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mid-1938 only to buy him out in 1940 when Will was drafted into the Army to do military posters. (Will had become so accomplished – and so expensive! – as a free-lance artist, that the only way I could afford his services was to make him a partner.) After 'Eisner & Iger, Ltd.' was dissolved, I returned to publishing as 'Phoenix
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and Will Eisner.... Will was working for me doing 'Hawk of the Seas' and 'ZX-5'. He also did sports drawings that I syndicated with my other materials throughout the U.S. ... Universal
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