Bob Farrell

• Born 1908-02-05 · Died 1986-04-01

An attorney and newspaper owner who turned to editing and later publishing comic books. He probably worked for the Eisner Iger Studio in the late thirties (1939), writing stories before becoming an editor for Fox (1940-1941). Shortly after he became the (co-)owner for Elliott Publishing (1940-1945), his own Farrell (1940-1971) and much later Eerie Publications (1969-1981). He wrote the Scorchy Smith newspaper daily (Associated Press) for a while (1939-1940) and Lightnin' and Lone Rider, drawn by Jack Kirby and Frank Robbins (1939) or his syndicate, the Associated Features Syndicate and was the editor for Health's Panic title (1958). A new version of Lone Rider was published by Ajax-Farrell in 1951-1958. He was also the creator of the Comicscope which he later sold to Fox. Farrell worked as an attorney during the 1930s, and as a publisher, revived two newspapers, The Brooklyn Eagle and the New York Daily Mirror. Jerry Bails' believed he probably wrote many unnamed comic stories during the 1940s.