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Russ (Russell) DeHart Heath Jr

Russ (Russell) DeHart Heath, Jr. (1926 - 2018) was active/lived in New York.  Russ Heath Jr is known for Comic book artist, illustration, penciller.

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"Russ Heath, Whose Comics Caught LIchtenstein;s Eye, Dies at 91", Obituary, The New York Times, By Neil Genzlinger, Aug. 30, 2018
  
Russ Heath, a prolific comic book artist who was known for viscerally illustrated combat stories — and for either inspiring or being outright copied by the Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, depending on whom you ask — died on Aug. 23 in Long Beach, Calif. He was 91.

The cause was cancer, his daughter Sharon Heath Herzel said.

Mr. Heath was a versatile artist who began his career shortly after World War II and was still drawing into this century, having worked on series for comics publishers like DC and EC and for magazines such as Playboy and National Lampoon.

Although his work included fantasy, he was especially known for his drawings of tanks, planes, soldiers and other real-life subjects. He bought helmets and uniforms from Army surplus stores to use as references and sometimes built models before d   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9522 characters.]  Artist bio

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