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Mike Sekowsky
Born	1923
Died	1989
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller

The cover of Brave and the Bold #28, 1960, featuring the first appearance of the Justice League and art by Mike Sekowsky.

Mike Sekowsky (1923-1989) was an American comic book artist best known as the exclusive penciler for DC Comics' Justice League of America during most of the 1960s, and as the regular writer and artist on Wonder Woman during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Sekowsky began working in the comics medium in 1941, as an artist at Timely Comics in New York City. There, he was initially employed on various humor features such as "Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal". He went on to draw comics in multiple genres during the 1940s and 1950s.

In 1952, Sekowsky began working at DC Comics, where he drew romance and science fiction titles under the editorship of Julius Schwartz. In 1960, Sekowsky began working on his most noted effort, Justice League of America, staying on the title for 63 issues. He also returned for a special flashback tale in JLA #240 in 1985 featuring the League from his era.

In 1968, Sekowsky became the penciler of Metal Men, taking over from Gil Kane, who had succeeded Ross Andru. In 1969, Sekowsky also became the writer and changed the direction of the series by having the Metal Men assume human identities. Sales on the book had dropped gradually since Sekowsky's assuming the art duties, but suffered a catastrophic drop immediately after he became series writer. The series was cancelled six issues later, at a time when the publisher was also dropping many of its other superhero titles.

At roughly the same time, he began working on Wonder Woman with issue #178, first as artist and then also as writer and editor until issue #198. He also contributed a story about Wonder Woman and Batman to The Brave and the Bold comic book. His run on the series included a variety of themes, from espionage to mythological adventure.

Sekowsky also wrote and drew features for the Showcase comic book in the last three years of its run, including the three-part Jason's Quest, an adventure series about a young man on a motrocycle searching for his family.

He won a 1963 Alley Award for Favorite Novel ("Crisis on Earths 1 and 2" in Justice League of America #21 and #22 with Gardner Fox).

Evanier, Mark. "Mike Sekowsky and the Silver Age Justice League of America". Comic Art Magazine #3.

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