George Papp

George Edward Papp (January 20, 1916 – August 8, 1989) was an American comics artist best known as one of the principal artists on the long-running DC Comics series Superboy. Papp also co-created Green Arrow with Mort Weisinger and Congo Bill with writer Whitney Ellsworth.

Career George Papp began his comic book career with the occasional feature and cartoon in early issues of the Superman line of comics. "Pep Morgan" and "Clip Carson" were the first features he worked on for Action Comics. Papp primarily worked for DC Comics, but briefly worked for Columbia Comics and Harvey Comics as well. At DC, Papp co-created Green Arrow and Congo Bill. Papp joined the U.S. Army during World War II before returning to comics. His other work includes several early appearances of the Legion of Super-Heroes. His final published comic was Superboy #148 (June 1968). Afterwards, Papp worked in commercial art and advertising.