Mortimer, Win

Win Mortimer began working for DC Comics in 1945 and quickly became a cover artist for comics featuring Superman, Superboy and Batman. His first known comics work is as the uncredited penciler and inker of the 12-page lead Batman story, "The Batman Goes Broke" by writer Don Cameron, in Detective Comics #105 (Nov. 1945). He succeeded Wayne Boring on the Superman newspaper strip in 1949, leaving it in 1956 to create the adventure strip David Crane for the Prentice-Hall Syndicate. Following his run on that series, Mortimer produced the Larry Brannon strip for the Toronto Star from 1961 to 1968. During the same period, Mortimer returned to DC and worked on a large variety of comics, ranging from humor (Stanley and His Monster, Scooter, Fat Albert) to superhero (features starring The Legion of Super-Heroes and Supergirl).