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    John Powers Severin - 'Nireves'
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Also Credited As:
Severin, O. O.

Bio:
Severin began drawing professionally at the age of ten, when he contributed cartoons to The Hobo News. After high school, he worked as an apprentice machinist and then enlisted in the Army during World War II. In the post-WWII years, he entered the comic book field working for several publishers, including stories for Crestwood's American Eagle. At EC, Severin initially worked in tandem with Will Elder, penciling stories that Elder inked, and both were among the original five artists who launched Harvey Kurtzman's Mad, along with Kurtzman, Wally Wood and Jack Davis.

In addition to his position as the lead artist for Two-Fisted Tales, he was its editor for its final issues in 1954. For years, he was a major contributor to Cracked magazine as cartoonist on the Cracked television parodies and other features. With Warren Publishing, he drew for Blazing Combat and Creepy.

Severin did extensive work for Marvel Comics, including The Hulk, The 'Nam, Conan, Captain Savage, What The?! and Semper Fi. As inker, he teamed with penciler Dick Ayers on an acclaimed run of Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos that won the Alley Award for Best War Title of 1967 and 1968. Active into the 21st Century, he illustrated the controversial 2003 Marvel limited series The Rawhide Kid, a lighthearted parallel universe Western that reimagined the outlaw hero as a kitschy, though still formidably gunslinging gay man.

Date of Birth: December 21st, 1921
Birthplace: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Date of death: February 12th, 2012



Favorite Creators:
John Powers Severin - 'Nireves' is a favorite creator of 7 users


Awards:
  • 2000 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Nominee - Hall of Fame
  • 2002 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Nominee - Hall of Fame
  • 2003 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Winner - Hall of Fame: (Voter's choice)

Notes:
brother of Marie Severin




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Writer:

