 mike grell (born september 13, 1947"todayâs comics guide: september 13, 2011". cbgxtra. september 13, 2011.) is an american comic book writer and artist, known for his work on books such as green lantern/green arrow, the warlord, and jon sable freelance. ==early life== grell studied at the university of wisconsinâgreen bay, the chicago academy of fine art, and took the famous artists school correspondence course in cartooning. hoping to avoid service in vietnam during the war, he served in asia in the u.s. air force.greenberger, robert. "from skartaris to sable: a chat with storyteller mike grell," comics scene #9 (comics world corp., 1983). archived on mikegrell.com. ==career== grell's entered the comics industry as an assistant to dale messick on the brenda starr comic strip in 1972. ===superboy and the legion of super-heroes=== in 1973 grell moved to new york, and began his long relationship with dc comics. his first assignment at dc was on superboy and the legion of super-heroes, a high-profile assignment for an artist with no prior experience illustrating a monthly comic book. grell says he got that job because he was walking in the editor's door to ask for work, literally, as the previous artist, dave cockrum, was walking out the door, having just quit. grell inked a cockrum penciled story ("lost: a million miles from home!") in issue #202superboy #202 (june 1974) at the grand comics database and became the penciler of the book with issue #203 (august 1974) which featured the death of invisible kid.{{cite book|last=mcavennie|first= michael|last2=dolan|first2=hannah, ed.|chapter= 1970s|title = dc comics year by year a visual chronicle|publisher=dorling kindersley|year=2010|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9|page= 160|quote = with the unenviable 
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