Julius Schwartz by Carmine Infantino (from the cover of Alter Ego #38)

• First Appearance: All-American Comics #58, Flash Comics #54, Sensation Comics #39 (all June 1944)
• Occupation: Literary agent, comic book editor, DC Comics good will ambassador
• Claim to fame: First literary agent specialising in science fiction, being Julius Schwartz
• Creator of: Editor & co-creator/co-plotter of the DC Silver Age characters (Adam Stranger, Hal Jordan, Barry Allen, Ray Palmer, etc)
• Homages: Memorial lecture series, “The Schwartz” – the force behind everything in Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs, Zardeth in Adam Strange

Julius Schwartz’s autobiography is aptly titled Man of Two Worlds as he moved in two rather different, but intimately connected worlds. The Earth-2 Julie was a pivotal figure in early science fiction fandom – he collaborated on the first fanzine, convention, literary agency, you name it. The Earth-1 Julie was the man who helmed the 1960s revivals at DC Comics and is thus single handily responsible for comics’s Silver Age.