MATERA, FRAN
 Name and vital stats
    MATERA, FRAN [1924- ] (artist) NULL
 Biographical
    Aka FRANCIS MATERA NULL
 Education
    Correspondence Art Institute NULL
 Influences
    Hal Foster, Alex Raymond, Milt Caniff, Al Capp, Bud Fisher NULL
 Print Media (non-comics)
    Illustrator: Magazines: Hi-Life 1958 > 58
 Additional biography
    Cartoonist PROfiles #56, 1982 NULL
 Syndication
    CAN YOU SOLVE THE MYSTERY? [Sunday] (a) 1984-85 for News Group Chicago > 84 85
    DICKIE DARE [Sunday] (a) 1947-49 for Associated Press > 47 48 49
    DICKIE DARE [daily] (a) 1947-49 for Associated Press > 47 48 49
    KERRY DRAKE (asst a) 1946--47 for Publishers Syndicate > 46 47
    LEGEND OF BRUCE LEE [daily] (a) 1982-83 for Los Angeles Times Syndicate > 82 83
    LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY (ghost a) mid-1950s a few months for King Features Syndicate > 54 55 56
    MISTER HOLIDAY (a) 1952-53 for George Matthew Adams Service? > 52 53
    NERO WOLFE [Sunday] (a) 1957- for Columbia Features > 57 50s
    NERO WOLFE [daily] (a) 1957- for Columbia Features > 57 50s
    REX MORGAN, M.D. (ghost a) 1975-79 for Field Enterprises > 75 76 77 78 79
    SALTY (w/a) 1980s self-syndicated > 80s
    STEVE ROPER AND MIKE NOMAD [Sunday] (a) 1985-99- for News America Syndicate '85-87; North America Syndicate '87-99- > 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
    STEVE ROPER AND MIKE NOMAD [daily] (a) 1985-99- for News America Syndicate '85-87; North America Syndicate '87-99- > 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
    YOUNG RAY BOLD (a) c1955 > 55
 Comics Studio (Shop)
    CHESLER STUDIO (a) 1943 some fillers, briefly > 43
 CHARLTON COMICS
    Crime (a) 1958 > 58
    FIGHTIN' MARINES~ (a) 1975-76 > 75 76
    SPEED DEMONS~ (a) 1958 > 58
    SUNSET CARSON (a) c1950-c51 > 50 51
    TEEN-AGE LOVE~ (a) 1973 > 73
    Various features (a) 1954-59 > 54 55 56 57 58 59
 DC COMICS
    BOY COMMANDOS (i) c1943 only 7 pages for Simon and Kirby > 43
 DELL PUBLICATIONS
    MARESELLA (i) 1963 > 63
 DENISON COMICS
    CHUCK WHITE (a) 1967-72 in TREASURE CHEST > 67 68 69 70 71 72
    Covers (a) 1967-72 for TREASURE CHEST > 67 68 69 70 71 72
    Non-fiction (a) 1967-72 for TREASURE CHEST > 67 68 69 70 71 72
 EASTERN COLOR PRINTING
    HEROIC COMICS~ (a) 1953 > 53
    Romance (a) c1946-c52 > 46 47 48 49 50 51 52
 GEORGE A. PFLAUM
    CHUCK WHITE (a) 1960-67 in TREASURE CHEST > 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67
    Covers (a) 1957-67 for TREASURE CHEST > 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67
    Non-fiction (a) 1957-67 for TREASURE CHEST > 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67
    SPACE PIONEERS (a) 1966-67 in TREASURE CHEST > 66 67
 GILBERTON
    CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED SPECIAL ISSUES~ (a) c1959 > 59
 MARVEL COMICS
    HULK (i) 1978 > 78
    TARZAN (i) 1978 > 78
 QUALITY COMICS
    CLOCK, THE (a) 1943 > 43
    DOLLMAN (a) 1943 > 43
 ST. JOHN PUBLISHING
    FIGHTIN' MARINES~ (a) c1951-c52 > 51 52
    Romance (a) 1955 > 55
 ZIFF-DAVIS COMICS
    Romance (a) 1952 > 52
 Source (some data)
    Updated by FRAN MATERA via Jim Amash Jan 2002 NULL