Keith Pollard

Keith Pollard is an American comic book artist. Originally from the Detroit area, Pollard is best known for his simultaneous work on the Marvel Comics titles Fantastic Four, Thor, and The Amazing Spider-Man in the late 1970s-early 1980s.

Pollard made his professional comics debut in 1974 with stints on such titles as Master of Kung Fu, Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, Astonishing Tales, and Black Goliath. He was the regular penciler of The Amazing Spider-Man from issue #186 (November 1978)through issue #205 (June 1980) and penciled the backup feature in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #15(1981). With writer Marv Wolfman, Pollard co-created the Black Cat in The Amazing Spider-Man#194 (July 1979).

Pollard was also the regular penciler of Thor issues #286-#317 (some material reprinted in the trade paperbacks Thor: The Eternals Saga, volumes one and two).During the 1980s, Pollard, penciled The Vigilante issues #1-#3 and The Green Lantern for DC Comics, as well as doing a variety of titles for Milestone Comics, Atlas Comics, and many others.

In the early 1990s he drew all the character profiles for the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition. In addition to working on Daredevil, Nick Fury Agent of Shield , Spider-Man 2099and The Silver Surfer: The Enslavers graphic novel which he wrote and penciled with Stan Lee scripting.

 

Pollard left comics in 1994 to pursue other interests, although he does occasionally do comic book assignments and comic art commissions. He also makes the occasional personal appearance at comic book conventions.