TUSKA, GEORGE
 Name and vital stats
    TUSKA, GEORGE [1916- ] (artist; writer) NULL
 Pen names
    GEORGE AKSUT NULL
 Education
    National Academy of Design NULL
 Member
    National Cartoonists Society NULL
 Additional biography
    Amazing Heroes #154, 1988 NULL
    Comic Book Marketplace, Jan., 1996 NULL
    Great Comic Book Artists, 1986 NULL
 Honors
    Inkpot Award (San Diego Comicon) 1997 > 97
 Syndication
    AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (ghost p) late-1980s for King Features Syndicate > 87 88 89
    ARNOLD PALMER GOLF (a) NULL
    BUCK ROGERS [Sunday] (a) 1958-67 for John F. Dille Company '58-59; National Newspaper Syndicate '60-67 > 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67
    BUCK ROGERS [daily] (a) 1959-67 for John F. Dille Company '59; National Newspaper Syndicate '60-67 > 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67
    SCORCHY SMITH [Sunday] (w/p) 1954-59 for Associated Press > 54 55 56 57 58 59
    SCORCHY SMITH [daily] (w/p) 1954-59 for Associated Press > 54 55 56 57 58 59
    SUPERMAN (p) 1982 > 82
    WORLD'S GREATEST SUPER-HEROES [Sunday] (p) 1977-82 for Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate > 77 78 79 80 81 82
    WORLD'S GREATEST SUPER-HEROES [daily] (p) 1977-82 for Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate > 77 78 79 80 81 82
 Creator
    COSMIC CARSON; ZANZIBAR THE MAGICIAN NULL
 Comics Studio (Shop)
    CHESLER STUDIO (w/a) 1941-42 > 41 42
    EISNER AND IGER STUDIO (w/a) 1939 > 39
    IGER STUDIO (a) 1940-41 > 40 41
 A.C.E. COMICS
    BUSTER CRABBE (a) 1987 from inventory > 87
 ARCHIE PUBLICATIONS
    FLY, THE (a) 1959 > 59
    SHIELD, THE (a) 1959 > 59
 BETTER PUBLICATIONS
    APACHE TRAIL (a) 1957-58 > 57 58
    BLACK TERROR (a) 1948-49 > 48 49
    DOC STRANGE (a) 1947 > 47
    GANG WORLD~ (p) 1953 > 53
    Illustration (a) 1940s > 40s
    JOE YANK~ (a) 1952 > 52
    LOOIE LAZYBONES (a) 1947 > 47
    MEL ALLEN SPORTS~ (a) 1949 > 49
    NEW ROMANCES~ (a) 1954 > 54
    PHANTOM DETECTIVE (a) 1940s > 40s
    REAL LIFE COMICS~ (a) 1949 > 49
    UNSEEN, THE~ (a) 1953 > 53
    War (p) 1953-54 > 53 54
 CHARLTON COMICS
    RACKET SQUAD~ (a) 1956-57 > 56 57
    SICK~ (a) 1966 > 66
 CHESLER PUBLICATIONS
    BLACK DWARF (a) mid-1940s > 44 45 46
    DAN HASTINGS (a) 1941 > 41
    GAY DESPERADO (a) 1945-47 > 45 46 47
    HALE THE MAGICIAN (a) 1942 > 42
    LADY SATAN (a) 1941-42 > 41 42
    MASTER KEY (a) c1944 reprint; unconfirmed > 44
    MISTER E (a) 1941 > 41
 DC COMICS
    ALFRED (p) 1979 > 79
    BLACK LIGHTNING (p) 1979 > 79
    CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN (a) 1970/82 > 70 82
    Covers (p) 1970-72/82-83 > 70 71 72 82 83
    FALLING IN LOVE~ (p) 1970-71 > 70 71
    FIRESTORM (p) 1983/85-86 > 83 85 86
