R.I.P. Frank Springer

Prolific artist Frank Springer, who drew a wide range of comics ranging from Secret Six and Dazzler to Rex Morgan, M.D., and The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist, died Thursday of prostate cancer. He was 79.

Born Dec. 6, 1929, in Jamaica, Queens, N.Y., Springer earned a bachelor's degree in fine art from Syracuse University in 1952.

Springer is survived by his wife of 52 years, Barbara, five children and seven grandchildren.