Alex Toth was one of the most influential artists in American comics. He ranked Dan Spiegle among his main graphic influences.
There are many hand-drawn envelopes and post cards from Alex Toth's correspondence found on eBay and auction sites...
While still at school, he began his career at the age of 15, working in the comic book field through Steve Douglas' Famous Funnnies shop, illustrating true stories for Heroic magazine. Shelly Mayer hired him to work at National/DC Comics, from 1947 to 1952. working on superhero stories featuring 'The Flash', 'Dr. Mid-Nite', 'The Atom' and 'Green Lantern'.
Toth also worked with Warren Tufts on a daily newspaper strip called 'Casey Ruggles'. In 1952. Standard Comics, working on crime, war and romance comics. During his military service in Japan (1954-56), he did a weekly adventure strip called 'Jon Fury' for the base paper Depot Diary. 1960, Toth became art director for the 'Space Angel' television series. He worked as a storyboard and design artist on realistic Hanna-Barbera shows during most of the 1960s and 1970s. In addition, he illustrated and wrote his own stories for the Warren magazines Eerie, Creepy and The Rook, including 'Bravo! for Adventure', starring the character 'Jesse Bravo'.
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