Ramona Fradon, who spent two lengthy runs at DC in the 60's & 70's, and also succeeded Dale Messick on the Brenda Starr, Reporter, strip, passed away Saturday at 97.
At DC, Fradon co-created Metamorpho, and penciled most, but not all, of the comics adaptation of Super Friends, beginning with issue 3, and ending with issue 41, at which point inker Romeo Tanghal was promoted to penciller while Fradon left to work on Brenda Starr. Fradon also pencilled Plastic Man when DC revived the series in 1976 for a short run, and drew Plas, seemingly for the last time, in Super Friends 36.
Fradon retired from Brenda Starr in 1995, and continued contributing to comics until her final retirement last month.
Fradon briefly worked at Marvel, but a planned issue of The Cat never saw the light of day, and a 1-shot of Fantastic Four was not very popular with fans.
To give you some idea of her art style, well, you might like her take on Wonder Woman and a certain polarizing political figure.
Rest in peace, Ramona.
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