George Papp began his comic book career with the occasional feature and cartoon in early issues of the Superman line of comics. "Pep Morgan" and "Clip Carson" were the first features he worked on for Action Comics.[3] Papp's comics work was primarily for DC Comics but he briefly worked for Columbia Comics and Harvey Comics as well.[4] He and writer Whitney Ellsworth created Congo BillinMore Fun Comics #56 (June 1940).[5] Papp and Mort Weisinger co-created Green ArrowinMore Fun Comics #73 (Nov. 1941).[6]World War II interrupted Papp's comics career and he joined the U.S. Army.[3] In 1946, Papp returned to DC Comics and drew the "Green Arrow" feature in both Adventure Comics and World's Finest Comics until 1958. He drew the "Superboy'" feature in Adventure Comics from 1958–1963 as well as the Superboy solo title until 1968.[4]Bizarro's first comic book appearance, in Superboy #68 (Oct. 1958), was drawn by Papp.[7]Robert Bernstein and Papp introduced the Phantom Zone and General Zod into the Superman mythos in Adventure Comics #283 (April 1961).[8] His other work includes some of the early appearances of the Legion of Super-Heroes. He drew the Green Arrow character for the final time in The Brave and the Bold #71 (April–May 1967).[4] Papp was fired by DC in 1968 along with many other prominent writers and artists who had made demands for health and retirement benefits.[9] His final new work in the comics industry appeared in Superboy #148 (June 1968).[4] He then worked in commercial art and advertising.[1]
^Markstein, Don (2007). "Congo Bill". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on May 27, 2024. Nobody knows for sure who wrote Bill's first adventure, but it's likely to have been editor Whitney Ellsworth. The artist was George Papp...Ellsworth and Papp didn't stay with Bill very long — he was handled by a variety of creative personnel over the years.
^Wallace, Daniel; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1940s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 37. ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9. Writer Mort Weisinger and artist George Papp ushered in the era of Green Arrow by foregoing a traditional origin story.{{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Irvine, Alex "1950s" in Dolan, p. 91: "A book-length story by writer Otto Binder and artist George Papp took up the entirety of Superboy #68. Bizarro was a copy of the Boy of Steel, created by a malfunctioning prototype duplicator ray."
