THE PHANTOM - TIGER GIRL

Published as cover for a REMAKE of "THE TIGER GIRL", story originally published with the art of WILSON Mc COY _______________________________________ Mc Coy, Wilson: Wilson McCoy (American, 1902-1961); took over the art reigns as the second artist on The Phantom when co-creator Ray Moore left the feature to serve as a pilot during World War II. McCoy is noted for his meticulous attention to detail, and he used photographic reference for nearly every drawing in the strip. His family and friends often posed for him and acted out the action for the stories. McCoy was also an adventurous world traveler who visited far-off jungles with several native tribes, including the Ituri tribe, pygmies who were said to be much like the Bandar tribe in the Phantom strip. McCoy attended art classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the American Academy, and Washington University's School of Fine Arts, where he later served as a member of the faculty. As an accomplished commercial artist prior to his lengthy stint on the Phantom, McCoy painted numerouus Liberty Magazine covers, as well as calendars, prints, pin-ups, and advertisements for major advertising clients. An artist herself, Wilson McCoy's wife, Dorothy Rainwater McCoy, did the lettering on the Phantom. McCoy's daughter Carol modeled for Diana Palmer, and his son Robert posed as the Phantom.