Comic book artist Murphy Anderson has passed away. He was 89 years old.

Anderson worked in comics as far back as the Golden Age, in the 1940s. He had a great run on the Buck Rogers daily syndicated comic strip and is also well known for his work on Hawkman, Batgirl, Zatanna, and Spectre.

Anderson created visuals for Capt Comet at DC, one of the earliest Silver Age superheroes. He contributed to almost 600 covers over a 40-year time, many as a penciller and inker. He is also well remembered for creating visuals for Atomic Knights and Zatanna.

His influence in comics has left a deep impact. Anderson aided comics by shifting to a smaller original art size in the 1960s and influencing color separation in the 1980s. He helped to define the look of DC comics in the Silver Age and his powerful image of Wonder Woman on Ms. Magazine #1 presented her as a feminist icon.

His family asked that donations be made to the Hero Initiative in lieu of flowers.

Note, a more in-depth article will appear in next Friday’s issue of Scoop, on October 30, 2015.