Bob Correa

• Born 1919-06-07 · Died 2001-02-03

Correa moved to New York as a child where he attended grammar school and lived most of his life. He was studying architecture when he was drafted on 16 September 1940. He served a private in the Coast Artillery Corps. Correa's early comics work around 1951 was influence by Alex Raymond. He worked for Lev Gleason (1951-1952?) and probably Majestic Studios (around 1953-1955), providing crime and horror for Trojan. He did romance comics for Better (around 1952-1953), romance and crime for Fawcett (1952-1953), romance for Ribage (1953-1954), and horror for Atlas/Marvel (1953-1955). Correa's most significant comics contribution was his extensive adventure and western comics for Dell (1953-1959), particularly on Four Color. He is known for his work on Zorro and Turok Son of Stone. After leaving the comics industry, Correa provided illustrations for men's adventure pulps, especially Stanley Publications, from 1958 to 1962. He subsequently moved into commercial illustration, providing some covers for records and illustrations for books (around 1962-1982).