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Marvel Artist Marie Severin Dies at 89- Marie Severin, a comic book artist and colorist best known for her work on Marvel titles including The Incredible Hulk, Kull the Conqueror and the humor title Not Brand Ecch, has died. She was 89.
Severin’s death followed her move into hospice care following a second stroke his week; she suffered her first in 2007. Her death was announced on Facebook by longtime friend and former Marvel staffer Irene Vartanoff.
Severin initially entered the industry as a colorist for EC Comics when her older brother, the late comic book artist John Severin, was working for the company and needed someone to color his pages. She would go on to color titles across the company’s line until it folded, then ended up at the nascent Marvel Comics in the late 1950s, when she served as a production and paste-up artist and colorist before going on to pencil and ink stories in her own right. She served as Marvel’s head colorist until 1972, when she left the position to concentrate on penciling and inking.
In addition to her interior artwork, Severin also designed the original costume for Spider-Woman and designed and illustrated merchandise for Marvel’s Special Projects division. In the 1980s, she was one of the core artists on the short-lived “Star Comics” line, aimed at younger readers.
Marie Severin was a true comics icon. She used to do cover layouts for Kirby because he thought she was better at it then himself. He was right.
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There are a number of photos of Marie Severin and several other Marvel staffers in HULK magazine 26, April 1981.
I like Severin best for a 1969 Silver Surfer parody she did in NOT BRAND ECCH in the late 1980's, as well as some issues she did of SPECTACULAR SPIDERMAN and POWERMAN/IRON FIST, and "Weirdworld" (inking John Buscema) in EPIC ILLUSTRATED 10-12.
Honestly, she's not one of my favorite artists, but was a verssative artist who did some solid work in a variety of genres, and she was a centerpiece at Marvel from the Stan Lee era up through the Jim Shooter era, with a great sense of humor. And was the wife of artist John Severin.
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 One of my favorite Severin covers from TALES TO ASTONISH 93.
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And was the wife of artist John Severin. Sister
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That's a shame. I never got the chance to sleep with her.
"My friends have always been the best of me." -Doctor Who
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I can tell by the position of the sun in the sky, that is time for us to go. Until next time, I am Lothar of the Hill People!
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And was the wife of artist John Severin. Sister Wow, I had no idea! All these years I thought they were married. John Severin goes back to the days of EC Comics, Marie I first heard of in the late 1960's.
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That's a shame. I never got the chance to sleep with her.  At 89, I don't think you're missing much.
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There are a number of photos of Marie Severin and several other Marvel staffers in HULK magazine 26, April 1981. https://viewcomiconline.com/hulk-1978-issue-26/ [page 51] I like Severin best for a 1969 Silver Surfer parody she did in NOT BRAND ECCH and other stories in issues 1-13 in 1967-1969. https://viewcomiconline.com/not-brand-echh-issue-13/As well as some issues she did of SPECTACULAR SPIDERMAN and POWERMAN/IRON FIST, and "Weirdworld" (inking John Buscema) in EPIC ILLUSTRATED 9 , 11 and 13. https://viewcomiconline.com/epic-illustrated-issue-9/https://viewcomiconline.com/power-man-and-iron-fist-v1-60/ (just the one issue, cover and interior art) https://viewcomiconline.com/the-spectacular-spider-man-1976-issue-51/ (issues 45, 47-48, 51, 54, and annuals 3 and 11) Honestly, she's not one of my favorite artists, but was a versatile artist who did some solid work in a variety of genres, and she was a centerpiece at Marvel from the Stan Lee era up through the Jim Shooter era, with a great sense of humor. And the [brother] of artist John Severin. I happened to be looking at the HULK 26 magazine, and thought of this topic. I was surprised this topic was 4 years ago, it felt like just 3 months ago. And also THE CAT 1 and 2 (1972) https://viewcomiconline.com/the-cat-1/So looking here, I updated the topic with links, and a few minor corrections. And here's the Wikipedia listing for Marie Severin, with a complete checklist of her work : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_SeverinAnd here's the page for her brother, artist John Severin as well : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Severin
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