Ernst “Ernie” Gerber
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August 24, 2002, from a heart attack while hiking in Yosemite National Park. He
was 57.
“We got Search and Rescue there, but they just weren’t able
to revive him,” said his wife, Roberta Gerber. “We were on the top
of Half Dome. Ernie was taking photographs for his next book, one about
Yosemite.”
As well as being a longtime hiking and outdoors
enthusiast, Gerber firmly established his place in the comics business with the
creation of his edge sealing Mylar process in 1977, for which patents were
awarded. The company he founded, E. Gerber Products, now a sister company of
Diamond Comic Distributors, continues to offer collecting supplies to the comic
industry and such non-comics notables as the Library of Congress.
One of
Gerber’s other important projects, the Photo-Journal Guide to Comics, has
become an industry standard, serving as an enduring tribute to his dedication to
and enthusiasm for the hobby.
Photo-Journal Guide to Comics Volumes I
and II surveyed the Golden Age, while Volumes III and IV concentrated on
Marvel Comics.
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