Editing Keith Pollard

{{Short description|American comic book artist (born 1950)}}
{{for|the English rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s|Keith Pollard (rugby league)}}
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'''Keith Pollard''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɒ|l|ər|d}}; born January 20, 1950)<ref name="CBG">{{cite web
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}}</ref> is an American [[Comics artist|comic book artist]]. Originally from the [[Detroit]] area,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comicbook-art.com/arvelljones.htm|first= Jeff|last= Jaworski|title= Arvell Jones|year= 2007|publisher= Comicbook-art.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130927145914/http://www.comicbook-art.com/arvelljones.htm|archive-date= September 27, 2013|url-status= live|access-date= March 18, 2009}}</ref> Pollard is best known for his simultaneous work on the [[Marvel Comics]] titles ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', ''[[Fantastic Four (comic book)|Fantastic Four]]'', and ''[[Thor (comic book)|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 (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>

==Bibliography==
===DC Comics===
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* ''[[DC Comics Presents]] Annual'' #2 (1983)
* ''DC Primal Age Giant'' #1 (2019) 
* ''[[Green Lantern (comic book)|Green Lantern]]'' #157–165 (1982–1983)
* ''[[Justice League (comic book)|Justice League of America]]'' #197 (1981)
* ''The [[Teen Titans|New Teen Titans]]'' #35–36 (1983)
* ''[[Vigilante (comics)|Vigilante]]'' #1–3, 5 (1983–1984)
* ''[[Who's Who in the DC Universe|Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe]]'' #18, 23 (1986–1987)
* ''[[Wonder Woman (comic book)|Wonder Woman]]'' #300 (1983)
* ''[[World's Finest Comics]]'' #279 (1982)

====Milestone Media====
* ''[[Hardware (comics)|Hardware]]'' #20, 40 (1994–1996)
* ''[[Heroes (comics)|Heroes]]'' #6 (1996)
* ''[[Static (DC Comics)|Static]]'' #40 (1996)
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===Harvey Comics===
* ''[[seaQuest DSV|SeaQuest]]'' #1 (1994)

=== Illustrated Comics ===

* ''[[Jonny Quest|Classic Jonny Quest]]'' (four promo minicomics) (1996)

===Innovation Publishing===
* ''Cobalt Blue'' #1–2 (1989)

===Marvel Comics===
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* ''[[Alpha Flight (comic book)|Alpha Flight]]'' #127 (1993)
* ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' #186–205, ''Annual'' #15 (1978&ndash;1981)
* ''[[Astonishing Tales]]'' #30–32, 36 (1975&ndash;1976)
* ''[[The Avengers (comic book)|The Avengers]]'' #146, ''Annual'' #16 (1976, 1987)
* ''[[Bill Foster (comics)|Black Goliath]]'' #5 (1976)
* ''[[Blackwulf]]'' #5 (1994)
* ''[[Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)|Blaze]]'' #9 (1995)
* ''[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)|Daredevil]]'' #143, 242, 341–342 (1977, 1987, 1995)
* ''[[Deadly Hands of Kung Fu]]'' #5 (1974)
* ''[[Eternals (comics)|Eternals]]'' vol. 2 #10–11 (1986)
* ''[[Fantastic Four (comic book)|Fantastic Four]]'' #193–201, 203–206, 310–312, 314–320, 322–324, 326–328, ''Annual'' #12 (1978–1979, 1987–1989)
* ''Fantastic Four Roast'' #1 (1982)
* ''[[Ghost Rider (comic book)|Ghost Rider]]'' #22 (1977)
* ''[[The Rampaging Hulk|Hulk]]'' #12 (1978)
* ''[[Inhumans]]'' #10–12 (1977)
* ''[[Iron Man (comic book)|Iron Man]]'' #73–74, 107, 110–112 (1975&ndash;1978)
* ''[[Jungle Action]]'' #24 (1976)
* ''[[List of Spider-Man titles#Miniseries|Lethal Foes of Spider-Man]]'' #3 (1993)
* ''[[Marvel Graphic Novel]]: [[Silver Surfer]]: The Enslavers'' HC (1990)
* ''[[Marvel Super-Heroes (comics)|Marvel Super-Heroes]]'' vol. 2 #1, 15 (1990&ndash;1993)
* ''[[Master of Kung Fu (comics)|Master of Kung Fu]]'' #26, 36–37, 52, ''Giant-Size'' #4, ''Annual'' #1 (1975&ndash;1977)
* ''[[Moon Knight]]'' #26 (1982)
* ''[[Carol Danvers|Ms. Marvel]]'' #9 (1977)
* ''[[The New Mutants (comic book)|New Mutants]]'' #39 (1986)
* ''[[Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (comic book)|Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' vol. 2 #2–10, 13–14 (1989&ndash;1990)
* ''The [[Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe]]'' #2, 4–6, 11–12 (1983)
* ''The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition'' #6, 8, 13–20 (1986&ndash;1988)
* ''The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition'' #1–36 (1990&ndash;1993)
* ''The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89'' #7 (1989)
* ''[[Power Man and Iron Fist|Power Man]]'' #30 (1976)
*''Pro Action Magazine'' vol. 2 #3 (Spider-Man) (1994)
* ''The Rampaging Hulk'' #5–7 (1977&ndash;1978)
* ''[[Spider-Man 2099]]'' #36 (1995)
* ''[[Thor (comic book)|Thor]]'' #228, 281–282, 286–289, 291–308, 310–320, 482 (1974, 1979–1982, 1995)
* ''[[Thunderstrike (Eric Masterson)|Thunderstrike]]'' #7, 11 (1994)
* ''[[X-Factor (comic book)|X-Factor]]'' #4 (1986)
* ''[[List of Avengers titles#Limited series and specials|X-Men vs. the Avengers]]'' #4 (1987)
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== References ==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* {{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=358|title=Keith Pollard}}
* [http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/creator.php?creatorid=567 Keith Pollard] at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
* [http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/namp26.htm#N66 Keith Pollard] at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
* [http://www.comicbook-art.com Comicbook-Art.com Official Representative for commissions]

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