Robert Bernstein (May 23, 1919 â€" December 19, 1988), sometimes
credited as R. Berns, was an American comic book writer, playwright
and concert impresario, notable as the founder of the Island Concert
Hall recital series which ran for 15 years on Long Island.As a writer,
he is best known for his EC Comics tales and his Superman stories for
DC Comics, where he also established the origin and mythos of Aquaman.
With various artists, Bernstein co-created DC's Congorilla, Aqualad
and Aquagirl, and also Archie Comics' the Jaguar.Like most comics
professionals of this time, Bernstein went largely uncredited, often
receiving credit belatedly in modern-day reprints of his work. His
first confirmable credit is the signed, six-page story "Ghouls' Gold"
in publisher Lev Gleason's Crime Does Not Pay #43 (Jan. 1946). Other
early work includes a five-page story in Spark Publications' Golden
Lad #4, featuring the character Swift Arrow, plus text fillers for DC
Comics and Fawcett Comics, and a 1947 Green Lantern story.For Marvel
Comics' 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics, Bernstein wrote for the war
comics series War Comics, as well as several stories of the masked
Western character Black Rider. Also during this decade, he wrote for
DC's All-American Men of War, G.I. Combat, Our Army at War, Our
Fighting Forces, and Star Spangled War Stories; psychological drama in
EC's Psychoanalysis and Shock Illustrated; and superhero stories,
working with artist Jack Kirby on at least one Green Arrow tale, in
World's Finest Comics #99 (Feb. 1959).
credited as R. Berns, was an American comic book writer, playwright
and concert impresario, notable as the founder of the Island Concert
Hall recital series which ran for 15 years on Long Island.As a writer,
he is best known for his EC Comics tales and his Superman stories for
DC Comics, where he also established the origin and mythos of Aquaman.
With various artists, Bernstein co-created DC's Congorilla, Aqualad
and Aquagirl, and also Archie Comics' the Jaguar.Like most comics
professionals of this time, Bernstein went largely uncredited, often
receiving credit belatedly in modern-day reprints of his work. His
first confirmable credit is the signed, six-page story "Ghouls' Gold"
in publisher Lev Gleason's Crime Does Not Pay #43 (Jan. 1946). Other
early work includes a five-page story in Spark Publications' Golden
Lad #4, featuring the character Swift Arrow, plus text fillers for DC
Comics and Fawcett Comics, and a 1947 Green Lantern story.For Marvel
Comics' 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics, Bernstein wrote for the war
comics series War Comics, as well as several stories of the masked
Western character Black Rider. Also during this decade, he wrote for
DC's All-American Men of War, G.I. Combat, Our Army at War, Our
Fighting Forces, and Star Spangled War Stories; psychological drama in
EC's Psychoanalysis and Shock Illustrated; and superhero stories,
working with artist Jack Kirby on at least one Green Arrow tale, in
World's Finest Comics #99 (Feb. 1959).
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