Penciller:
The 'Nam Magazine (1988)
The 'Nam (1986)
Actual Romances (1949)
Adventure into Mystery (1956)
All True Crime Cases (1948)
All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z (2006)
Amazing High Adventure (1984)
America at War: The Best of DC War Comics (1979)
American Century (2001)
B.P.R.D. (2003)
B.P.R.D.: War on Frogs (2008)
Badman (1989)
Bat Lash (2008)
Battle (1951)
Battle-Ground (1954)
Battlefront (1952)
Best Western (1949)
Billy The Kid (1965)
Blackhawk (1957)
Blazing Battle Tales (1975)
Blazing Combat (1965)
Blazing Combat (2009)
Blazing Combat: Vietnam and Korea (1993)
Blazing Combat: World War I and World War II (1994)
Blazing Western (1989)
Bold Adventure (1983)
Buried Treasure (1990)
Caper (2003)
Capt. Storm (1964)
Conan (2004)
Conan the Barbarian (1970)
Corpse On The Imjin and Other Stories (2012)
CRACKED (1958)
Cracked Summer Special (1991)
Creepy (1964)
Creepy Archives (2008)
Creepy: The Classic Years (1991)
Crimefighters (1948)
Desperadoes Omnibus (2009)
Desperadoes: Quiet Of The Grave (2001)
Doris Danger Seeks Where Urban Creatures Creep and Stomp! (2007)
Doris Danger Seeks...Where Giant Monsters Creep and Stomp (2006)
Eerie (1965)
Eerie Archives (2009)
Epic Illustrated (1980)
Extra! (2000)
The Fleagles: The Classic E.C. Artists (2011)
Foul Play! The Art and Artists of the Notorious 1950s E.C. Comics! (2005)
Frontline Combat (1951)
G.I. Combat (1952)
G.I. Tales (1957)
Greyshirt: Indigo Sunset (2001)
Gunfighters (1979)
Gunsmoke Western (1955)
Homer, the Happy Ghost (1955)
The Immortal Iron Fist (2007)
Journey Into Mystery (1952)
Journey Into Unknown Worlds (1950)
Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating the DC Universe (2002)
Just Imagine Stan Lee With John Byrne Creating Robin (2002)
Justice (1947)
Kaputt (1975)
Kathy (1959)
Kid Colt Outlaw (1948)
Kid Slade, Gunfighter (1957)
Kull and the Barbarians (1975)
Love Romances (1949)
Love Secrets (1949)
MAD (1952)
The MAD Archives (2002)
MAD Art (2002)
Marines in Action (1955)
Marines in Battle (1954)
Marvel Comic Exklusiv (1987)
Marvel Graphic Novel (1982)
Marvel Illustrated Books (1981)
Matt Slade, Gunfighter (1956)
The Mighty Marvel Western (1968)
Monster Masterworks (1989)
Monsters Attack (1989)
Mystery Tales (1952)
Mystical Tales (1956)
Navy Combat (1955)
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (1968)
Not Brand Echh (1967)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z (2008)
Our Army at War (1952)
Our Fighting Forces (1954)
Punisher: From First To Last (2006)
Punisher: The Tyger (2006)
Quick-Trigger Western (1956)
Rawhide Kid (2003)
The Rawhide Kid (1955)
REH: A Short Biography of Robert E. Howard (1999)
Ringo Kid (1955)
Ringo Kid (1970)
Riot (1954)
The Rook Magazine (1979)
Rugged Action (1954)
The Savage Sword Of Conan (1974)
The Savage Sword of Kull (2010)
Savage Tales (1985)
Semper Fi: Tales of the Marine Corps (1988)
Sergeant Barney Barker (1956)
Sgt. Fury (1963)
Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos (1974)
Sgt. Rock (1977)
Showcase Presents: The Losers (2012)
Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder: Lost and Gone Forever (2011)
Sojourn (1977)
Spoof (1970)
Sport Stars (1949)
Strange Tales (1951)
Strange Tales of the Unusual (1955)
Streetwise (2000)
Suicide Squad (2001)
Tales of Justice (1955)
Tales of Terror!: The E.C. Companion (2000)
Tales to Astonish (1959)
Thrilling Adventure Stories (1975)
Tomahawk (1950)
Treehouse of Horror (1995)
Two Gun Western (1950)
Two Gun Western (1956)
Two-Fisted Tales (1992)
Two-Gun Kid (1948)
UFO and Alien Comix (1978)
Ultimate Civil War: Spider-Ham (2007)
Uncanny Tales (1952)
Unknown Soldier (1977)
War Comics (1950)
The Warren Companion (2001)
Warren Presents (1979)
Weird Fantasy (1992)
Weird Tales of the Macabre (1975)
Western Outlaws (1954)
Western Tales of Black Rider (1955)
Western Trails (1957)
What The--?! (1988)
Wizard How to Draw (2005)
World of Mystery (1956)

