Al Grenet (b. 1915)
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Biography:
Additional biographical information: Alter Ego (Twomorrows, 1999 series) #34 (March 2004)
Grenet did support work for Quality in production, lettering, coloring from 1946 to 1951. He continued doing support work as a chief editor for Quality from 1949 to 1956. Grenet worked as an editor for Busy Arnold's magazine company, Arnold Magazines, Inc., from 1956 to 1957.
Al Grenet was also an editor on individual comic titles: Blackhawk (Quality Comics, 1944 series) from 1950 to 1956; Buccaneers (Quality Comics, 1950 series) from 1950 to 1951; Crack Western (Quality Comics, 1949 series) from 1950 to 1953; Doll Man (Quality Comics, 1941 series) from 1950 to 1953; G.I. Combat (Quality Comics, 1952 series) from 1953 to 1956; Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) from 1950 to 1956; Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) from 1950 to 1953; and T-Man (Quality Comics, 1951 series) from 1951 to 1956.
At the Eisner and Iger Studio, the Iger Shop, and at Quality, Grenet created the logos for: Blackhawk (Quality Comics, 1944 series) #9 (Winter 1944) and #33 (October 1950) [The classic Blackhawk logo.]; Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #1 (May 1940); Doll Man (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (Autumn 1941); Hit Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #1 (July 1940); Military Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941); National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #1 (July 1940); Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #[1] (1943) and #2 ([August] 1944); Smash Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #1 (August 1939); The Spirit (Quality Comics, 1944 series) #[1] (1944); and Uncle Sam Quarterly (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (Autumn 1941), #2 (Winter 1941), and #5 (Winter 1942) to name a few.
He was quoted in a 1955 newspaper interview that he also created the logos for all of Quality's romance titles.
Notes:
Greenberg was the anglicized spelling of his birth name, Grünberg.
Name:
Other Names:
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Alfred Greenberg
Type: Common Alternative Name
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Alfred Grenet
Type: Changed Name
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Alfred Grünberg
Type: Name at Birth
Given name: Alfred Family name: Grünberg
Signatures:
- Al Grenet [generic]
Relations:
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Employee of
- Eisner and Iger Studio (b. 1936)
Notes: Grenet did pencil and ink work for the studio from 1938 to 1939. -
Employee of
- Iger Shop
Notes: Grenet was a manager, letterer, and logo designer for the shop from 1940 to 1942.
Schools:
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National Academy of Design ? to 1939
