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Dick Ayers

Penciller on 1,491 issues · inker on 1,261 issues · cover artist on 635 issues

Dick Ayers is credited as penciller on 1,491 issues, inker on 1,261 issues, cover artist on 635 issues, letterer on 547 issues and others in grailworth's catalog, 1,741 issues of them across 202 series we value. That includes 6 key issues, such as Avengers #1 (1963), Daredevil #1 (1964) and Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (1967). Characters first seen in issues they wrote or drew include Doctor Strange, Ancient One, Wong and Nightmare.

Key issues

Characters they introduced

Cover of Strange Tales #110 (1951) Strange Tales #110 (1951)First appearance of Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)1963Cover of Strange Tales #110 (1951) Strange Tales #110 (1951)First appearance of Ancient One (from Doctor Strange, Yao)1963Cover of Strange Tales #110 (1951) Strange Tales #110 (1951)First appearance (unnamed) of Wong (Dr. Strange's ally)1963Cover of Strange Tales #110 (1951) Strange Tales #110 (1951)First appearance of Nightmare (Marvel, Fear Lord)1963Cover of Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (1967) Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (1967)First appearance of Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)1967Cover of Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (1967) Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (1967)First appearance of Yon-Rogg (Magnitron, Marvel)1967Cover of Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (1967) Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (1967)First appearance of Una (Kree, Marvel)1967Cover of Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (1967) Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (1967)First appearance of Zarek (Kree, Marvel)1967Cover of Tim Holt #25 (1948) Tim Holt #25 (1948)First appearance of Black Phantom (Helena, ME / AC)1951Cover of Tim Holt #25 (1948) Tim Holt #25 (1948)First appearance of Helena (Black Phantom, ME / AC)1951Cover of Tim Holt #25 (1948) Tim Holt #25 (1948)First appearance of Jicilla (ME / AC)1951Cover of Men's Adventures #26 (1950) Men's Adventures #26 (1950)First appearance of Gorilla-Man (Ken Hale, Marvel)1954Cover of Men's Adventures #26 (1950) Men's Adventures #26 (1950)First appearance of Ken Hale (Gorilla-Man)1954Cover of Black Phantom #1 (1954) Black Phantom #1 (1954)First appearance of Link Harris (ME / AC)1954Cover of Black Phantom #1 (1954) Black Phantom #1 (1954)First appearance of Turk French (ME / AC)1954Cover of Red Mask #51 (1954) Red Mask #51 (1954)First appearance of Presto Kid (Jeff Grant, ME / AC)1955Cover of Tales to Astonish #52 (1959) Tales to Astonish #52 (1959)First appearance of Black Knight (Nathan Garrett)1964Cover of Tales to Astonish #52 (1959) Tales to Astonish #52 (1959)First appearance of Nathan Garrett (Black Knight)1964Cover of Tales to Astonish #56 (1959) Tales to Astonish #56 (1959)First appearance of Magician (Marvel, Lee Guardineer)1964Cover of Tales to Astonish #56 (1959) Tales to Astonish #56 (1959)First appearance of Lee Guardineer (Marvel, Magician)1964Cover of Strange Tales #126 (1951) Strange Tales #126 (1951)First Appearance of Clea (sorceress, Marvel)1964Cover of Strange Tales #126 (1951) Strange Tales #126 (1951)First Appearance of Dormammu (from Dr. Strange)1964Cover of Sgt. Fury #24 (1963) Sgt. Fury #24 (1963)First appearance of Irving Cohen (Sgt. Fury)1965Cover of Capt. Savage and His Leatherneck Raiders #1 (1968) Capt. Savage and His Leatherneck Raiders #1 (1968)First appearance of Sgt. Sam "Yakkety" Yates (Leatherneck Raiders, Marvel)1968

