Ken Battefield
Ken Battefield (1905–1966) was a prolific comic book artist and illustrators of pulp fiction in the 1940s and early 1950s, during the Golden Age of Comic Books. He is most associated with the Nedor Publishing line of books where, at various times, he illustrated Pyroman, Doc Strange, Black Terror, American Eagle, The Scarab, Captain Future, and many others. In the latter days of working with that company he was hired to produce large amounts of work which was then "punched" up by Rafael Astarita and Graham Ingels.
Ken Battefield
Ken Battefield · Public domain
- Born
- 1905
- Died
- 1966
- Nationality
- American
- Occupation
- comics artist
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Ken Battefield (1905–1966) was a prolific comic book artist and illustrators of pulp fiction in the 1940s and early 1950s, during the Golden Age of Comic Books. He is most associated with the Nedor Publishing line of books where, at various times, he illustrated Pyroman, Doc Strange, Black Terror, American Eagle, The Scarab, Captain Future, and many others. In the latter days of working with that company he was hired to produce large amounts of work which was then "punched" up by Rafael Astarita and Graham Ingels.
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Among Battefield's other projects was the January 1958 revised edition of Classics Illustrated #54, The Man in the Iron Mask. While working for the Chesler Shop, Battefield met a young Carmine Infantino in a coffee shop, and subsequently got him his first comics job in that studio.
America's Best Comics #18, page 30 June 1946
Ken Battefield
America's Best Comics #18, page 31 June 1946
Ken Battefield
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• Born — 1905 • Died — 1966 • Nationality — American • Art — y • Notable Works — Standard Comics
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- 1.Ken Battefield. lambiek.net.
- 2.Catalog. www.pulpartists.com.
- 3.Source: William B. Jones Jr., Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History, with Illustrations, 2002, p. 146.
- 4.Online excerpts from The Comics Journal #191. Carmine Infantino.
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