Keith Pollard (; born January 20, 1950) is an

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. Originally from the

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area, Pollard is best known for his simultaneous work on the

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titles ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' in the late 1970s–early 1980s.

Career

Keith Pollard made his professional comics debut in 1974 with stints on such titles as '' Master of Kung Fu'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Black Goliath''. In the mid 1970s he also drew original covers for some of the weekly titles in the

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imprint. He was the regular penciller of ''

'' from issue #186 (Nov. 1978) through issue #205 (June 1980) and pencilled the backup feature in ''The Amazing Spider-Man Annual'' #15 (1981). With writer

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, Pollard introduced the

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in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #194 (July 1979). Wolfman and Pollard were the creative team for both ''Fantastic Four'' #200 (Nov. 1978) and ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #200 (Jan. 1980). Pollard was also the regular penciler of ''Thor'' issues #286–320. In 1982, Pollard moved to

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where he drew part of ''

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'' #300 (Feb. 1983) and launched the ''

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'' series with Marv Wolfman. He and

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co-created the Kristin Wells version of Superwoman in '' DC Comics Presents Annual'' #2 (1983). In 1987, he returned to Marvel where he had a second run on ''Fantastic Four,'' with writer

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, that lasted until 1989. Afterwards, he pencilled '' Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' #2–10. Pollard and

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produced the ''

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: The Enslavers'' graphic novel in 1990. In the early 1990s he drew all the character profiles for the '' Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition''. Pollard left comics in 1996, though he occasionally makes appearances at comic book conventions. He returned to comics in 2019 with a story for ''DC Primal Age Giant'', written by Marv Wolfman.

Bibliography

DC Comics

* '' DC Comics Presents Annual'' #2 (1983) * ''DC Primal Age Giant'' #1 (2019) * ''

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'' #157–165 (1982–1983) * ''

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'' #197 (1981) * ''The

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'' #35–36 (1983) * ''

'' #1–3, 5 (1983–1984) * '' Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe'' #18, 23 (1986–1987) * ''

'' #300 (1983) * ''

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'' #279 (1982)

Milestone Media

* '' Hardware'' #20, 40 (1994–1996) * '' Heroes'' #6 (1996) * ''

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'' #40 (1996)

Harvey Comics

* ''

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'' #1 (1994)

Illustrated Comics

* '' Classic Jonny Quest'' (four promo minicomics) (1996)

Innovation Publishing

* ''Cobalt Blue'' #1–2 (1989)

Marvel Comics

* '' Alpha Flight'' #127 (1993) * ''

'' #186–205, ''Annual'' #15 (1978–1981) * ''

'' #30–32, 36 (1975–1976) * '' The Avengers'' #146, ''Annual'' #16 (1976, 1987) * '' Black Goliath'' #5 (1976) * ''

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'' #5 (1994) * '' Blaze'' #9 (1995) * ''

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'' #143, 242, 341–342 (1977, 1987, 1995) * ''

'' #5 (1974) * '' Eternals'' vol. 2 #10–11 (1986) * ''

'' #193–201, 203–206, 310–312, 314–320, 322–324, 326–328, ''Annual'' #12 (1978–1979, 1987–1989) * ''Fantastic Four Roast'' #1 (1982) * ''

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'' #22 (1977) * ''

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'' #12 (1978) * ''

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'' #10–12 (1977) * ''

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'' #73–74, 107, 110–112 (1975–1978) * '' Jungle Action'' #24 (1976) * '' Lethal Foes of Spider-Man'' #3 (1993) * '' Marvel Graphic Novel:

: The Enslavers'' HC (1990) * '' Marvel Super-Heroes'' vol. 2 #1, 15 (1990–1993) * '' Master of Kung Fu'' #26, 36–37, 52, ''Giant-Size'' #4, ''Annual'' #1 (1975–1977) * ''

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'' #26 (1982) * '' Ms. Marvel'' #9 (1977) * ''

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'' #39 (1986) * '' Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' vol. 2 #2–10, 13–14 (1989–1990) * ''The

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'' #2, 4–6, 11–12 (1983) * ''The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition'' #6, 8, 13–20 (1986–1988) * ''The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition'' #1–36 (1990–1993) * ''The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89'' #7 (1989) * '' Power Man'' #30 (1976) *''Pro Action Magazine'' vol. 2 #3 (Spider-Man) (1994) * ''The Rampaging Hulk'' #5–7 (1977–1978) * ''

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'' #36 (1995) * ''

'' #281–282, 286–289, 291–302, 304–308, 310–317, 319–320, 482 (1979–1982, 1995) * '' Thunderstrike'' #7, 11 (1994) * ''

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'' #4 (1986) * '' X-Men vs. the Avengers'' #4 (1987)

References

External links

*
Keith Pollard
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
Comicbook-Art.com Official Representative for commissions
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