Inker:
The 'Nam Magazine (1988)
The 'Nam (1986)
Adventure into Mystery (1956)
Al Williamson Forbidden Worlds (2009)
The Al Williamson Reader (2008)
All True Crime Cases (1948)
Amazing High Adventure (1984)
America at War: The Best of DC War Comics (1979)
American Century (2001)
B.P.R.D. (2003)
B.P.R.D.: War on Frogs (2008)
Badman (1989)
Bat Lash (2008)
Battle (1951)
Battle-Ground (1954)
Battlefront (1952)
Best Western (1949)
Billy The Kid (1965)
Blackhawk (1957)
Blazing Battle Tales (1975)
Blazing Combat (1965)
Blazing Combat (2009)
Blazing Combat: Vietnam and Korea (1993)
Blazing Combat: World War I and World War II (1994)
Blazing Western (1989)
Bold Adventure (1983)
Bombast (1993)
Caper (2003)
Capt. Storm (1964)
Captain Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders (1968)
The Chronicles of Conan (2003)
The Chronicles of Kull (2009)
Conan (2004)
Conan Le Barbare (1972)
Conan the Barbarian (1970)
CRACKED (1958)
Creepy (1964)
Creepy: The Classic Years (1991)
Crimefighters (1948)
Der Unglaubliche Hulk Comic-Taschenbuch (1980)
Desperadoes Omnibus (2009)
Desperadoes: Quiet Of The Grave (2001)
Eerie (1965)
Eerie Archives (2009)
Essential Classic X-Men (2006)
Essential The Rampaging Hulk (2008)
The Fleagles: The Classic E.C. Artists (2011)
Fury (1977)
G.I. Combat (1952)
G.I. Tales (1957)
Greyshirt: Indigo Sunset (2001)
Gunsmoke Western (1955)
Homer, the Happy Ghost (1955)
Hulk: Heart of the Atom (2008)
The Immortal Iron Fist (2007)
The Incredible Hulk Megazine (1996)
The Incredible Hulk Presents (1989)
The Incredible Hulk (1968)
The Incredible Hulk (2000)
Journey Into Mystery (1952)
Journey Into Unknown Worlds (1950)
Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating the DC Universe (2002)
Just Imagine Stan Lee With John Byrne Creating Robin (2002)
Justice (1947)
Kathy (1959)
Kid Colt Outlaw (1948)
Kid Slade, Gunfighter (1957)
Kull and the Barbarians (1975)
Kull The Conqueror (1971)
L'incroyable Hulk (1968)
Love Romances (1949)
MAD (1952)
The MAD Archives (2002)
Marines in Action (1955)
Marines in Battle (1954)
Marvel Comic Exklusiv (1987)
Marvel Graphic Novel (1982)
Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (2003)
Marvel Super-Heroes (1967)
Marvel Treasury Edition (1974)
Marvel Visionaries: Roy Thomas (2006)
Marvelklubben (1984)
The Mighty Marvel Western (1968)
Monsters on the Prowl (1971)
Mystery Tales (1952)
Mystical Tales (1956)
Navy Combat (1955)
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (1968)
Our Army at War (1952)
Our Fighting Forces (1954)
Punisher: From First To Last (2006)
Punisher: The Tyger (2006)
Quick-Trigger Western (1956)
Rawhide Kid (1985)
Rawhide Kid (2003)
The Rawhide Kid (1955)
Ringo Kid (1955)
Riot (1954)
The Rook Magazine (1979)
Rugged Action (1954)
Savage Sword of Conan (1975)
The Savage Sword Of Conan (1974)
The Savage Sword of Kull (2010)
Savage Tales (1985)
Semper Fi: Tales of the Marine Corps (1988)
Sergeant Barney Barker (1956)
Sgt. Fury (1963)
Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos (1974)
Sgt. Rock (1977)
Showcase Presents: The Losers (2012)
Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder: Lost and Gone Forever (2011)
Sojourn (1977)
Sport Stars (1949)
Strange Tales (1951)
Strange Tales of the Unusual (1955)
Streetwise (2000)
The Sub-Mariner (1968)
Suicide Squad (2001)
Tales of Justice (1955)
Tales to Astonish (1959)
Thrilling Adventure Stories (1975)
Tomahawk (1950)
Treehouse of Horror (1995)
Two Gun Western (1956)
Two-Fisted Tales (1992)
Two-Gun Kid (1948)
UFO and Alien Comix (1978)
Uncanny Tales (1952)
Unknown Soldier (1977)
War Comics (1950)
Warren Presents (1979)
Weird Tales of the Macabre (1975)
Western Outlaws (1954)
Western Tales of Black Rider (1955)
Western Trails (1957)
What The--?! (1988)
Where Monsters Dwell (1970)
Yellow Claw (1956)

Colorist:
Bombast (1993)
The Chronicles of Kull (2009)

Letterer:
Streetwise (2000)

Editor:

