his health began to deteriorate for the final time. He co-wrote and inked Sub-Mariner #59 (March 1973), plotted #60 (April 1973), and co-wrote, co-penciled (with fellow Golden Ager Win Mortimer), and co-inked #61 (May 1973). He had also been announced to draw an issue of Marvel Team-Up starring Spider-Man and the Sub-Mariner, but, according to one contemporaneous report, "was not able to finish this one before his death." Editor Roy Thomas explained on the letters page of Sub-Mariner #61, Despite Thomas's optimistic tone, that would be Everett's last work on the series. His final efforts on the character he created were five pages of pencils, inked by fellow Golden Ager Fred Kida, that appeared posthumously in Super-Villain Team-Up #1 (Aug. 1975). Artist Gene Colan said that Everett had been Lee's first choice to draw the horror series Tomb of Dracula, which premiered in 1972 and for which Colan then lobbied successfully. Death Everett died on February 27, 1973, at the age of 55. References External links Additional . 1917 births 1973 deaths American comics artists American comics writers Artists from Cambridge, Massachusetts Daredevil (Marvel Comics) Golden Age comics creators Silver Age comics creators Marvel Comics people Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame inductees