
 Comics Studio (Shop)
    CHESLER STUDIO (a) late-1930s > 37 38 39
    FERSTADT STUDIO (a) c1942-c43 > 42 43
    L. B. COLE STUDIO (head) 1945-48 > 45 46 47 48
 3-D ZONE
    Covers (a) 1987-90 reprint > 87 88 89 90
 AC COMICS
    CAT-MAN AND KITTEN (p) 1994 in GOLDEN AGE GREATS reprint > 94
    Illustration (a) 1994 reprint > 94
    MISS VICTORY (p) 1996 in GOLDEN AGE GREATS reprint > 96
 NEW COMICS GROUP
    Covers (paint) 1945-48 > 45 46 47 48
 Note on comics career
    c1980+ Paintings: re-creations of his comics covers > 80 80s
 ACE PERIODICALS
    CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS (a) 1943 > 43
    HAP HAZARD (i) 1944 > 44
    LASH LIGHTNING (a) 1942 > 42
    MAGNO (a) 1943 > 43
    PAUL REVERE JR. (a) 1943 > 43
    Romance (a) 1949/53 > 49 53
    SWORD, THE (i) 1944 > 44
    UNKNOWN SOLDIER, THE (a) 1943 > 43
 AMERICAN COMICS GROUP
    Various features (a) 1951 > 51
 AVIATION PRESS
    BLACK VENUS (a) 1944-45 > 44 45
    BLACK VENUS, TOMMY TOMAHAWK, GOLDEN EAGLE (p) 1944 > 44
    CONTACT COMICS~ (ed) 1945-46 > 45 46
    Covers (a) 1944-46 for CONTACT COMICS > 44 45 46
    DOGFIGHT (p) 1944 > 44
    FLYING TIGERS BOMBING JAPANESE AIRFIELD (p) 1944 > 44
    GOLDEN EAGLE (p) 1945 > 45
    TOMMY TOMAHAWK (p) 1945 > 45
    WARHAWK (a) NULL
 CHESLER PUBLICATIONS
    BLACK COBRA (a) 1945 > 45
 DC COMICS
    FLASH (asst) 1942 > 42
 DELL PUBLICATIONS
    DRACULA~ (art dir/ed) 1962 > 62
    DUNC AND LOO~ (art dir/ed) 1962-63 > 62 63
    Support (art dir/ed) 1962-63 > 62 63
    TALES FROM THE TOMB~ (art dir/ed) 1962 > 62
    UNIVERSAL PICTURES PRESENTS DRACULA, THE MUMMY AND OTHER STORIES~ (art dir/ed) 1963 > 63
    WAR HEROES~ (a) 1943 > 43
 ESSANKAY PUBLICATIONS
    Covers (paint) 1949 > 49
    SMASH SPORTS HITS~ (a) 1949 > 49
 FARRELL PUBLICATIONS
    BLACK COBRA (a) 1945 [Imprint: FOUR-STAR] > 45
    CAPTAIN FLIGHT (a) 1945 > 45
    Covers (a) 1945-47 [Imprint: FOUR-STAR] > 45 46 47
    ROUND-THE-CLOCK TORTURE (p) 1945 > 45
 FAWCETT COMICS
    DON WINSLOW OF THE NAVY (a) c1943 > 43
 GILBERTON
    BEST FROM BOY'S LIFE~ (a) 1958 > 58
    BLACK BEAUTY (a) 1960 > 60
    CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED SPECIAL~ (a) 1959 > 59
    Covers (a) 1950/58-60 > 50 58 59 60
    GREEN MANSIONS (p) 1950 > 50
    Support (art dir/ed) 1958-61 > 58 59 60 61
    WILD ANIMALS I HAVE KNOWN (a) 1959 > 59
    WORLD AROUND US, THE~ (a) 1958 > 58
 HAMILTON COMICS
    Covers (paint) 1991/95 for reprint titles > 91 95
    Covers (paint) 1991/95 reprint > 91 95
 HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS
    BLACK RAIDER (a) 1945 [Imprint: NARRATIVE] > 45
    BOOMERANG (a) 1944 > 44
    CAT-MAN (a) 1946 > 46
    Covers (a/paint) 1943-46 included [Imprint: ET-ES-GO] > 43 44 45 46
    Illustration (a) 1945 > 45
    KHAARON (a) 1944 > 44
    MISS VICTORY (a) 1944 > 44
    POWER COMICS~ (packag) 1945 [Imprint: NARRATIVE] > 45
    RECKONER, THE (p) 1944 > 44
    SATAN (a) NULL
    SUSPENSE COMICS~ (p) 1943-44 [Imprint: ET-ES-GO] > 43 44
    Support (art dir/ed) 1943-45 [Imprint: CONTINENTAL] > 43 44 45
    War (a) 1944 > 44
 I.W. PUBLICATIONS
    Covers (a) 1958 > 58
    GUNMASTER / GREGORY GAYLE (a) 1964 reprint > 64
 LEV GLEASON
    Backup feature (a) in BLACK DIAMOND WESTERN NULL
    Backup feature (a) in BLACK DIAMOND WESTERN NULL
 LIVING LIBRARY
    Covers (paint) late-1940s > 47 48 49
 MAGAZINE ENTERPRISES
    Covers (a) 1948 > 48
    MANHUNT~ (a) 1947 > 47
    RED FOX (a) 1947-48 > 47 48
    TRAIL COLT~ (a) 1949 > 49
 SPOTLIGHT COMICS
    Covers (a/paint) 1944-45 > 44 45
    Fillers (a) 1945 > 45
    GREAT~ (a) 1945 > 45
    SHIP AHOY~ (a) 1944 > 44
    TAILSPIN~ (a) 1944 > 44
 NOVELTY COMICS
    CADET, THE (a) 1944-45 > 44 45
    Covers (paint) 1948-49 > 48 49
    DICK COLE (a) 1948-49 > 48 49
 ORBIT PUBLICATIONS
    Covers (paint) 1945-46 > 45 46
    PATCHES~ (packag) 1946-47 > 46 47
    TAFFY COMICS~ (packag) 1946-47 > 46 47
    TOY TOWN~ (packag) 1946-47 > 46 47
    WIGGLES THE WONDERWORM (a) 1945 > 45
 QUALITY COMICS
    WEB OF EVIL~ (a) 1952 > 52
 RURAL HOME
    EAGLE~ (packag) 1945 > 45
    MASK COMICS~ (packag) 1945 > 45
    PATCHES~ (packag) 1945 > 45
    TAFFY~ (packag) 1945 > 45
 STAR PUBLICATIONS
    ALL-FAMOUS CRIME~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1950/51 > 50 51
