[2] Cartoonist Drew Friedman has stated, "Raboy was an expert technician with pen and brush, and his lush covers are some of the most unusually beautiful ever to grace comic books".
[4][5] (The April 9 date is taken from Roger Hill's biography Mac Raboy: Master of the Comics.
[6] Hill's biography also gives his birth name as "Manuel",[5] but Friedman's book Heroes Of The Comics lists it as "Emmanuel.
His father wrote poetry, political essays, and several books, including The Jewish Cowboy, about his North Dakota experience.
[3] Raboy began drawing comic books and gained fame as the illustrator for Captain Marvel, Jr. and the Green Lama.