Keith Pollard (born January 20, 1950)[1] is an American comic book artist.Originally from the Detroit area,[2] Pollard is best known for his simultaneous work on the Marvel Comics titles The Amazing Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, and Thor in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Career
Keith Pollard made his professional comics debut in 1974 with stints on such titles as Master of Kung Fu, Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, Astonishing Tales, and Black Goliath.In the mid 1970s he also drew original covers for some of the weekly titles in the Marvel UK imprint.
He was the regular penciller of The Amazing Spider-Man from issue #186 (Nov. 1978) through issue #205 (June 1980) and pencilled the backup feature in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #15 (1981).[3] With writer Marv Wolfman, Pollard introduced the Black Cat in The Amazing Spider-Man #194 (July 1979).[4] Wolfman and Pollard were the creative team for both Fantastic Four #200 (Nov. 1978) and The Amazing Spider-Man #200 (Jan. 1980).[5]
Pollard was also the regular penciler of Thor issues #286–320.[3] In 1982, Pollard moved to DC Comics where he drew part of Wonder Woman #300 (Feb. 1983)[6] and launched the Vigilante series with Marv Wolfman.[7] He and Elliot S. Maggin co-created the Kristin Wells version of Superwoman in DC Comics Presents Annual #2 (1983).[8]
In 1987, he returned to Marvel where he had a second run on Fantastic Four, with writer Steve Englehart, that lasted until 1989.Afterwards, he pencilled Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #2–10.
Pollard left comics in 1996, though he occasionally makes appearances at comic book conventions.[10] For ten years, he worked for a computer company.[11] He returned to comics in 2019 with a story for DC Primal Age Giant, written by Marv Wolfman.[3]
Awards
Keith Pollard received the Inkpot Award in 2017.[12]
1.John Jackson Miller. Comics Industry Birthdays Comics Buyer's Guide, June 10, 2005, retrieved December 12, 2010^
2.Jeff Jaworski. Arvell Jones Comicbook-art.com, 2007, retrieved March 18, 2009^
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4.Peter Sanderson. Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History Dorling Kindersley, 2008^
5.Frank Martini. Marv Wolfman's Bicentennial Battles Back Issue!, TwoMorrows Publishing, December 2013^
6.Matthew K. Manning. DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle Dorling Kindersley, 2010^
7.Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 203: "November [1983] saw the Vigilante take his brand of deadly justice into his own self-titled ongoing series, by writer Marv Wolfman and illustrator Keith Pollard."^
