John Robert Forte, Jr. (October 6, 1918[1] – May 2, 1966[2]) was an American comic-book artist, active from the early 1940s on, best known as one of the primary pencilers of DC Comics' early Legion of Super-Heroes stories.
Fiction House, Lev Gleason, and Quality Comics.
He worked primarily for DC Comics beginning 1958, penciling Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane stories for the Superman family of titles.
He also illustrated pulp magazines, calendars, clothing catalogs and newspaper advertising.
John Forte died of cancer at the age of forty-seven in Valley Stream, New York, on May 20, 1966.