SCHOMBURG, ALEX
 Name and vital stats
    SCHOMBURG, ALEX [1905-98] (artist) NULL
 Biographical
    Birthplace: Puerto Rico; moved to New York in '12; moved to Oregon in '62 NULL
 Pen names
    AL REID at TOBY PRESS on JON JUAN NULL
    XELA; AUGUST SCHOMBURG [in other media] NULL
 Education
    Private art instruction NULL
 Print Media (non-comics)
    Artist: Commercial art: for General Electric; Great Northern Railroad; Westinghouse; Sanka Coffee NULL
    Artist: Staff: National Screen Service early-1930s-44 [film backgrounds] > 30s 40 41 42 43 44
    Illustrator: Featured in paperback: Chroma: The Art of Alex Schomburg 1986 > 86
    Illustrator: Hardcover: Danger: Dinosaurs 1953 > 53
    Illustrator: Hardcover: Islands in the Sky 1952 > 52
    Illustrator: Hardcover: Marooned on Mars 1952 > 52
    Illustrator: Hardcover: Missing Men of Saturn 1953 > 53
    Illustrator: Hardcover: Mission to the Moon 1956 > 56
    Illustrator: Hardcover: Mists of Dawn 1952 > 52
    Illustrator: Hardcover: Planet of Light 1953 > 53
    Illustrator: Hardcover: Rocket Jockey 1952 > 52
    Illustrator: Hardcover: Rocket to Luna 1953 > 53
    Illustrator: Hardcover: Rockets to Nowhere 1954 > 54
    Illustrator: Hardcover: Secret of Saturn's Rings 1954 > 54
    Illustrator: Hardcover: Secret of the Martian Moons 1955 > 55
    Illustrator: Hardcover: Ships, Shoals and Amphores 1961 > 61
    Illustrator: Hardcover: Son of the Stars 1952 > 52
    Illustrator: Hardcover: Step to the Stars 1954 > 54
    Illustrator: Hardcover: The Comic Book Killer 1988 > 88
    Illustrator: Hardcover: The Lost Planet 1956 > 56
    Illustrator: Hardcover: The Mysterious Planet 1953 > 53
    Illustrator: Hardcover: Trouble on Titan 1954 > 54
    Illustrator: Hardcover: Vandals of the Void 1953 > 53
    Illustrator: Hardcover: World at Bay 1954 > 54
    Illustrator: Hardcovers: Winston Juvenile series NULL
    Illustrator: Juvenile books: Coloring book; picture puzzles NULL
    Illustrator: Magazines: Air War 1942 > 42
    Illustrator: Magazines: Amazing Stories 1960-65 > 60 61 62 63 64 65
    Illustrator: Magazines: Analog 1978 > 78
    Illustrator: Magazines: Asimov's Science Fiction Adventure 1977-81 > 77 78 79 80 81
    Illustrator: Magazines: Astrology NULL
    Illustrator: Magazines: Boys' Life 1938-39 > 38 39
    Illustrator: Magazines: Cosmic Stories 1977 > 77
    Illustrator: Magazines: Dynamic Science Fiction 1953 > 53
    Illustrator: Magazines: Electrical Experimenter [cover] 1925 > 25
    Illustrator: Magazines: Everyday Astrology NULL
    Illustrator: Magazines: Fantastic 1960-61/63 > 60 61 63
    Illustrator: Magazines: Fantastic Story Quarterly 1951-55 > 51 52 53 54 55
    Illustrator: Magazines: Fantastic Universe 1953-55 > 53 54 55
    Illustrator: Magazines: Flying Aces [covers] 1938-39/41 > 38 39 41
    Illustrator: Magazines: Future 1953-54 > 53 54
    Illustrator: Magazines: Galaxy Science Fiction 1953 > 53
    Illustrator: Magazines: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Adventure 1978 > 78
    Illustrator: Magazines: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 1977-82 > 77 78 79 80 81 82
    Illustrator: Magazines: Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1953/77-81 > 53 77 78 79 80 81
    Illustrator: Magazines: Mystery Tales NULL
    Illustrator: Magazines: Popular Crossword Puzzles NULL
    Illustrator: Magazines: Radio Craft [50 covers] 1942-c45 > 42 43 44 45
