George Roussos
Inker and letterer from the 1940s to the 1980s for Marvel and DC.
Name:
George Roussos
Aliases:
- Inky Roussos
- George Bell
- T.S. Chu
- Sam Kato
Birth date:
August 20th, 1915
Death date:
February 19th, 2000
Home town:
Washington DC
Country:
United States
George Roussos was the primary background inker and letterer for Batman beginning with issue #2 during in the 1940s. He worked alongside such notable greats as Jack Kirby, Jerry Robinson, Sheldon Moldoff, Bob Kane, and Bill Finger. During the Silver and Bronze Ages, Roussos worked primarily with Marvel, inking early issues of Captain America, Conan the Barbarian, and Fantastic Four, as well as numerous tie-in books such as G.I. Joe and Transformers.
He married twice before dying of a heart attack in 2000.