Every issue

Adventures into Terror (1950) 5 issues

Adventures into Weird Worlds (1952) 3 issues

Alarming Adventures (1962) 1 issue

All-Out War (1979) 6 issues

Amazing Adventures (1961) 5 issues

Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 1 issue

America's Best TV Comics (1967) 1 issue

Ant-Man: Larger Than Life (2015) 1 issue

Astonishing (1951) 12 issues

Astonishing Tales (1970) 4 issues

Atom-Age Combat (1958) 1 issue

Avengers (1963) 15 issues

Avengers (1998) 2 issues

Avengers Classic (2007) 4 issues

Avengers: Operation Hydra (2015) 1 issue

Battle (1951) 11 issues

Battle Action (1952) 3 issues

Battlefield (1952) 1 issue

Battlefront (1952) 9 issues

The Best of DC (1979) 1 issue

Best of the West (1951) 11 issues

Beware (1973) 2 issues

Black Phantom (1954) 1 issue

Black Rider (1950) 1 issue

Blue Ribbon Comics (1983) 5 issues

Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders (1950) 8 issues

Capt. Savage and His Leatherneck Raiders (1968) 14 issues

Captain America (1954) 2 issues

Captain America (1968) 9 issues

Captain America: Road to War (2016) 1 issue

Captain Marvel (1968) 2 issues

Captain Marvel (1999) 1 issue

Chamber of Chills (1972) 8 issues

Chamber of Darkness (1969) 1 issue

Combat Casey (1953) 1 issue

Combat Kelly (1972) 9 issues

Crazy (1953) 1 issue

Creatures on the Loose (1971) 8 issues

Crime and Justice (1951) 1 issue

Crossfire (1973) 1 issue

Crypt of Shadows (1973) 4 issues

Daredevil (1964) 5 issues

DC Special Series (1977) 3 issues

DC Super Stars (1976) 1 issue

Dead of Night (1973) 3 issues

Double-Dare Adventures (1966) 1 issue

Dracula Lives (1973) 1 issue

Durango Kid (1990) 1 issue

Elvira's House of Mystery (1986) 1 issue

Fantastic Four (1961) 22 issues

Fantasy Masterpieces (1966) 10 issues

Fear (1970) 8 issues

FemForce (1985) 21 issues

FemForce Up Close (1992) 2 issues

The Fly (1983) 1 issue

Freedom Fighters (1976) 9 issues

Funnyman (1948) 4 issues

G.I. Combat (1957) 40 issues

G.I. Tales (1957) 1 issue

The Ghost Rider (1950) 14 issues

The Ghost Rider (1967) 7 issues

Ghosts (1971) 5 issues

Giant-Size Avengers (1974) 2 issues

Giant-Size Chillers (1975) 1 issue

Giant-Size Defenders (1974) 1 issue

Giant-Size Dracula (1974) 1 issue

Giant-Size Fantastic Four (1974) 1 issue

Giant-Size Iron Man (1975) 1 issue

Giant-Size Kid Colt (1975) 3 issues

Giant-Size Man-Thing (1974) 3 issues

Giant-Size Marvel Triple Action (1975) 1 issue

Giant-Size X-Men (2005) 1 issue

Golden-Age Men of Mystery (1996) 1 issue

Great Western (1958) 1 issue

Gunsmoke Western (1955) 35 issues

Hall of Fame Featuring the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents (1983) 1 issue

