Ray Moore was born in Montgomery City, Missouri, and he attended the Saint-Louis University. After doing commercial work, he entered the field of comics through Phil Davis, whom he assisted on 'Mandrake the Magician'. Moore is best known for his drawing work on 'The Phantom', the creation of writer Lee Falk. This adventure comic was first published in 1936 and immediately became very popular. It was awarded with a place in the Sunday Pages in 1939. Ray Moore had to quit the comic in 1942 to serve in the US army. In 1945, he made his comeback, but suffering too much from various wounds, he left the comics world in 1949.
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