    Illustrator: Magazines: Radio magazine 1920s-30s > 20s 30s
    Illustrator: Magazines: Rocket Stories 1953 > 53
    Illustrator: Magazines: Satellite Science Fiction 1953 > 53
    Illustrator: Magazines: Science Fiction Adventures 1953 > 53
    Illustrator: Magazines: Science Fiction Plus 1953 > 53
    Illustrator: Magazines: Science Fiction Quarterly 1954 > 54
    Illustrator: Magazines: Science and Invention NULL
    Illustrator: Magazines: Science and Invention 1925 [first work] > 25
    Illustrator: Magazines: Space Stories 1952-53 > 52 53
    Illustrator: Magazines: Startling Stories 1939-40/43/51-55 > 39 40 43 51 52 53 54 55
    Illustrator: Magazines: Strange Stories 1939-40 > 39 40
    Illustrator: Magazines: Texas Rangers 1937-48 > 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
    Illustrator: Magazines: Thrilling Adventures 1935-40 > 35 36 37 38 39 40
    Illustrator: Magazines: Thrilling Wonder Stories 1938-42/44/51-55 > 38 39 40 41 42 44 51 52 53 54 55
    Illustrator: Magazines: Uncanny Tales 1941 > 41
    Illustrator: Magazines: Wonder Stories Annual 1951-53 > 51 52 53
    Illustrator: Paperback: Best of Astounding 1978 > 78
    Illustrator: Paperback: Challenge of the Sea 1960 > 60
    Illustrator: Paperback: Earth's Last Citadel NULL
    Illustrator: Paperback: Exile 1964 > 64
    Illustrator: Paperback: Judgment on Janus 1963 > 63
    Illustrator: Paperback: Lord of Thunder NULL
    Illustrator: Paperback: Time Axis NULL
    Illustrator: Paperback: Well of the Worlds NULL
    Illustrator: War panoramas: Whitman books and picture puzzles NULL
 Performing Arts
    Designer: Film: [Production] Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey NULL
 Commercial Art & Design
    Artist: Fifth Avenue window displays NULL
    Co-owner: Commercial studio 1923- partnered with brothers > 23 20s
 Additional biography
    Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists 1988/99 NULL
    Great Comic Book Artists, 1986 NULL
 Honors
    Doc Smith Lensman Award 1976 > 76
    Eisner Award Hall of Fame 1999 > 99
    Frank R. Paul Award 1984 > 84
 Comics in other media
    Cover (a) 1988 for GANGSTERS AT WAR comic book insert > 88
 Comics Studio (Shop)
    L. B. COLE STUDIO (a) 1944-45 unconfirmed > 44 45
 Note on comics career
    Top comics cover artist for MARVEL, PINES and HARVEY 1940s > 40s
 BETTER PUBLICATIONS
    AMERICAN EAGLE (a) 1943-45 > 43 44 45
    BRAD SPENCER (a) 1944-47 > 44 45 46 47
    BRICK BRADFORD (a) 1948 > 48
    CAPTAIN FUTURE (a) 1942-43 > 42 43
    Covers (a) 1941-50 > 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
    DOC STRANGE (a) 1943 > 43
 HARVEY COMICS
    CAPTAIN FREEDOM (a) 1944 > 44
    Covers (a) 1944 > 44
 HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS
    CAT-MAN (a) 1944 > 44
    Covers (a) 1944 > 44
 I.W. PUBLICATIONS
    JON JUAN (a) 1958 reprint > 58
 MARVEL COMICS
    CAPTAIN AMERICA (a) 1942-43 > 42 43
    CAPTAIN DARING THE SKY DEVIL (a) 1943 > 43
    CAPTAIN WONDER (a) 1943 > 43
    Covers (a) 1940-46/75/77 > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 75 77
    HUMAN TORCH (a) 1977 chapter in Invaders > 77
    HUMAN TORCH (p) 1944 > 44
 NOVELTY COMICS
    TONI GAYLE (a) 1949 unconfirmed > 49
 TOBY PRESS
    JON JUAN, WORLD'S GREATEST LOVER (a) 1950-51 > 50 51
 ZIFF-DAVIS COMICS
    AMAZING ADVENTURES~ (a) 1950 > 50
    Covers (paint) 1951 > 51