(All photos on this page are thumbnails - click on one to see it full size.) I first became aware of Raymond's Marine Corps service from Capt. Actually, he joined the Marines in February 1944 and eventually went out on the 1945 cruise of the escort carrier USS Gilbert Islands. Here he is in his USMC uniform showing the battle stars earned by the Gilbert Islands for action in the Pacific Theater. Some say erroneously that he joined the Army, and others that he served on the battleship Gilbert Islands. On-line references about his life point out he left King Features to join the service in 1944. 'Secret Agent X-9', 'Rip Kirby' and 'Jungle Jim'. His career was cut short, at age 46, by an auto accident in 1956 but by then he had created three other cartoon strips that also became popular. His groundbreaking use of color and attention to detail are widely recognized as setting new standards in the comic art form. Alex Raymond made a famous mark for himself when he created Flash Gordon in 1934.
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