Charles Biro

Charles Biro (1911–1972), a New York artist trained at Brooklyn Museum and Grand Central School of Art, pioneered gritty crime narratives with documentary realism. Defined Crime Does Not Pay, Daredevil, and Steel Sterling, while launching adult-oriented Tops (1949). His editorial vision shaped comics’ shift toward socially charged storytelling.

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