    ALL-FAMOUS POLICE CASES~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1952-54 > 52 53 54
    BLUE BOLT COMICS~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1949-51 > 49 50 51
    BLUE BOLT WEIRD TALES OF TERROR~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1951-53 > 51 52 53
    CONFESSIONS OF LOVE~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1952-53 > 52 53
    CONFESSIONS OF ROMANCE~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1953-54 > 53 54
    CRIME FIGHTING DETECTIVE~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1950-52 > 50 51 52
    CRIMINALS ON THE RUN~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1948-49 > 48 49
    Covers (paint) 1950-54 > 50 51 52 53 54
    DICK COLE~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1949-50 > 49 50
    FILM STARS ROMANCES~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1950 > 50
    FLAMING WESTERN ROMANCES~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1949-50 > 49 50
    FOUR MOST BOYS COMICS~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1949-50 > 49 50
    FRISKY ANIMALS~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1951-53 > 51 52 53
    FRISKY FABLES~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1949-50 > 49 50
    FUN COMICS~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1953 > 53
    Fillers (w/a) 1951 > 51
    GASOLINE ALLEY~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1950 > 50
    GHOSTLY WEIRD TALES~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1953-54 > 53 54
    HOLIDAY COMICS~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1951-52 > 51 52
    HORRORS, THE~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1953-54 > 53 54
    INDIAN WARRIORS 3-D~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1953 > 53
    INDIAN WARRIORS~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1951 > 51
    INDIAN WARRIORS~ (co-own/ed/art dir/a) 1953 in 3-D > 53
    INTIMATE SECRETS OF ROMANCE~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1953-54 > 53 54
    JUNGLE THRILLS 3-D~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1953 > 53
    JUNGLE THRILLS~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1952 > 52
    MIGHTY BEAR~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1954 > 54
    OUTLAWS, THE~ (co-own/ed/art dir/a) 1952-54 > 52 53 54
    PICTURE SCOPE JUNGLE ADVENTURES~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1954 > 54
    POPULAR TEEN-AGERS~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1950-54 > 50 51 52 53 54
    SCHOOL DAY ROMANCES~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1949-50 > 49 50
    SHOCK DETECTIVE CASES~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1952 > 52
    SHOCKING MYSTERY CASES~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1952-54 > 52 53 54
    SPOOK~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1953-54 > 53 54
    SPORT THRILLS~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1950-51 > 50 51
    STARTLING TERROR TALES~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1952-54 > 52 53 54
    SUPER ANIMALS PRESENTS PIDGY AND THE MAGIC GLASSES 3-D~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1953 > 53
    SUPER CAT~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1953-54 > 53 54
    TARGET WESTERN ROMANCES~ (co-own/ed/art dir/a) 1949-50 > 49 50
    TERRIFYING TALES~ (co-own/ed/art dir/a) 1953-54 > 53 54
    TERRORS OF THE JUNGLE~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1952-54 > 52 53 54
    THRILLING CRIME CASES~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1950-52 > 50 51 52
    TOP LOVE STORIES~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1951-54 > 51 52 53 54
    TRUE-TO-LIFE ROMANCES~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1949-54 > 49 50 51 52 53 54
    UNSANE~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1954 > 54
    WESTERN CRIME CASES~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1951 > 51
    WESTERN FIGHTERS 3-D 3-D~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1953 > 53
    WHITE RIDER AND SUPER HORSE~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1950-51 > 50 51
    WILD WEST RODEO~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1953 > 53
    ZOO ANIMALS~ (co-own/ed/art dir) 1954 > 54