Fumio Hisamatsu

Fumio Hisamatsu Born April 24, 1943 Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya, Japan Died April 16, 2021 Occupation Artist, writer First work Super Light's Dangerous Earth Crisis! Notable work Super Jetter!

Fumio Hisamatsu (久松 文雄,   Hisamatsu Fumio) was a Japanese comics creator active from the late 1950s to 70s. A former assistant to "Godfather of Manga" Osamu Tezuka, Hisamatsu created many manga adaptations of various tokusatsu properties, most prominently Ultraman, for a number of magazines. He also created manga adaptations of Mothra vs. Godzilla, The King Kong Show, and Gorath. He died of gum cancer in 2021.

Selected Works

• Gorath (1962)
• Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
• King Kong (1967) [8 issues]

Gallery

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  Hisamatsu in a 1970s print interview

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