Douglas Bruce Berry (January 24, 1924 – September 30, 1998) was an

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who is best known as the inker of several of

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's comic book series in the 1970s.

Biography

D. Bruce Berry was born in

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and served in the

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during

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. He worked in the advertising industry for 29 years and drew for various

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s including

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's ''Fantasy Illustrated'' in 1963–1964. Berry and Spicer collaborated with

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on an

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story which won the 1964

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in the category "Best Fan Comic Strip". In the late 1960s, he moved to Los Angeles. He began

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and

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's ''

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'' series as of issue #16 (April 1974) and worked with Kirby for the next two years. In 2019,

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released ''Jack Kirby's Dingbat Love'', a collection of previously unpublished work which Kirby had drawn for DC Comics in the 1970s. This included a "

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" story inked by Berry.

Bibliography

Bill Spicer

* ''Fantasy Illustrated'' #1–2 (1963–1964)

DC Comics

* ''

1st Issue Special ''1st Issue Special'' was a comics anthology series from DC Comics, done in a similar style to their ''Showcase'' series. It was published from April 1975 to April 1976. The goal was to showcase a new possible first issue of an ongoing series eac ...

'' #1 (

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), #5 ( Manhunter) (1975) * ''

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'' #4 ( "The Hunger Dogs") (1985) * ''

'' #16–37 (1974–1976) * '' Kobra'' #1 (1976) * ''

New Gods The New Gods are a fictional extraterrestrial race appearing in the eponymous comic book series published by DC Comics, as well as selected other DC titles. Created and designed by Jack Kirby, they first appeared in February 1971 in ''New Gods'' ...

'' vol. 2 #6 (1984) * '' OMAC'' #2–7 (1974–1975) * ''

Our Fighting Forces ''Our Fighting Forces'' is a war comics anthology series published by DC Comics for 181 issues from 1954–1978. Publication history ''Our Fighting Forces'' began with an October–November 1954 cover date. Writer-editor Robert Kanigher's w ...

'' #151–152, 154–155, 161–162 ( The Losers) (1974–1975) * ''

Richard Dragon Richard Dragon (or simply Dragon) is the alias of two fictional, comic book characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Although both incarnation differ in alignment, they're portrayed as extremely accomplished martial arti ...

, Kung-Fu Fighter'' #3 (1975)

Marvel Comics

* ''

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'' #33 (

Killraven Killraven (Jonathan Raven) is a character (arts), fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been depicted as a freedom fighter in several Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apoca ...

) (1975) * ''

Captain America Captain America is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the character First appearance, first appeared in ''#Golden Age, Captain America Comics'' #1 (cover ...

'' #191–192, 195–196 (1975–1976)

Pacific Comics

* ''

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'' #3–6 (1983–1984)

Texas Trio

* ''Star-Studded Comics'' #6 (1965)

TwoMorrows Publishing

* ''

's Dingbat Love'' (

) (2019)

References

External links

*
D. Bruce Berry
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators {{DEFAULTSORT:Berry, D. Bruce 1924 births 1998 deaths 20th-century American artists Advertising artists and illustrators American comics artists Artists from Oakland, California Comic book letterers Comics inkers DC Comics people Silver Age comics creators United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II