User:Jonathanlevey/Biographies of non-living persons

Lee Harris (aka Harris Levy, and subsequently Harris Levey), Creator of Air Wave. He left DC comics to serve in WWII, where he was trained in photography and served as an aerial and ground photographer. Krazy Kraut was one of his comic character creations, circulated amongst the troops, for a brief period. Following honorable discharge from the army, Harris return to DC for a relatively brief period of time and during this time he went on to create other characters for DC Comics such as Tarantula Man --who could shoot web-like substance from his fingers to allow him to scale up the sides of building) and "Lando,Man of Magic"  (as a teenager, prior to serving in the war, Harris had worked as an assistant to renown magician, Dante). During this post-war period, Lee Harris also did illustration and coloring for several issues of Superman and Batman. It is worthwhile to note that immediately following the war(under the GI Bill), Lee Harris studied illustration and painting at the well-known Arts Students League of New York.  Within a few years (circa 1948)Harris Levey left the comic book world and went on to provide illustrations for the long defunct, Journal American Newspaper (NYC), as well as providing cover illustrations for several high-profile magazines. Then in the 1960's -1980 Levey moved on to serve as Creative Arts Director for several major Advertising Agencies based in New York City (DDB, Ted Bates). In the late 1970's Levey completed his Bachelor of Communications degree at Empire State University (NYC). In 1980, Levey worked on a string of television commercials and Print Ads in the role of Creative Art Director for the Bombstein Agency --a Washington, DC (Georgetown) based advertising firm. Harris Levey died of heart failure while vacationing in the Adirondack region. He is survived by his wife (Elinor)and two grown sons (Theodore Levey and Jonathan Levey).

References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Wave http://www.toonopedia.com/airwave1.htm http://www.toonopedia.com/lando.htm