He began in the mid-1940s .
He worked for several years with Stan Lee on comic books at Timely Comics ( now known as Marvel Comics ) , ranging from Combat Kelly and The Ringo Kid to Tessie the Typist .
Beginning in the mid-1940s , he worked for several years with Stan Lee on comic books at Timely Comics ( now known as Marvel Comics ) , ranging from Combat Kelly and The Ringo Kid to Tessie the Typist .