Gil Kane - Early Life

Early Life

Gil Kane was born Eli Katz on April 6, 1926, in Latvia. Kane was born to a Jewish family that emigrated to the U.S. in 1929, settling in Brooklyn, New York City. His father was a struggling poultry merchant.

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