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Marvin Stein
Known forJustice Traps the Guilty
Issues credited194
Active1944–2022
Primary roleinker

Marvin Stein was an American comic book artist born on February 11, 1925, who died on the same date in 2010, his 85th birthday. Over a career that touched animation, advertising, illustration, and television broadcast graphics, he remained most closely identified with the comics medium, where catalog records credit him as artist and inker across nearly 200 issues spanning from 1944 into the 2000s.

Stein did his most sustained work in the crime and western genres that dominated postwar newsstands. Titles such as Justice Traps the Guilty, Headline Comics, Prize Comics Western, and Black Magic kept him busy during the genre's commercial peak, and his output on those series represents the core of his comics legacy. He also contributed meaningfully to Challengers of the Unknown, the adventure ensemble that would prove influential on superhero team books that followed.

His range across genres — true crime, western, horror, and adventure — reflected both the demands of the industry and a versatility that allowed him to remain productive across several decades. While Stein never became a household name among casual readers, his consistent craft on some of Prize Comics' most popular titles earned him steady respect within the profession. His dual career in broadcast graphics and illustration further demonstrated an artistic adaptability that distinguished him from many of his contemporaries.

Full bibliography · 47 series

Justice Traps the Guilty (1947) · 115
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Headline Comics (1943) · 34
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The Masked G-Man (1952) · 9
#5#20#16#17#21#22#25#26#27
Race for the Moon (1958) · 8
#1#2#3#1#3#1#17#1
Prize Comics Western (1948) · 6
#2 (105)#5 (114)#6 (115)#1 (116)#3 (118)#4 (119)
Challengers of the Unknown (1958) · 5
#2#3#78#79#80
Adventure Comics (1938) · 4
#102#103#105#111
Funnyman (1948) · 4
#1#1#2#3
More Fun Comics (1936) · 3
#103#105#106
Headline Stories (1954) · 3
#34#35#37
Showcase (1956) · 3
#6#7#11
Black Magic (1950) · 3
#1 (34)#3 [36]#1 [40]
Crusader from Mars (1952) · 2
#1#2
Titanes Planetarios (1953) · 2
#72#351
Aventures Fiction (1966) · 2
#43#44
Forbidden Worlds (1950) · 2
#1#3
Variety Comics (1944) · 1
#1
Boy Commandos (1942) · 1
#31
1001 Sales (1950) · 1
#[nn]
Western Fighters (1951) · 1
#[v2#8]
Young Love (1949) · 1
#3 (21)
Roaring Western (1952) · 1
#1
Tops in Adventure (1952) · 1
#1
Great Lover Romances (1951) · 1
#19
Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1955) · 1
#1
Tales of the Unexpected (1956) · 1
#3
Young Romance (1947) · 1
#5 (83)
All for Love (1957) · 1
#1 [1]
Navy Combat (1955) · 1
#17
Gunsmoke (1957) · 1
#15
Journey into Mystery (1952) · 1
#74
Creepy Worlds (1962) · 1
#9
Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963) · 1
#20
Police Trap (1963) · 1
#17
Uncanny Tales (1973) · 1
#9
Super Héros (1979) · 1
#4
Astounding Stories (1966) · 1
#145
The Best of Simon and Kirby (2009) · 1
#[nn]
Siegel and Shuster's Funnyman (2010) · 1
#[nn]
Wet en Recht Classics (2012) · 1
#1
The Simon and Kirby Library (2010) · 1
#[nn]
DC Universe: Secret Origins (2013) · 1
#[nn]
Gwandanaland Comics (2016) · 1
#619
Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby (2017) · 1
#[nn]
Comics Anthologie (2022) · 1
#1
Justice Traps the Guilty Album (1950) · 1
#1
Sinister Tales (1964) · 1
#83

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