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'''Marvin Stein''' (February 11, 1925 – February 11, 2010)<ref name=Newsday>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/obituaries/marvin-stein-comic-book-illustrator-dies-at-85-1.1766724|title=Marvin Stein Comic Book illustrator Dies at 85|publisher=Newsday}}</ref><ref>"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JGTV-WX9 : accessed 04 Mar 2013), Marvin Stein, 11 February 2010.</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[comic book]] artist who also worked in [[animation]], advertising, illustration and television broadcast graphics.

== Biography ==
Stein was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a sign painter. Stein graduated from the Pratt Institute, and went to work for the [[Harry "A" Chesler|Chesler Studio]], which supplied comic stories and art to the comic book industry. Stein worked on ''Captain Valiant'' for [[Croyden Publications]] between 1944 and 1946, and the ''Funnyman'' daily and Sunday syndicated strip, and ''[[Superboy (comic book)|Superboy]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.supermanartists.comics.org/superart/Superboy.htm|title=Superboy}}</ref> and ''Boy Commandoes'' for [[DC Comics|National Comics]]/DC. Stein joined the [[Joe Simon|Simon]] & [[Jack Kirby|Kirby]] Studio and worked on myriad titles — ''[[Black Magic (comics)|Black Magic]]'', ''[[Headline Comics (For The American Boy)|Headline]]'', ''[[Justice Traps the Guilty]]'', ''[[Young Love (comics)|Young Love]]'' and ''[[Young Romance]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2873|title=Simon and Kirby|publisher=Jack Kirby Museum}}</ref> — while freelancing for several other publishers, including [[Atlas Comics (1950s)|Atlas]], [[Feature Comics]], [[Prize Comics]], and [[Ziff Davis]].

In 1958, he left comics to work in advertising and broadcast news graphics. From 1965 to 1969, he illustrated the syndicated ''McGurk's Mob'' with Bud Wexler for ''Newsday''. Stein also worked illustrating children's books.

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* [https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/stein_marvin.htm Lambiek Comiclopedia article.]


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