Background
Norman was born in Kent, England, in 1927.
Norman was born in Kent, England, in 1927.
When he was 17 years old, he fought in World World War II in India. After that, he worked in his father"s furniture factory until it went bankrupt in the 1950s. This led to Norman writing stories featuring The Saint and Buffalo Bill for Semic, a Swedish comic book company.
lieutenant was on Semic that Norman started writing stories with The Phantom.
At first, he used the pen-name "J. Bulletin", but he quickly started to sign the stories with his real name. Norman was arguably the most popular writer of the Scandinavian Phantom production.
Who ended up writing 127 stories before he retired in 2004. Norman is credited for being responsible for providing backstories to many of the previous Phantoms of other centuries, which was a result of his love for history.