    G.I. ROBOT (p) 1983 > 83
    GHOSTS~ (p/i) 1971-73 > 71 72 73
    GIRLS' LOVE STORIES~ (p) 1958/70-72 > 58 70 71 72
    GIRLS' ROMANCES~ (a) 1971 > 71
    GREEN ARROW AND BLACK CANARY (p) 1978 > 78
    GREEN LANTERN (a) 1983 > 83
    HAWK AND DOVE (p) 1971 > 71
    HOUSE OF MYSTERY~ (p/some i) 1972/81-83 > 72 81 82 83
    HOUSE OF SECRETS~ (a) 1970-73 > 70 71 72 73
    INFINITY, INC. (p) 1985 > 85
    JIMMY OLSEN (p) 1981 > 81
    JOHNNY PERIL (p) 1980 aka Just a Story > 80
    JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA (p) 1978-85 > 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85
    LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES (p/i) 1971-72/78/84 > 71 72 78 84
    LILITH (p) 1971 > 71
    MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (p) 1982-83 > 82 83
    MISTER AND MRS. SUPERMAN (p) 1980 > 80
    MYSTERY IN SPACE~ (p) 1981 > 81
    PRIVATE LIFE OF CLARK KENT (p) 1981 > 81
    SECRET ORIGIN: FIRESTORM (p) 1986 > 86
    SECRET ORIGIN: FLASH [1st version] (p) 1986 > 86
    SUPERBOY (a) 1971-72 > 71 72
    SUPERMAN (p) 1972/78/83 > 72 78 83
    SUPERMAN AND BATMAN (p/i) 1978-79/82/84 > 78 79 82 84
    TALES OF GOTHAM CITY (p) 1980 > 80
    TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED~ (a) 1959 > 59
    TEEN TITANS (p) 1970-72/76 > 70 71 72 76
    UNEXPECTED, THE~ (a) 1970-73/77 > 70 71 72 73 77
    WEIRD WAR TALES~ (p) 1981/83 > 81 83
    WHO'S WHO IN THE DC UNIVERSE (p) 1985-86 entries > 85 86
    WITCHING HOUR, THE~ (a) 1970/72 > 70 72
    WONDER WOMAN (p) 1978 > 78
    YOUNG ROMANCE~ (p) 1971 > 71
 FAWCETT COMICS
    CAPTAIN MARVEL (a) 1940 > 40
    DOCTOR VOODOO (a) 1942 > 42
    GOLDEN ARROW (a) 1946 > 46
    JIM DOLAN (a) 1941-42 > 41 42
    LASH LARUE (a) 1950-53 > 50 51 52 53
    NYOKA (a) early-1940s > 40 41 42 43
    RICK O'SHAY (a) 1941-42 > 41 42
 FEATURE COMICS
    BLACK MAGIC~ (a) 1958 > 58
    SICK~ (a) early-1960s-70s fifteen years > 60s 70s
    YOUNG LOVE~ (a) 1958 > 58
    YOUNG ROMANCE~ (a) 1958 > 58
 FICTION HOUSE COMICS
    CAMILLA (a) 1943-45 > 43 44 45
    CHIP COLLINS (p) 1940-41 > 40 41
    COSMO CORRIGAN (a) 1940-41 > 40 41
    Covers (a) 1941 > 41
    Fillers (w/a) 1943 > 43
    GLORY FORBES (a) 1944-46 > 44 45 46
    GREASEMONKEY GRIFFIN (a) 1940-41 > 40 41
    HOOKS DEVLIN (a) 1944 > 44
    INSPECTOR DAYTON (a) 1940 > 40
    JANE MARTIN (a) 1940-41 > 40 41
    KAANGA (a) 1940-41/43 > 40 41 43
    KAYO KIRBY (a) 1940s > 40s
    ORAN OF THE JUNGLE (a) 1940 > 40
    PLANET PAYSON (a) 1940 > 40
    PRIVATE ELMER PIPPIN (a) 1943 > 43
    REEF RYAN (a) 1943 > 43
    RIP CARSON (a) 1943-44 > 43 44
    ROCKY HALL (a) 1943 > 43
    SEA DEVIL (a) 1944 > 44
    SHARK BRODIE (a) 1940 > 40
    SIMBA (a) 1944 > 44
    SPACE RANGER (a) 1940s > 40s
