Russ Heath, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Russ Heath

American comic artist

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1926

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 23-Aug-2018

Profession: illustrator, penciller

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Russell Heath, Jr.
(September 29, 1926 – August 23, 2018) was an American artist best known for his comic book work, particularly his DC Comics war stories and his 1960s art for Playboy magazine's "Little Annie Fanny" feature.
He has also produced commercial art, two pieces of which, depicting Roman and Revolutionary War battle scenes for toy soldier sets, became familiar pieces of Americana after gracing the back covers of countless comic books from the early 1960s to early 1970s. Heath's drawings of fighter jets in DC Comics' All-American Men of War #89 (Feb.
1962) served as the basis for pop artist Roy Lichtenstein's best-known oil paintings. Heath was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2009.