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Julius Schwartz

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Julius Schwartz · Superhero Creators

What

Legendary DC Comics editor who launched the Silver Age by reviving the Flash (1956), Green Lantern and the Justice League; later editor of Superman and Batman

When

1915, the Bronx, New York, United States — 2004, New York, United States

Where

New York, United States

Biography

Julius Schwartz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Superhero Creators — Legendary DC Comics editor who launched the Silver Age by reviving the Flash (1956), Green Lantern and the Justice League; later editor of Superman and Batman

How & why

Schwartz was a legendary DC Comics editor who launched the Silver Age of comics by reviving the Flash in 1956, then Green Lantern and the Justice League, and later revitalized Superman and Batman. He began as a science-fiction literary agent before shaping the modern superhero. He was Jewish, born in the Bronx to Romanian-Jewish immigrant parents.

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Source: Wikipedia (born in the Bronx to Romanian-Jewish immigrant parents)

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Legendary DC Comics editor who launched the Silver Age by reviving the Flash (1956), Green Lantern and the Justice League; later editor of Superman and Batman

1956

Source: Wikipedia (born in the Bronx to Romanian-Jewish immigrant parents)