George Kashdan

March 17, 1928 (age 78)

Bronx, New York City, New York

He was additionally a screenwriter for such animated television series as The Mighty Hercules and The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure. Early life and career George Kashdan"s first two recorded comic-book credits, appearing the same month, are writing the "Congo Bill" backup feature in Action Comics #105 (February 1947), and co-writing, with Bernie Breslauer and District of Columbia managing editor Jack Schiff, the first story of spaceman Tommy Tomorrow, co-created with artist Howard Sherman, in District of Columbia"s Real Fact Comics #6 (February 1947). He became a story editor on Action Comics beginning with #106 (March 1947), mostly editing and rewriting the backup features on that anthology title, which headlined Superman, helmed by fellow story editor Mort Weisinger. As Kashdan recalled his start at the company, "There was a small emergency there. One of the editors with whom I had worked was Bernie Breslauer.. He was in the hospital briefly and Mort called medical He said, "Hey, we need an editor here." Bernie came back and I remained, basically as a copy editors I wasn"t buying stories or giving out plots, or giving out assignments of any sort. Bernie died a year or two later, I guess — around 1950. I moved into his desk.

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Kashdan was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago.

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He was additionally a screenwriter for such animated television series as The Mighty Hercules and The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure. Early life and career

George Kashdan"s first two recorded comic-book credits, appearing the same month, are writing the "Congo Bill" backup feature in Action Comics #105 (February 1947), and co-writing, with Bernie Breslauer and District of Columbia managing editor Jack Schiff, the first story of spaceman Tommy Tomorrow, co-created with artist Howard Sherman, in District of Columbia"s Real Fact Comics #6 (February 1947). He became a story editor on Action Comics beginning with #106 (March 1947), mostly editing and rewriting the backup features on that anthology title, which headlined Superman, helmed by fellow story editor Mort Weisinger.

As Kashdan recalled his start at the company, "There was a small emergency there.

One of the editors with whom I had worked was Bernie Breslauer.. He was in the hospital briefly and Mort called medical

He said, "Hey, we need an editor here." Bernie came back and I remained, basically as a copy editors I wasn"t buying stories or giving out plots, or giving out assignments of any sort.

Bernie died a year or two later, I guess — around 1950.

I moved into his desk.

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