Michael Anglo (born Maurice Anglowitz, 19 June 1916 – 31 October 2011)[2][3] was a British comic book writer, editor and artist, as well as an author.
[2][a] He also drew a small number of short humorous comic strips for the publisher John Matthew during 1946, and for two other companies, Rayburn and A. Solway in 1948.
[5] Although contributing mainly short humor strips, Anglo's creations for Paget Publications included an early British superhero, Wonderman,[6] who appeared for 24 issues in his own title from 1948 to 1951.
Anglo next adapted three stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde and Wilkie Collins for the British Classics Illustrated imprint of publishers Thorpe & Porter, a company for which he also devised a number of 68-page hardback annuals based on television series The Avengers, Charles Rand, and Danger Man.
During 1965–1966, Anglo produced thirteen issues of Miracle Man[17] for Thope & Porter's Top Sellers imprint – which actually consisted of reworked Super Hombre material made for the Spanish market.
[18][d] Anglo then edited City Magazines Ltd's TV series-based weekly comic TV Tornado in 1967 and contributed the short-run strips Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Green Hornet, before returning to Top Sellers and packaging reprints of DC Comics material, including Superman, Wonder Woman and the Batman newspaper strip, for their Super DC anthology series in 1969/1970.
[12] Anglo then worked on the weekly Look & Cook magazine in the late 1960s,[19] co-wrote a small number of cookery books, and was a joke writer for comedian Tommy Cooper.
The situation was not helped by ownership doubts, not clarified by Anglo's contractual relationship to L. Miller and Son and their status as a company.
[25] Alan Moore observed "I'm very happy for this book to get published – because that means money will finally go to Marvelman's creator, Mick Anglo, and to his wife ...
Marvel CEO and publisher Dan Buckley stated "It is an honor to work with Mick Anglo to bring his creation to a larger audience than ever before.
"[27] Marvel's first release after acquiring the rights was the Marvelman Classic Primer in June 2010, which featured pin-ups, text pieces and excerpts from a meeting between the 93-year old Anglo and Joe Quesada.
[28] A limited series of Anglo reprints - Marvelman: Family's Finest[29] - and a short-lived set of chronological archive volumes soon followed.