Editing Keith Pollard (section)

==Career==
Keith Pollard made his professional comics debut in 1974 with stints on such titles as ''[[Master of Kung Fu (comics)|Master of Kung Fu]]'', ''[[Deadly Hands of Kung Fu]]'', ''[[Astonishing Tales]]'', and ''[[Bill Foster (comics)|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).<ref name="GCD">{{gcdb|type=credit|search= Keith+Pollard|title= Keith Pollard}}</ref> With writer [[Marv Wolfman]], Pollard introduced the [[Black Cat (Marvel Comics)|Black Cat]] in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #194 (July 1979).<ref>{{cite book|last = Sanderson|first = Peter|author-link = Peter Sanderson|last2= Gilbert|first2= Laura, ed.|chapter= 1970s|title = Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History|publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year = 2008|location= London, United Kingdom|page = 189|isbn =978-0756641238|quote= Writer Marv Wolfman came up with the idea for the...Black Cat...Dave Cockrum designed the Black Cat's visual appearance and Keith Pollard drew her first story}}</ref> Wolfman and Pollard were the creative team for both ''Fantastic Four'' #200 (Nov. 1978) and ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #200 (Jan. 1980).<ref>{{cite journal|last = Martini|first = Frank|title = Marv Wolfman's Bicentennial Battles|journal = [[Back Issue!]]|issue = 69|pages = 44–47|publisher = [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date = December 2013|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref>

Pollard was also the regular penciler of ''Thor'' issues #286–320.<ref name="GCD" /> In 1982, Pollard moved to [[DC Comics]] where he drew part of ''[[Wonder Woman (comic book)|Wonder Woman]]'' #300 (Feb. 1983)<ref>{{cite book|last=Manning|first= Matthew K.|last2=Dolan|first2=Hannah, ed.|chapter= 1980s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|year=2010|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9|page= 200|quote = The Amazing Amazon was joined by a host of DC's greatest heroes to celebrate her 300th issue in a seventy-two-page blockbuster...Written by Roy and Dann Thomas, and penciled by Gene Colan, Ross Andru, Jan Duursema, Dick Giordano, Keith Pollard, Keith Giffen, and Rich Buckler.}}</ref> and launched the ''[[Vigilante (comics)|Vigilante]]'' series with Marv Wolfman.<ref>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."</ref> He and [[Elliot S. Maggin]] co-created the [[Superwoman (Kristin Wells)|Kristin Wells version of Superwoman]] in ''[[DC Comics Presents]] Annual'' #2 (1983).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicsalliance.com/miracle-monday-history/ |title=A Celebration Of Freedom: Miracle Monday Through The Years |first=Kieran |last=Shiach |date=May 16, 2016 |publisher=[[ComicsAlliance]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113222749/http://comicsalliance.com/miracle-monday-history/ |archive-date=November 13, 2016 |url-status=live |quote=Kristin Wells, who makes her four-color debut in ''DC Comics Presents Annual'' #2 by Maggin and Keith Pollard. }}</ref>

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. (comic book)|Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' #2–10.

Pollard and [[Stan Lee]] produced the ''[[Silver Surfer]]: The Enslavers'' graphic novel in 1990.<ref>{{cite book|last = Lee|first = Stan|author-link = Stan Lee|author2=Pollard, Keith|title = Silver Surfer: The Enslavers|publisher = Marvel Comics|year = 1990|pages = 64|isbn = 978-0871356178}}</ref> In the early 1990s, he drew all the character profiles for the ''[[Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition]]''.<ref name="GCD" />

Pollard left comics in 1996, though he occasionally makes appearances at comic book conventions.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comicbook-art.com/keithpollard.htm|title= Keith Pollard|first= Jeff|last= Jaworski|year= 2007|publisher= Comicbook-art.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120723001806/http://www.comicbook-art.com/keithpollard.htm|archive-date= July 23, 2012|url-status= live|access-date= March 18, 2009}}</ref> He returned to comics in 2019 with a story for ''DC Primal Age Giant'', written by Marv Wolfman.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DC Primal Age Giant #1: "Not a Bird..." |url=http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/story.php?storyid=313381 |website=Mike's Amazing World of Comics}}</ref>