    SPENCER STEELE (a) 1940 > 40
    STAR PIRATE (a) 1944 > 44
    Support (some w) 1940-47 > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47
    TABU (a) 1943 > 43
    TALES FROM TOYLAND (a) 1947 > 47
    U.S. RANGERS (a) 1943-45 > 43 44 45
    WEREWOLF HUNTER (a) 1943 > 43
    WILTON OF THE WEST (a) 1940 > 40
    ZX-5 (a) 1940 > 40
 FOX COMICS
    COSMIC CARSON (w/a) 1940 > 40
    MOB-BUSTER ROBINSON (a) 1939-40 > 39 40
    WING TURNER (a) 1939-40 > 39 40
    ZANZIBAR (a) c1939-c40 > 39 40
 HARVEY COMICS
    ALARMING ADVENTURES~ (a) 1962 > 62
    BEE-MAN (i) 1966 > 66
    Covers (a) 1966-67 > 66 67
    JACK Q. FROST (p) 1966 > 66
    JOHNNY FOX (a) 1941 [Imprint: WORTH] > 41
    MAN IN BLACK CALLED FATE (a) 1966 > 66
    Romance (a) 1958 > 58
    SORCERER (i) 1966 > 66
    SPIKE MARLIN (a) 1939-40 > 39 40
    SPYMAN (a) 1966-67 > 66 67
    TIMBERLAND TNT (a) 1943 > 43
 HASTINGS ASSOCIATES
    EERIE TALES~ (a) 1959 > 59
 HEALTH PUBLICATIONS
    PANIC~ (a) 1958-59 > 58 59
 HILLMAN PERIODICALS
    Crime (a) 1950 > 50
 HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS
    Various features (a) 1946 > 46
 I.W. PUBLICATIONS
    LONE VIGILANTE (a) 1958 reprint > 58
    MISTER E (a) 1963 reprint > 63
 LEV GLEASON
    BOY COMICS HERO OF THE MONTH (a) 1946 > 46
    CRIME AND PUNISHMENT~ (a) 1950-54 > 50 51 52 53 54
    CRIME DOES NOT PAY~ (a) 1946-54 > 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
    CRIMEBUSTER (a) 1954-55 > 54 55
    Covers (a) 1954 > 54
    DESPERADO~ (a) 1948 > 48
    Romance (a) 1949 > 49
 MARVEL COMICS
    AVENGERS (i) 1992 > 92
    AVENGERS (p) 1967---77 > 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77
    BATTLE ACTION~ (a) 1957 > 57
    BATTLEGROUND~ (a) 1956 > 56
    BATTLE~ (a) 1954 > 54
    BLACK GOLIATH (p) 1976 > 76
    BLACK RIDER (a) 1953-54 > 53 54
    BROTHERS LINK, THE (a) 1971 > 71
    Backup feature (a) 1949 in CASEY CRIME PHOTOGRAPHER > 49
    Backup feature (a) 1952 in KENT BLAKE OF THE SECRET SERVICE > 52
    CAPTAIN AMERICA (a) 1965-69/77 > 65 66 67 68 69 77
    CAPTAIN MARVEL (p) 1978 > 78
    CHAMPIONS (a) 1976/78 > 76 78
    CHUCK MASON (a) 1951 > 51
    CRIME EXPOSED~ (a) 1951 > 51
    Covers (a) 1951-54/75 > 51 52 53 54 75
    DAREDEVIL (a) 1968/77 > 68 77
    DEFENDERS, THE (p) 1978 > 78
    DOCTOR DOOM (p) 1971 > 71
    DOCTOR STRANGE (a) 1968 > 68
    DOUG GRANT (a) 1951 > 51
    DRACULA LIVES!~ (p) 1975 > 75
    GHOST RIDER (a) 1975-76 > 75 76
    GODZILLA (a) 1977 > 77
    GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD (a) 1974 movie adaptation > 74
    HERCULES (a) 1975 > 75
    HULK (a) 1968/77 > 68 77
    IRON MAN (p/some i) 1964/68-78 > 64 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78
    JET DIXON OF THE SPACE SQUADRON (a) 1951-52 > 51 52
