Julius Schwartz

…science fiction fan and editor Julius Schwartz, Strange was first drawn by Mike Sekowsky, the illustrator for the first three Showcase omnibus issues, where DC auditioned new characters before committing to new series. When the episodes with him proved popular, Strange moved over to the Mystery in Space comic, where…

Editor Julius Schwartz, who had resuscitated other DC superheroes, was tasked with revitalizing the ailing franchise in 1964. He commissioned artist Carmine Infantino, whose distinctive work on the Flash had helped usher in the Silver Age, to update the appearance of the hero. Infantino’s “New Look”…

When DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz took charge of Batman and Detective Comics in 1964, he dropped Batwoman and Bat-Girl from the series. Two years later he presided over the creation of Barbara Gordon, the new Batgirl (without the hyphen in her name), thus creating what was widely regarded…

…Flash in 1956, DC editor Julius Schwartz, along with writer John Broome and artist Gil Kane, ushered the Green Lantern into the so-called “Silver Age” of comics. The new Green Lantern premiered in Showcase no. 22 (October 1959), with a new history. Test pilot Hal Jordan chances upon the crashed…