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Howard Bender

American comic book artist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Howard Nicholas Bender (born September 25, 1951)[1] is an American comic book artist best known for his work for DC Comics and Archie Comics.

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Howard Bender was born in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up in the Highland Park neighborhood of Pittsburgh.[2] He attended the Art Students League and was a co-founder of the Pittsburgh Comics Club in 1972.[3] After working in the production department at Marvel Comics as a letterer and artist (1974–1980), he held a similar role at DC Comics (1981–1985).[4][5] His Marvel work included adding tones to the black-and-white artwork in Marvel UK's Star Wars Weekly series.[6] At DC Comics, Bender drew one-page introduction features in various mystery titles such as Ghosts, Secrets of Haunted House, The Unexpected, and Weird War Tales.[7] He was the artist on the "Dial H for Hero" backup stories published in The New Adventures of Superboy and drew several Superman stories in Action Comics.[7] His work on a Wildfire story in Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 2 #283 (Jan. 1982) was praised by fellow artist Keith Giffen.[8] Bender drew Ghostbusters for First Comics and has worked on various series for Archie Comics.[3] He and writer Craig Boldman created Mr. Fixitt in 1989.[9] Bender collaborated with Jack C. Harris on a Sherlock Holmes comic strip in the 1990s.[10] In addition to comic books, Bender also works as a caricature artist.[11]

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Bibliography

AC Comics
Apple Press
  • Blood of Dracula #9 (1989)
  • Mr. Fixitt #1–2 (1989–1990)
Archie Comics
  • Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine #12, 30, 33 (2012–2014)
  • Archie 1000 Page Comics Jamboree #1 (2013)
  • Archie Comics Digest #109, 232, 248, 263 (1991–2015)
  • Archie's Funhouse Double Digest #15, 21 (2015–2016)
  • Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #212 (1990)
  • Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #113, 130 (2007–2009)
  • Archie's R/C Racers #2, 4–5 (1989–1990)
  • Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #72 (1995)
  • Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine #227 (2014)
  • Everything's Archie #152 (1990)
  • Jughead and Archie Double Digest #6, 12, 15 (2014–2015)
  • Jughead with Archie Digest #111 (1992)
  • Jughead's Double Digest #54 (1998)
  • Life with Archie #284 (1991)
  • Mighty Mutanimals #9 (1993)
  • World of Archie Double Digest #15, 20, 40–41, 56 (2012–2016)
Comicfix
  • The Charlton Arrow #2 (2014)
DC Comics
First Comics
Hamilton Comics
  • Dread of Night #1 (1991)
  • Maggots #2 (1992)
Heroic Publishing
  • Mr. Fixitt vol. 2 #1 (1993)
Marvel Comics
Now Comics
Triad Publications
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