Did Gil Kane get art assist for Showcase 22?

[RockyMullins]

My Boss went home to NYC this weekend, and someone he knows up there says they know an 80+ year old gentleman that they say assisted Gil Kane on GL art for Showcase 22. I can't find anything on this...anyone know if he received help on this book, and the person's name? Not the inker or colorist is my understanding. He says he'll recognize the name if he hears it.

 

Thanks!

[Davenport]

You can google-up quotes by Rich Buckler and Howard Chaykin about being assistants to Gil Kane, but that's later sixties.

 

But, in a way, it shows he used assistants and may've been one himself starting out. Maybe it was a common practice.

[dem1138]

Its very likely, and not uncommon, for artists to have assistants work on backgrounds. So Gil would have drawn the Green Lantern and any of the other characters, but an assistant may have drawn the building, the boxes for the windows, skylines, etc.

[RockyMullins]

Pretty cool stuff...wondering if he's got any old art laying around that might be nice to have. He's apparently in his late 80's, be nice to see if he has anything he'd like to sell to collectors...I'll fill everyone in if we can find his name.

[Davenport]

Here's another name: Wikipedia: Roger Brand

"Brand moved to New York where he began in comics as an assistant to Gil Kane and Wally Wood during the mid-1960s..."

[RockyMullins]

Well, boss did some digging with his buddy up north, and found out it was the inker, Joe Giella. Good to know some of the original creators are still with us...