Allen Bellman (June 5, 1924 – March 9, 2020) [1] was an American comic book artist whose career began in the Golden Age of Comic Books.
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Broward County Honors South Florida Comic Book Legend, Allen Bellman, For Jewish-American Heritage Month from WFOR-TV (May 7, 2019) |
As a child in New York City, Bellman became enchanted by comics when he saw a copy of Action Comics #1 and purchased it. [2] He first began working for Timely Comics/ Atlas Comics in 1942 after seeing an advertisement in the newspaper, with one of his first assignments being on early Captain America stories. [3]
After his work in the comics industry ended, he continued to attend comic book conventions into his 90s; he moved to southern Florida and retired from the comic book industry in the 1960s. [3] [2] In 2007, he was awarded the Inkpot Award. [4] In 2020, Bellman was awarded the Inkwell Awards Stacey Aragon Special Recognition Award (SASRA). [5] [6]