A couple of days ago, I challenged you to identify a mystery photo of a comic book artist as a child. All I said about this person was that his or her “style became the signature look for a well-known character.” If you don’t remember, go take a look and come right back.

I’ve gotten many suggestions over the past 48 hours … all of them WRONG.

Check out 23 people who the photo ISN’T.

Neal Adams
C.C. Beck
John Buscema
Dan DeCarlo
Steve Ditko
Will Eisner
Will Elder
Bill Everett
Hal Foster
Frank Frazetta
Carmine Infantino
Bob Kane
Gil Kane
Jack Kirby
Joe Kubert
Harvey Kurtzman
Stan Lee
John Romita, Sr.
Julius Schwartz
E. C. Segar
Marie Severin
Curt Swan

I’m going to give you guys one more chance. If I don’t hear the answer in 24 hours, I’ll spill the beans tomorrow night. But because it’s my birthday, and I’m in good mood, I’ll give you a clue. Here it goes—

In addition to being the artist whose signature style defined a character, before working on that character, this artist previously worked for a comics company that was sued by the company he or she eventually ended up defining that character for.

If I got any less cryptic than that, I’d just be giving you the name. So that’s all you’re going to get. Now—have at it!