Age, Biography and Wiki

Chic Stone (Charles Eber Stone) was born on 4 January, 1923 in New York City, New York, United States, is an American comic book artist (1923-2000). Discover Chic Stone's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

Popular As Charles Eber Stone
Occupation N/A
Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 4 January, 1923
Birthday 4 January
Birthplace New York City, New York, United States
Date of death 28 July, 2000
Died Place Autauga County, Alabama
Nationality United States

We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 4 January. He is a member of famous artist with the age 77 years old group.

Chic Stone Height, Weight & Measurements

At 77 years old, Chic Stone height not available right now. We will update Chic Stone's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.

Physical Status
Height Not Available
Weight Not Available
Body Measurements Not Available
Eye Color Not Available
Hair Color Not Available

Dating & Relationship status

He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

Family
Parents Not Available
Wife Not Available
Sibling Not Available
Children Not Available

Chic Stone Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Chic Stone worth at the age of 77 years old? Chic Stone’s income source is mostly from being a successful artist. He is from United States. We have estimated Chic Stone's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
House Not Available
Cars Not Available
Source of Income artist

Chic Stone Social Network

Instagram
Linkedin
Twitter
Facebook
Wikipedia
Imdb

Timeline

1923

Charles Eber "Chic" Stone (January 4, 1923 – July 28, 2000) was an American comic book artist best known as one of Jack Kirby's Silver Age inkers, including his landmark run of Fantastic Four.

Chic Stone studied at the School of Industrial Art (later renamed the High School of Art and Design), and the Works Projects Administration School.

1939

He broke into comics in 1939, at age 16, apprenticing with the comic book packager Eisner & Iger.

1940

In the 1940s, he worked on the original Captain Marvel for Fawcett Comics, and Boy Comics for Lev Gleason Publications.

For Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, he contributed to Blonde Phantom Comics, "Eustis Hayseed" in Joker Comics; and "Jeep Jones" in All Select Comics and Kid Komics.

1950

Stone largely left comics during the 1950s to become an art director for magazines including True Experience and The American Salesman, and to publish a magazine, Boy Illustrated, which folded after two issues.

He did commercial art for Grey Advertising and TV commercial storyboards for Filmack Studios.

Stone, at this time living in Hollywood, California, then became art director of Modern Teen and Dig Magazine.

At unspecified points, he did art for magazines including Esquire and Mechanics Illustrated, and was publisher and art director of Boy Illustrated.

1960

He returned to comic books during the 1960s Silver Age, initially with the small American Comics Group (ACG) on titles including Adventures into the Unknown, for which he would pencil from 1962-1967.

He also variously penciled and inked, uncredited, for DC Comics, and occasionally ghosted for artists Bob Kane (on Batman stories) and George Papp (inking his Superboy pencils).

Shortly thereafter, Stone began inking industry legend Jack Kirby's pencils on Fantastic Four (issues #28-38, Annual #2).

He also inked Kirby on early issues of X-Men and the feature "Thor" in Journey into Mystery, and the two artists collaborated on covers across the spectrum of Marvel's comics.

1964

"Just before 1964 I was pounding the pavement, going from one publisher to another, picking up jobs at random. At the time I was penciling Batman, and inking Superman covers for [editor] Mort Weisinger at DC. I happened to walk into the Marvel offices at the time [editor-in-chief] Stan Lee was editing a Kirby pencil job. Looking over his shoulder I was totally awestruck by the magnificent penciling. Stan looked at me and asked, 'Chic, would you like to ink this?' My knees turned to Jell-o; all I could murmur was, 'You're kidding?' ... [After I turned in the assignment,] Stan was exceedingly pleased with my rendition of Jack's work, and from that time on I would finish one job to have another waiting. There were times I'd be working on three stories at once; working 12 to 16 hours a day was not unusual. The page rate for inking was not that great, but being able to work on Jack's pencils was a substantial bonus."

Cartoonist Fred Hembeck, describing Stone as "my favorite Kirby inker", said that "beyond the bold and expressive line Stone's varied brushwork brought to Jack's power-packed pencils, the sheer fact that, by year's end, he was inking the King on Fantastic Four, Avengers, X-Men, and the Thor and Captain America features in their respective home titles gave the entire line a warm and homey sense of visual cohesiveness that it's never quite managed to achieve since."

1966

Stone's art for an AMT model car-kit ad ("Grandpa Munster 'Digs' The Drag-U-La!") appeared in DC's Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #64 (April 1966), and elsewhere.

1968

Later in the decade, Stone returned to freelancing for DC Comics, penciling an occasional Batman story — including the lead tale in the anniversary-issue Batman #200 (March 1968).

He additionally pencilled numerous stories for Tower Comics' T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, Dynamo and NoMAN.

1970

Other work around this time includes a run of the character Nemesis in ACG's Forbidden Worlds and Unknown Worlds; Dell Comics' Flying Saucers, and a Garrison's Gorillas TV tie-in comic; and early-1970s work for Skywald Publications' black-and-white horror magazines Psycho and Nightmare.

In the late 1970s and 1980s, Stone began a long association with Archie Comics, including its Red Circle and Archie Adventure Series superhero lines.

1979

This work includes a story written by future Marvel editor-in-chief Tom DeFalco in Archie's Super Hero Special #2 (Aug. 1979), and Stone's inking of fellow Silver Age veteran Dick Ayers on a Black Hood story in Blue Ribbon Comics #11 (Aug. 1984).

Stone also worked on the regular Archie teen-humor line.

1984

Stone was inking for Marvel as late as The A-Team #1 (March 1984).

1990

In the early 1990s, he drew commissioned art in Silver Age Kirby-Stone style for sales through dealers.

Comics artist Jimmy Palmiotti recalled,

"I first started working on comics when I was in the eleventh grade at the High School of Art and Design in New York City. At that time, I was taking illustration and cartooning as a major, and a friend told me about a guy that needed background help. I called the guy, Chic Stone, and made an appointment to meet him at his Queens home. When I got there, he handed me an Invaders page for Marvel that Frank Robbins had roughed out. He told me he would give me ten bucks to finish drawing a train yard and some other backgrounds on the page and told me to bring it back the next day.

That afternoon I went to the Coney Island train yard and sat on the platform above and drew all the trains sitting in the yard.

This panel had the Human Torch flying above it.

I did what I thought was a great job and proudly brought it back into Chic's smokey Queens apartment the next day.

Well, he took one long hard look at it, said it was no good and that it looked like a photo, and gave me five bucks.

He told me to go home.

You got to remember, this was the most exciting thing to happen to me ever and I got shot down in about ten seconds.

I left ... pissed and upset.

... [However, h]e was a nice guy that gave me a shot, more than most would, and he didn't like what I did, so I did not get the job.

That's it.

I did not know him well, but he was nice about it in my five minutes of dealing with him.

He was talented and I was a kid, wanting so hard to break in.

That's how it goes sometimes."

1997

Of his pairing with Kirby, Stone recalled in a 1997 interview,

2000

Stone died in 2000 in Autauga County, Alabama.