George Brenner

• Born 1908-09-13 · Died 1952-09-13

Assisted sports cartoonist Bill Gallo and did some news reporting for the New York Daily News (early 1930s). Football scout in Brooklyn, New York for Brown University (early 1930s). Wrote most of his early drawn comic stories but had to cut back his work load as he started taking on editorial duties for Quality Comics about 1939. Did assistant editor support work for Quality Comics circa 1939 to 1942. Hired artist Fran Matera to ghost his art work about 1942 due to increased editorial work for Quality Comics. Was an associate editor for Quality Comics from 1943 to 1945 on the titles: Blackhawk (1944-1945), Crack Comics, Doll Man ?, Feature Comics ?, Hit Comics, Military Comics (1943-1945), Modern Comics (1945), National Comics, Plastic Man (1944), Police Comics, and The Spirit (1944-1945). Was an editor for Quality Comics from 1946 to 1949 on the titles: All Humor Comics, The Barker, Blackhawk, Candy (1947-1949), Crack Comics, Doll Man, Egbert, Feature Comics, Hit Comics, Kid Eternity, Marmaduke Mouse, Modern Comics, National Comics, Plastic Man, Smash Comics, and The Spirit. From 1949 to 1951, was a freelance writer, sold a couple of currently unknown Western stories. Recruited by Helen Meyer, did editor support work for Western Publishing out of its New York office from 1951 to 1952.