What is Al Plastino?
{{Infobox person | image = Al_Plastino_in_2007.jpeg | imagesize = | caption = Al Plastino in 2007 | alt = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|12|15}} | birth_place = [[Manhattan]], New York, [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|11|25|1921|12|15}} | death_place = [[Long Island]], New York, U.S. | nationality = American | area = | alias = | signature = | notable works = ''[[Action Comics]]''<br>''[[Adventure Comics]]''<br>''[[Superboy (comic book)|Superboy]]''<br>''[[Superman (comic book)|Superman]]'' | awards = Inkpot Award 2008 }} '''Alfred John Plastino''' (December 15, 1921 – November 25, 2013) was an [[Americans|American]] comic book artist. He was best known as one of the most important [[Superman]] artists of the 1950s, along with his [[DC Comics]] colleague [[Wayne Boring]]. Plastino also worked as a comics writer, editor, [[letterer]] and [[colorist]]. He co-created the DC characters [[Supergirl]] and [[Brainiac (comics)|Braniac]], as well as the teenage team the [[Legion of Super-Heroes]]. Plastino lived for many years in [[Shirley, New York]], on [[Long Island]].<ref name=newsdayobit/> At the time of his death on November 25, 2013, after suffering from [[prostate cancer]], aged 91.<ref name=newsdayobit>{{cite news | title = Al Plastino, 'Superman' illustrator from Shirley, dies at 91 | url = http://www.newsday.com/news/al-plastino-superman-illustrator-from-shirley-dies-at-91-1.6503304 | work = [[Newsday]] | location = New York/Long Island | date=November 26, 2013 | author-link= Frank Lovece | first= Frank | last=Lovece | access-date= November 26, 2013}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} *Cadigan, Glen. ''The Legion Companion'' (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2003) {{Supergirl}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Plastino, Al}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:2013 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from prostate cancer]] [[Category:American comics writers]] [[Category:America