    JUNGLE ADVENTURES OF GREG KNIGHT (a) 1954 > 54
    KA-ZAR (a) 1970-71 > 70 71
    KID COLT (a) 1954 > 54
    LUKE CAGE POWER MAN (p) 1972-77 > 72 73 74 75 76 77
    MAN COMICS~ (a) 1949-53 > 49 50 51 52 53
    MAN-OO THE MIGHTY (a) 1954 > 54
    MAN-WOLF (a) 1974 > 74
    MARINES IN BATTLE~ (a) 1956-57 > 56 57
    MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (p) 1987 > 87
    MEN IN ACTION~ (a) 1952 > 52
    MEN'S ADVENTURES~ (a) 1953 > 53
    NICK FURY (p) 1968 > 68
    PLANET OF THE APES (p) 1975-76 > 75 76
    REX LANE (a) 1953 > 53
    RICK JORDAN (a) 1951 > 51
    ROCKY JORDAN (a) 1951 > 51
    SHANNA (a) 1972 > 72
    SPACE SQUADRON (a) 1951 > 51
    SPEED CARTER SPACEMAN (a) 1954 > 54
    STRANGE TALES~ (a) 1951-54 > 51 52 53 54
    SUB-MARINER (a) 1974 > 74
    SUB-MARINER AND DOCTOR DOOM (p) 1975 > 75
    SUSPENSE~ (a) 1950 > 50
    TALES OF THE WATCHER (a) 1964 > 64
    THING AND DOCTOR STRANGE (p) 1974 > 74
    TIGRA (a) 1976 > 76
    TWO-GUN KID (a) 1953-54 > 53 54
    UNKNOWN JUNGLE~ (a) 1954 > 54
    WAR COMICS~ (p) 1953 > 53
    WESTERN OUTLAWS AND SHERIFFS~ (a) 1951 > 51
    WHAT IF CAPTAIN AMERICA. . .? (p) 1977 > 77
    WILD WESTERN~ (a) 1953 > 53
    X-MEN (a) 1968 > 68
 PARENTS' MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (a) 1945 > 45
 QUALITY COMICS
    ARCHIE O'TOOLE (w/a) 1940-41 > 40 41
    Covers (a) 1942 > 42
    HERCULES (w/a) 1941 > 41
    KID DIXON (w/a) 1940-41 > 40 41
    LION BOY (w/a) 1940-41 > 40 41
    SHARK BRODIE (w/a) 1940 > 40
    Support (some w) after co-plotting with Will Eisner NULL
    TOMMY TINKLE (w/a) 1940 > 40
    UNCLE SAM (w/a) early-1940s > 40 41 42 43
 ST. JOHN PUBLISHING
    BOLD BUCKEROO (a) 1948-50 reprint > 48 49 50
    Crime (a) 1948-54 > 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
    Horror (a) 1952/54-55 > 52 54 55
    NIGHTMARE~ (a) 1954 > 54
    WESTERN BANDIT TRAILS~ (a) 1949 > 49
 STREET & SMITH COMICS
    HOODED WASP (a) 1941 > 41
    MARK MALLORY (a) 1941 > 41
 SUPERIOR PUBLISHERS
    CAPTAIN FLIGHT~ (a) 1945 > 45
 TOWER COMICS
    DYNAMO (a) 1968 > 68
    MENTHOR (p) 1965/67 > 65 67
    RAVEN (a) 1966 > 66
    T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS (a) 1966-67 > 66 67
    THUNDER AGENT WEED (p) 1967 > 67
    THUNDER AGENTS (p) 1966-67 > 66 67
    WEED (a) 1966-67 > 66 67
 WARREN PUBLICATIONS
    CREEPY~ (a) 1966/68 > 66 68
 WESTERN PUBLISHING
    DANIEL BOONE (p) 1965 > 65
    MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (p/i) 1965 > 65
 ZIFF-DAVIS COMICS
    G.I. JOE (a) 1952 > 52
    HAWK (a) 1951 > 51
    Horror (a) c1951-c52 > 51 52
    Jungle (p) 1952 > 52
    Romance (p) 1952 > 52
    Science fantasy (a) 1952 > 52
    Western (a) c1951-c52 > 51 52
 Source (some data)
    Additions by Alberto Becattini 7/2005 NULL