Jose studied under the premier cartoonist in Argentina Carlos Clemen. He studied at the Pan American Art School in his native country. Soon afterwards he was drawing superheroes in the nation's magazines. Jose's work spread to comic strips in Brazil and sports related comics in Chile. Jose left his native country and headed for America. He first worked for Charlton Comics with Billy the Kid. Afterwards, he left for Dell Comics and drew the Monkees, the Rat Patrol and various other comics. His next stint was with Gold Key Comics where he drew his first American super-hero comic Doctor Solar. He also drew for The Twilight Zone, The Lone Ranger and Turok, Son of Stone. While at DC Comics, Jose worked on the The Witching Hour. Later, he was assigned his first DC super hero Wonder Woman.