John F KolbJohn F. Kolb was a golden age comic book illustrator who worked for publishers such as Centaur. Kolb's primary influence was Flash Gordon; he even named his son after one of the characters in the Flash Gordon series. Ritty was based on his wife, who ied suddenly when his son was a boy. He didn't pick up a pen to draw for more than 30 years after she died, and much of his work was lost during that long depression. Read More Read Less