companies Gold Key (Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery, Grimm's Ghost Stories, Mighty Samson, the licensed title The Twilight Zone); Charlton Comics (Ghost Manor, Ghostly Haunts, Haunted, Midnight Tales); Atlas/Seaboard (IronJaw, Morlock 2001); and Skywald Publications (The Heap, and additionally the black-and-white horror comics magazines Nightmare and Psycho). Baseball-fan Abel, who in the 1970s rented studio space at Neal Adams and Dick Giordano's Continuity Associates, organized the Continuity softball team that played league games in Central Park. After suffering a serious stroke in 1981, Abel rehabilitated his paralyzed right hand to the extent that he was able to ink and draw again—which he did through the rest of the 1980s, primarily for Marvel. Comic strips Outside comic books, Abel inked John Celardo from 1967–1969 on the syndicated comic strip Tales of the Green Beret, written by author Robin Moore. Awards In 2016, Abel was nominated and tied for runner-up for the Inkwell Awards Special Recognition Award. References External links The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators Comic Art & Graffix Gallery: Murphy Anderson interview (1994). (1994). WebCite archive "Remembering Jack Abel", Comic Book Marketplace, vol. 2, #46 (April 1997): Reminiscences by Gene Colan, Peter David, Joe Giella, Russ Heath, Joe Kubert, Alan Kupperberg, and Steve Mitchell Additional made June 15, 2010. American comics artists Marvel Comics people Silver Age comics creators 1927 births 1996 deaths