De naam Gene Colan zal weinig mensen wat zeggen, maar voor ons comic fans is hij een levende legende. Helaas is hij nu op 84 jarige leeftijd overleden, en laat hij een grote getekende erfenis achter. Ik had wel even een 1:1 vertaling kunnen doen, maar de onderstaande worden zeggen zoals het is:

Colan began drawing comics in 1944, and first caught the attention of comics fans with his war comics, which he researched heavily. If you can find these, the art is a treat: Colan was a detailed and meticulous artist, and it really pays off with these stories.

Most comics fans, though, know him from Marvel's Silver Age: his 81-issue run on "Daredevil", the complete run of "The Tomb of Dracula", his work on "Captain America", and naturally his art for "Howard the Duck". Although Colan is most known for his Marvel work, he drew for DC, with a four year run on "Batman", and even spent some time drawing for Archie Comics. In the last decade, he returned to Marvel, drawing the final issue of "Blade" and most memorably issue #601 of "Captain America", which brought Colan back to his war comics roots.