George Edward Papp was a U.S. comic book

Comic book

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 artist. Best known as one of the principal artists on the long-running Superboy

Superboy

Superboy is the name of several fictional characters that have been published by DC Comics, most of them youthful incarnations of Superman. These characters have also been the main characters of four ongoing Superboy comic book series published by DC....

 feature for DC Comics

DC Comics

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, Papp also co-created the Green Arrow

Green Arrow

Green Arrow is a fictional superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, he first appeared in More Fun Comics #73 in November 1941. His secret identity is Oliver Queen, billionaire and former mayor of fictional Star City...

 character with Mort Weisinger

Mort Weisinger

Mortimer Weisinger was an American magazine and comic book editor best known for editing DC Comics' Superman during the mid-1950s to 1960s, in the Silver Age of comic books...

 and co-created Congorilla

Congorilla

Congorilla, originally a human character known as Congo Bill, is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics and Vertigo Comics. Originally co-created by writer Whitney Ellsworth and artist George Papp, he was later transformed into Congorilla by Robert...

 along with writer Whitney Ellsworth

Whitney Ellsworth

Fredric Whitney Ellsworth was an American comic book editor, and sometime writer and artist for DC Comics during the period known to historians and fans as the Golden Age of Comic Books...

.

Papp began his comic book career with the occasional feature and cartoon in early issues of the Superman

Superman

Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...

 family of comics. Pep Morgan, Congo Bill (later Congorilla) and Clip Carson were the first features he worked on for Action Comics

Action Comics

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. The Green Arrow feature made its first appearance in the More Fun Comics

More Fun Comics

More Fun Comics, originally titled New Fun: The Big Comic Magazine a.k.a. New Fun Comics, was a 1935-1947 American comic book anthology that introduced several major superhero characters and was the first American comic-book series to feature solely original material rather than reprints of...

#73 (November 1941). Papp joined the American army during World War II

World War II

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. He drew the Superboy feature from 1958–1967, working on a variety of memorable characters, including early appearances of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Legion of Super-Heroes

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. Papp was fired by DC in 1968 along with many other prominent DC writers and artists who had made demands for health and retirement

Retirement

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 benefits.

Collections

These books contain stories illustrated by Papp:

• Legion of Super-Heroes: Archives 1
• Legion of Super-Heroes: Archives 3
• Legion of Super-Heroes: Archives 4
• Legion of Super-Heroes: Archives 5
• Legion of Super-Heroes: Archives 6
• Legion of Super-Heroes: Archives 8
• Showcase Presents: Green Arrow 1
• Superboy #147 80-Page Giant
• Superman
  Superman
  Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...
  
   in the Sixties
• Superman vs. Lex Luthor
  Lex Luthor
  Lex Luthor is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics, and the archenemy of Superman, although given his high status as a supervillain, he has also come into conflict with Batman and other superheroes in the DC Universe. Created by Jerry Siegel and...
  
  
• The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told
• The Seven Soldiers of Victory: Archives 1