Hell Rider (1971) 1 issue

Horror Tales (1969) 2 issues

House of Mystery (1951) 2 issues

Hulk vs. Fin Fang Foom (2008) 1 issue

The Human Torch (1940) 3 issues

The Human Torch (1974) 8 issues

Incredible Hulk (1962) 7 issues

Incredible Hulk (1999) 1 issue

Incredible Hulk [King Size Special] (1968) 1 issue

The Invaders (1975) 1 issue

Iron Man (1968) 2 issues

Iron Man Special (1970) 1 issue

Jonah Hex (1977) 43 issues

Journey into Mystery (1952) 41 issues

Journey into Mystery (1972) 6 issues

Journey into Unknown Worlds (1950) 7 issues

Justice League Quarterly (1990) 1 issue

Ka-Zar (1970) 3 issues

Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth (1972) 12 issues

Kid Colt Outlaw (1949) 68 issues

Love Romances (1949) 2 issues

Manhunt (1947) 1 issue

Marines in Battle (1954) 3 issues

Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (1965) 20 issues

Marvel Double Feature (1973) 2 issues

The Marvel No-Prize Book (1983) 1 issue

The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (1985) 16 issues

Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) 12 issues

Marvel Tales (1949) 9 issues

Marvel Tales (1966) 28 issues

Marvel Tales Annual (1964) 2 issues

Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) 3 issues

Marvel Triple Action (1972) 9 issues

Marvel's Greatest Comics (1969) 4 issues

Masters of the Universe (1986) 1 issue

Men of War (1977) 20 issues

Men's Adventures (1950) 3 issues

The Mighty Crusaders (1983) 10 issues

The Mighty Marvel Western (1968) 41 issues

Modeling with Millie (1963) 5 issues

Monsters on the Prowl (1971) 22 issues

My Love (1969) 8 issues

Mystery Tales (1952) 10 issues

Mystic (1951) 9 issues

Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (1968) 1 issue

Night Rider (1974) 6 issues

Nightmare (1970) 1 issue

The Original Ghost Rider (1992) 17 issues

Our Love Story (1969) 9 issues

The Outlaw Kid (1954) 3 issues

The Outlaw Kid (1970) 12 issues

Patsy and Hedy (1952) 1 issue

Patsy Walker (1945) 1 issue

Rawhide Kid (1955) 11 issues

The Rawhide Kid (1960) 60 issues

Red Mask (1954) 11 issues

Red Mask (1958) 3 issues

Red Wolf (1972) 1 issue

The Ringo Kid (1970) 2 issues

S.H.I.E.L.D. (2015) 1 issue

Savage Tales (1985) 1 issue

Secret Society of Super-Villains (1976) 1 issue

Secrets of Haunted House (1975) 2 issues

Sergeant Barney Barker (1956) 1 issue

Sgt. Fury (1963) 112 issues

Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (1974) 44 issues

Sgt. Rock (1977) 8 issues

Sick (1976) 1 issue

Special Marvel Edition (1971) 10 issues

Spellbound (1952) 8 issues

Spyman (1966) 1 issue

Star Spangled War Stories (1952) 1 issue

Strange Stories of Suspense (1955) 2 issues

Strange Suspense Stories (1954) 3 issues

Strange Tales (1951) 68 issues

Strange Tales (1973) 1 issue

Strange Tales of the Unusual (1955) 3 issues

Strange Worlds (1958) 1 issue

Sub-Mariner (1954) 3 issues

Suspense (1949) 2 issues

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents (1965) 1 issue

Tales from the Tomb (1969) 2 issues

Tales of Suspense (1959) 45 issues

Tales of Voodoo (1968) 1 issue

Tales to Astonish (1959) 53 issues

Tense Suspense (1958) 2 issues

Terror Tales (1969) 3 issues

Terrors of Dracula (1979) 1 issue

The Thing (1952) 3 issues

This Magazine Is Haunted (1954) 1 issue

Thor (1966) 1 issue

Thunderbolts (1997) 1 issue

Tim Holt (1948) 34 issues

Time Warp (1979) 1 issue

Tomb of Darkness (1974) 3 issues

The Trouble with Girls (1989) 1 issue

True Believers: Fantastic Four - Super-Skrull (2019) 1 issue

True Believers: Kirby 100th - Introducing... The Mighty Thor (2017) 1 issue

Two Gun Kid (1953) 76 issues

Two Gun Western (1956) 2 issues

Uncanny Tales (1952) 8 issues

Uncanny Tales (1973) 1 issue

The Unexpected (1968) 6 issues

Unknown Soldier (1977) 63 issues

Vault of Evil (1973) 3 issues

Voltron (1985) 2 issues

War Comics (1950) 11 issues

War Is Hell (1973) 8 issues

Web of Mystery (1951) 1 issue

Weird War Tales (1971) 6 issues

Weird Western Tales (1972) 32 issues

Weird Wonder Tales (1973) 11 issues

Weird Worlds (1970) 4 issues

Western Gunfighters (1970) 12 issues

The Western Kid (1971) 1 issue

Western Outlaws (1954) 5 issues

Where Creatures Roam (1970) 6 issues

Where Monsters Dwell (1970) 29 issues

Wild Western (1948) 6 issues

Witches Tales (1969) 3 issues

The Witching Hour (1969) 3 issues

World of Fantasy (1956) 3 issues

Worlds Unknown (1973) 1 issue

X-Men (1963) 22 issues

X-Men: The Early Years (1994) 3 issues

Young Men (1950) 2 issues

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