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William Smith

William Smith

American artist from the early Golden Era.

Name:
William Smith
Aliases:
  • Bill Smith
Birth date:
April 19th, 1918
Death date:
April 27th, 1989
Home town:
Unknown
Country:
United States
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He was an artist at All-American Publications in the years of the Golden Age; All-American being one of the companies funded by Harry Donenfeld which would eventually merge into the modern DC Comics.

While at All-American, Smith worked on All-American Comics and Flash Comics.

In Flash Comics #3, together with writer Gardnen Fox, he co-created the character of King Standish, later known as The King. In this issue, his signature can be seen on the bottom right panel of the first page of the King story.

In All-American Comics #1, he co-created the characters trio of Red, White and Blue.

Issues

April 1939

May 1939

June 1939

July 1939

August 1939

September 1939

October 1939

January 1940

March 1940

Volumes

1939

1940

Characters