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Vince Alascia

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Vince Alascia
Known forCaptain America Comics
Issues credited1,094
Active1943–1958
Primary rolecover inks
Crime and Justice #17
Crime and Justice #17 (1954)

Vince Alascia (born January 14, 1914; died September 3, 1998) was an American comic book artist whose career spanned the Golden Age through the Bronze Age, leaving a distinctive mark on both superhero and genre comics. Working also under the name Nicholas Alascia, he first gained attention during the 1940s for his contributions to *Captain America Comics*, one of the era's most prominent wartime titles.

Cowboy Western #48
Cowboy Western #48 (1954)

His most remarkable professional achievement, however, was a 23-year partnership at Charlton Comics, where from 1953 to 1976 he served as inker alongside penciler Charles Nicholas Wojtkowski and writer Joe Gill — one of the most sustained creative collaborations in the medium's history. Together the trio produced enormous volumes of work across Charlton's war, romance, and Western lines, with titles such as *Fightin' Marines*, *Fightin' Army*, *Texas Rangers in Action*, *Sweethearts*, and *I Love You* among their most frequent outlets.

Cowboy Western #49
Cowboy Western #49 (1954)

Alascia's consistency and craft as an inker made him a reliable backbone of Charlton's prolific output during those decades. With credits across more than a thousand issues over a career stretching from the early 1940s onward, he represents a generation of workhorse artists whose steady professionalism shaped the everyday texture of American comics far more than the spotlight typically acknowledged.

Known for

Full bibliography (first 500) · 134 series

Hot Rods and Racing Cars (1951) · 19
Racket Squad in Action (1952) · 16
Cowboy Western (1954) · 13
Marvel Mystery Comics (1939) · 12
The Human Torch (1940) · 10
Six-Gun Heroes (1954) · 10
All Select Comics (1943) · 9
Robin Hood and His Merry Men (1956) · 9
Fightin' Marines (1956) · 8
Black Fury (1955) · 8
Blonde Phantom Comics (1946) · 7
Two-Gun Kid (1948) · 7
Eerie (1951) · 7
Lash La Rue Western (1954) · 7
Tex Ritter Western (1954) · 7
Rookie Cop (1955) · 7
Wild Frontier (1955) · 7
Texas Rangers in Action (1959) · 7
Fightin' Navy (1956) · 7
Space Adventures (1952) · 6
Unusual Tales (1955) · 6
Fightin' Army (1956) · 6
Public Defender in Action (1956) · 6
Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal (1956) · 6
Fightin' Air Force (1956) · 6
Masked Raider (1955) · 6
Kid Komics (1943) · 5
Young Allies (1941) · 5
Lawbreakers Always Lose (1948) · 5
Crime and Justice (1951) · 5
Strange Suspense Stories (1954) · 5
Cheyenne Kid (1957) · 5
Danger and Adventure (1955) · 5
Romantic Secrets (1955) · 5
Jim Bowie (1956) · 5
Sub-Mariner Comics (1941) · 4
Wild West (1948) · 4
Tex Morgan (1948) · 4
Love Romances (1949) · 4
Romantic Story (1954) · 4
Frank Merriwell at Yale (1955) · 4
Davy Crockett (1955) · 4
Sweethearts (1954) · 4
I Love You (1955) · 4
Frontier Scout, Dan'l Boone (1956) · 4
Secrets of Love and Marriage (1956) · 4
Brides in Love (1956) · 4
Speed Demons (1957) · 4
Justice (1947) · 3
All True Crime Cases Comics (1948) · 3
Web of Mystery (1951) · 3
The Thing (1952) · 3
Young Eagle (1955) · 3
This Is Suspense (1955) · 3
Gabby Hayes (1954) · 3
Sweetheart Diary (1955) · 3
Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (1956) · 3
Wyatt Earp (1957) · 3
Official True Crime Cases Comics (1947) · 2
Wild Western (1948) · 2
Love Classics (1949) · 2
Suspense (1949) · 2
Crime Must Pay the Penalty (1948) · 2
The Hand of Fate (1951) · 2
Witchcraft (1952) · 2
Strange Worlds (1950) · 2
Captain Gallant (1956) · 2
Don Winslow (1955) · 2
Range Busters (1955) · 2
Danger (1955) · 2
Monte Hale Western (1955) · 2
Scotland Yard (1955) · 2
Sherlock Holmes (1955) · 2
Cody of the Pony Express (1956) · 2
Nature Boy (1957) · 2
Foreign Intrigues (1956) · 2
Out of This World (1956) · 2
Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (1956) · 2
Outlaws of the West (1957) · 2
Secrets of Young Brides (1957) · 2
First Kiss (1957) · 2
Intimate (1957) · 2
My Secret Life (1957) · 2
All-Winners Comics (1941) · 1
#14
Complete Comics (1944) · 1
#2
Mystic Comics (1944) · 1
#4
Blaze Carson (1948) · 1
#2
Love Adventures (1949) · 1
#1
Cowgirl Romances (1950) · 1
Love Dramas (1949) · 1
#2
Two Gun Kid (1950) · 1
#1
Captain America's Weird Tales (1949) · 1
#75
All True Crime (1949) · 1
#38
Boy Detective (1951) · 1
#1
Adventures into Terror (1950) · 1
#6
The Beyond (1950) · 1
#7
Love Story (1952) · 1
#3
Gangsters and Gunmolls (1951) · 1
#3
Crime on the Waterfront (1952) · 1
#4
Police Line-Up (1951) · 1
#4
Escape from Devil's Island (1952) · 1
#1
Prison Break! (1951) · 1
#5
Diary of Horror (1952) · 1
#1
Night of Mystery (1953) · 1
Wild Bill Hickok (1949) · 1
#15
Texas Kid (1950) · 1
#22
Crime-Busters (1950) · 1
#22
Don Winslow of the Navy (1952) · 1
Crime Does Not Pay (1942) · 1
Love Tales (1949) · 1
#61
Death Valley (1955) · 1
#8
The Blue Beetle (1955) · 1
#21
Badge of Justice (1955) · 1
#4
Johnny Dynamite (1955) · 1
#12
Fearless Davy Crockett (1956) · 1
#3
Long John Silver (1956) · 1
#1
Masked Raider Presents. . .Billy the Kid (1956) · 1
#50
Charlie Chan (1955) · 1
#9
Fox Hole (1955) · 1
#7
Long John Silver & the Pirates (1956) · 1
#30
Mr. Muscles (1956) · 1
#23
Za Za the Mystic (1956) · 1
#11
Soldier and Marine Comics (1956) · 1
#9
Robin Hood Tales (1957) · 1
#22
Daniel Boone (1957) · 1
#1
Billy the Kid (1957) · 1
#9
War at Sea (1957) · 1
#22
Dynamic Adventures (1958) · 1
#9
Just Married (1958) · 1
#1
Rocky Lane's Black Jack (1956) · 1
#5
Top Detective Comics (1958) · 1
#9
Höken (1957) · 1

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