George Kapitan

George Kapitan (July 23, 1919 – November 27, 1996) was an American writer for Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, during the time fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comics. He co-created the medium's first costumed, superpowered female protagonist, the Golden Age Black Widow, an antiheroine who killed evildoers to deliver their souls to Satan, her master.

Biography George Gregory Kapitan was born in 1919 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA to Gregory Kapitan who immigrated from Spile Greece and Anna Mary Darocha Kapitan who immigrated from Galicia Poland.

When he was just 14-years old, he signed up for The Landon School a comic book "packager" that produced outsourced comics for publishers testing the waters of the fledgling medium.

Also in 1940, in Mystic Comics #4 (dated Jul. 1940 in postal indicia, cover dated Aug. 1940), he and Sahle created comic books' first costumed, super-powered female character, the original Black Widow, Claire Voyant, an antiheroine who killed evildoers to deliver their souls to Satan, her master. Photo taken at George Kapitan's wedding at Pelham Heath In, Bronx New York on February 19, 1950. Doris and Carl Burgos are seated in the center rear with Harry Sahle to his right (the creator to Harry's right is unidentified at this time).

Other work in the early days of the medium includes writing for the Timely character Fiery Mask (and inking at least one Sub-Mariner story); Hillman Periodicals' feature "Private Parker"; Novelty Press' "Dick Cole", "Blue Bolt" and "Target and the Targeteers"; publisher McCombs' humor feature "Master Marvin"; and even Archie Comics' "Archie".