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DIED. WILL EISNER, 87, comic-book pioneer; in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The person after whom comics' most prestigious award is named, Eisner helped launch a company in 1937 that created Dollman and Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. Later he created the Spirit, a witty antihero with no superpowers who roamed back alleys in search of bad guys, and wrote one of the first graphic novels, about a Bronx, N.Y., slumlord, A Contract with God. "My interest is not the superhero," he said, "but the little man who struggles to survive in the city...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jan. 17, 2005 | 1/9/2005 | See Source »

...limbs flexible. There is no interior bracing to make it heavy and cumbersome. James Taylor, head of the doll division, says that it was first manufactured only in an 18-in. size, but that the cry for smaller sizes forced them to supply dolls down to 10 in. Dollman Taylor's division has been operating on a 24-hour schedule for several weeks tc take care of advance orders for ''My Dolly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Rubber Dolly | 8/29/1932 | See Source »

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