E. Gerber Products Founder Passes
Noted industry figure Ernst “Ernie” Gerber passed away on
August 24 from a heart attack while hiking in Yosemite National Park. He was
57.
“We got Search and Rescue there, but they just weren't able to revive him,” said his wife, Roberta Gerber. “We were on the top of Half Dome. Ernie was taking photographs for his next book, one about Yosemite.”
As well as being a longtime hiking and outdoors enthusiast, Gerber firmly established his place in the comics business with the creation of his edge-sealing Mylar process in 1977, for which patents were awarded. The company he founded, E. Gerber Products - now a sister company of Diamond Comic Distributors - continues to offer collecting supplies to the comic industry and such non-comics notables as the Library of Congress.
One of Gerber's other important projects, the Photo-Journal Guide to Comics, has become an industry standard, serving as an enduring tribute to his dedication to and enthusiasm for the hobby. The first two volumes of the popular resource catalogued covers from Golden Age comics, while the third and fourth volumes concentrated on covers from Marvel Comics' titles.
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“We got Search and Rescue there, but they just weren't able to revive him,” said his wife, Roberta Gerber. “We were on the top of Half Dome. Ernie was taking photographs for his next book, one about Yosemite.”
As well as being a longtime hiking and outdoors enthusiast, Gerber firmly established his place in the comics business with the creation of his edge-sealing Mylar process in 1977, for which patents were awarded. The company he founded, E. Gerber Products - now a sister company of Diamond Comic Distributors - continues to offer collecting supplies to the comic industry and such non-comics notables as the Library of Congress.
One of Gerber's other important projects, the Photo-Journal Guide to Comics, has become an industry standard, serving as an enduring tribute to his dedication to and enthusiasm for the hobby. The first two volumes of the popular resource catalogued covers from Golden Age comics, while the third and fourth volumes concentrated on covers from Marvel Comics' titles.
