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Jesse Marsh

Jesse Marsh was an American comics artist and animator. He is best known for his work on the early Tarzan and related comic books for Western Publishing that saw print through Dell Comics and later Gold Key Comics. He was the first artist to produce original Tarzan comic books. Previously, all Tarzan comics were reprints from the newspaper strips. He also worked on the Gene Autry comic book for many years.

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Jesse Marsh
BornJuly 27, 1907
Florence, Alabama1
DiedApril 28, 1966(1966-04-28) (aged 58)
Monrovia, California1
NationalityAmerican
AreaCartoonist, Penciller, Inker
Notable works
Tarzan, Gene Autry

Jesse Marsh (July 27, 1907 – April 28, 1966)1 was an American comics artist and animator. He is best known for his work on the early Tarzan and related comic books for Western Publishing that saw print through Dell Comics and later Gold Key Comics.2 He was the first artist to produce original Tarzan comic books. Previously, all Tarzan comics were reprints from the newspaper strips. He also worked on the Gene Autry comic book for many years.3

Prior to working for Western, he had worked for The Walt Disney Company, doing animation work for Make Mine Music and some Pluto cartoons as well.

He would turn the Tarzan series over to Russ Manning in 1965 due to failing health.2

In 2009, Dark Horse Comics announced an archive reprint series of his work on Tarzan entitled Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years.

Collected editions

  • Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years
  • Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars: The Jesse Marsh Years collects Four Color Comics #375, #437, #488, 120 pages, May 2010, Dark Horse Comics ISBN 1595824715.
References

References

  1. Jesse Marsh at Inducks (registration required)
  2. "Jesse Marsh". Lambiek Comiclopedia. December 11, 2009. Archived from the original on May 21, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012. Jesse Marsh was a comic artist who is mainly known for his work on Tarzan, the comics series published by Dell.
  3. Jesse Marsh at the Grand Comics Database
  4. "Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years Vol. 1". Dark Horse Comics. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  5. "Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years Vol. 2". Dark Horse Comics. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  6. "Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years Vol. 3". Dark Horse Comics. Archived from the original on July 6, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  7. "Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years Vol. 4". Dark Horse Comics. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  8. "Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years Vol. 5". Dark Horse Comics. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  9. "Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years Vol. 6". Dark Horse Comics. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  10. "Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years Vol. 7". Dark Horse Comics. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  11. "Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years Vol. 8". Dark Horse Comics. Archived from the original on October 15, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  12. "Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years Vol. 9". Dark Horse Comics. Archived from the original on March 13, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  13. "Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years Vol. 10". Dark Horse Comics. Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  14. "Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years Vol. 11". Dark Horse Comics. Archived from the original on July 22, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
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