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Mort Weisinger

Mort Weisinger

Personal Info:

KNOWN FOR

Writing

GENDER

male

BIRTHDAY

1915-04-25

DAY OF DEATH

1978-05-07

PLACE OF BIRTH

New York City, New York, USA

ALSO KNOWN AS

Mortimer WeisingerMorton Weisinger

BIOGRAPHY

Mortimer 'Mort' Weisinger (1915-1978) was an American magazine and comic book editor best known for editing DC Comics' Superman during the mid-1950s to 1960s, in the Silver Age of comic books. He is credited with explaining Superman's powers in a more scientific way. Mort co-created such features as Aquaman, Green Arrow, Johnny Quick, and the original Vigilante, served as story editor for the Adventures of Superman TV-series (1960s), and compiled the often-revised paperback 1001 Valuable Things You Can Get Free. He retired from DC around 1970 and was succeeded by Julius Schwartz on the Superman titles.