Cover Artist:
Action Comics (1938)
Adventure into Mystery (1956)
Alarming Adventures (1962)
Alarming Tales (1957)
Annie Oakley (1948)
Apache Kid (1950)
Astonishing (1951)
Bat Lash (2008)
Battle (1951)
Battle Action (1952)
Battle-Ground (1954)
Battlefront (1952)
Billy Buckskin Western (1955)
Billy The Kid (1965)
Black Rider Rides Again! (1957)
Blazing Combat (2009)
Blazing Six-Guns (1971)
Buried Treasure (1990)
Caper (2003)
Captain Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders (1968)
Caught (1956)
The Chronicles of King Conan (2010)
The Chronicles of Kull (2009)
Combat Casey (1953)
Combat Kelly (1951)
Combat Kelly (1972)
Combat Zone: True Tales of GI's in Iraq (2005)
The Comics Journal (1977)
Commando Adventures (1957)
Conan Extra (1988)
Conan the King (1984)
Cowboy Action (1955)
CRACKED (1958)
Desperadoes: Quiet Of The Grave (2001)
Devil-Dog Dugan (1956)
Dippy Duck (1957)
Fear (1970)
Frontier Western (1956)
Frontline Combat (1951)
G.I. Combat (1952)
G.I. Tales (1957)
Gunfighters (1963)
Gunfighters (1979)
Gunsmoke Western (1955)
Hulk (1981)
The Incredible Hulk (1968)
Journey Into Mystery (1952)
Journey Into Unknown Worlds (1950)
Kid Colt Outlaw (1948)
The Kid From Texas (1957)
Kid Slade, Gunfighter (1957)
King Conan (1980)
Kull The Conqueror (1971)
L'incroyable Hulk (1968)
Lost in Space (1991)
Marines at War (1957)
Marines in Action (1955)
Marines in Battle (1954)
Marvel Comic Exklusiv (1987)
Marvel Graphic Novel (1982)
Marvel Super-Heroes (1967)
Marvel Tales (1949)
Marvelklubben (1984)
Matt Slade, Gunfighter (1956)
The Mighty Marvel Western (1968)
Monsters Attack (1989)
Monsters on the Prowl (1971)
Mystery Tales (1952)
Mystic (1951)
Navy Action (1957)
Navy Tales (1957)
The Outlaw Kid (1954)
The Outlaw Kid (1970)
Quick-Trigger Western (1956)
The Rawhide Kid (1955)
Ringo Kid (1955)
Ringo Kid (1970)
Riot (1954)
ROM Spaceknight (1979)
Sailor Sweeney (1956)
Semper Fi: Tales of the Marine Corps (1988)
Sergeant Barney Barker (1956)
Sgt. Fury (1963)
Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos (1974)
Shaolin Cowboy (2004)
Silver Kid Western (1958)
Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder: Lost and Gone Forever (2011)
Six-Gun Western (1957)
Smoke Signal (2009)
Sojourn (1977)
Special Marvel Edition (1971)
Spellbound (1952)
Strange Stories of Suspense (1955)
Strange Tales (1951)
Strange Tales of the Unusual (1955)
The Sub-Mariner (1968)
Sundance Kid (1971)
Super fumetti in film (1976)
Tales of Justice (1955)
Tales of the Marines (1957)
Tomb of Dracula (1972)
Two Gun Western (1956)
Two-Fisted Tales (1950)
Two-Fisted Tales (1992)
Two-Gun Kid (1948)
War Comics (1950)
War Is Hell (1973)
Western Gunfighters (1956)
Western Gunfighters (1970)
Western Kid (1954)
Western Outlaws (1954)
Western Trails (1957)
Western Winners (1949)
Where Monsters Dwell (1970)
Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles (1958)
Wild Western (1948)
World of Fantasy (1956)
World of Mystery (1956)
World's Greatest Songs (1954)
Wyatt Earp (1955)
Yellow Claw (1956)



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