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Julius
Schwartz Name:
Julius "Julie" Schwartz Born:
June 19, 1915, The Bronx, New York
City Died:
February 8, 2004, of pneumonia in
Mineola New York, at the age of
88 Photo:
Birthplace:
New York City Education:
City College of New York Occupation:
Science Fiction and comic book
editor (with DC Comics) Career
History:
Science fiction literary agent
(1930s), hired by All-American Comics
(which later became DC) in 1944, edited
DC Comics (1944-1987), DC Editor
Emeritus (1987-2004), wrote
autobiography, "Man of Two Worlds:
My Life in Science Fiction and
Comics" (HarperCollins,
2000) Accomplishments:
Schwartz is best known for his work
as the editor at DC Comics who
reinvigorated the superhero genre in
comics industry, and DC Comics
characters in particular by modernizing
old heroic characters from the 1940s
for the modern era. Super-powered
characters such as the Flash, Green
Lantern and Hawkman were among those
brought back from obscurity and
reinvented for a mid 1950s and early
1960s audience. In the 1960s, he
brought a fresh look to Batman, and in
the 1970s, he transformed Superman's
alter ego, Clark Kent, from a bumbling
newspaper reporter into a bumbling
television news anchor. These
characters, along with many others,
were joined together in the Justice
League, Schwartz's take on the old
Justice Society of America, the premier
super-group of the 1940s. This began
the classic "Silver Age" of comics
which saw the popularity of superheroes
rise "faster than a speeding bullet,"
as it were, and continues to this day,
as many of his fictional
protégés pop up on
television, in movies and of course, in
the pages of DC comic books.
Among
other accomplishments, Schwartz
co-created "The Time Traveler," the
first science-fiction fanzine in 1932,
co-founded the first science fiction
literary agency, called Solar Sales
Service, and in 1939, he helped found
the first World Science Fiction
Convention. As a literary agent, he
sold some of Ray Bradbury's first
stories. In 1961, Schwartz led the
comics industry into a new dimension,
literally, with the invention of
"parallel universes." where different
versions of familiar characters, along
with many long-forgotten characters,
resided. This invention allowed the
heroes of DC's current continuity (the
Justice League, Superman, Flash, etc.)
to interact with parallel versions of
themselves (the Justice Society, an
older Superman, the original, older
Flash, etc.) in alternate
Earths. Awards:
"First Fandom Hall of Fame Award, the
Shazam, the Eagle, the Alley, the
Inkpot and the Jules Verne Awards"
(http://www.dccomics.com/news/article_display.html?nw_dc_itemCode=juliusschwartz).
In 1998, DragonCon established the
"Julie Award" in Schwartz's honor, to
honor artists whose work crosses over
multiple genres. Worked/Collaborated
With:
Mort Weisenger (DC Comics Editor),
Forrest Ackerman, Carmine Infantino
(comic artist), Gardner Fox (comic
writer), Murphy Anderson, Gil Kane
(comic artist), Joe Kubert (comic
artist), Denny O'Neil and Neal
Adams Published
Works:
Man of
Two Worlds: My Life in Science Fiction
and Comics (2000) Sources: DC
Comics--http://www.dccomics.com/news/article_display.html?nw_dc_itemCode=juliusschwartz Newsday
Magazine--http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/ny-nyobit113665120feb11,0,2307655.story New York
Times Obit Page--http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/12/arts/12SCHW.html Julius
Schwartz Fan Page--http://www.juliusschwartz.com/
Lee, R. "The
History Guy: Bio Files: Julius
Schwartz" http://www.historyguy.com/biofiles/schwartz_julius.html
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