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DON HECK

Active: 1955–2025

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AS WRITER

485

AS ARTIST

55

KEY ISSUES

109

SERIES

Donald "Don" L. Heck was an American comics artist best known for co-creating the Marvel Comics characters Iron Man, the Wasp, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Wonder Man and for his long run penciling the Marvel superhero-team series The Avengers during the 1960s Silver Age of comic books.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

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Tales of Suspense #39 cover

Tales of Suspense

#39

First appearance of Iron Man.

Tales to Astonish #27 cover

Tales to Astonish

#27

First appearance of Hank Pym. He returns as Ant-Man in Tales to Astonish #35.

The X-Men #54 cover

The X-Men

#54

Earliest catalogued appearances of Havok and Living Monolith.

The Avengers #9 cover

The Avengers

#9

Earliest catalogued appearance of Wonder Man.

Journey into Mystery Annual #1 cover

Journey into Mystery Annual

#1

Earliest catalogued appearance of Hercules (Marvel).

Tales of Suspense #59 cover

Tales of Suspense

#59

Earliest catalogued appearance of Jarvis.

SERIES · TOP 12 OF 109 BY ISSUES CREDITED

The Avengers

1963

42 credited issues

Strange Tales

1951

34 credited issues

Wonder Woman

1942

30 credited issues

Detective Comics

1937

23 credited issues

Tales of Suspense

1959

22 credited issues

The Flash

1959

17 credited issues

Justice League of America

1960

16 credited issues

The X-Men

1963

14 credited issues

Kid Colt Outlaw

1949

13 credited issues

Gunsmoke Western

1955

12 credited issues

Iron Man

1968

11 credited issues

The Marvel Saga The Official History of the Marvel Universe

1985

10 credited issues

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Jack Kirby 98 issues together Stan Lee 97 issues together Dick Ayers 84 issues together Steve Ditko 75 issues together Gerry Conway 50 issues together Roy Thomas 44 issues together Vince Colletta 42 issues together Paul Reinman 41 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

Iron Man Captain America Hank Pym Hawkeye Thor (Marvel)Wasp Scarlet Witch Batman Wonder Woman Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)

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All-Star Squadron #8 cover

All-Star Squadron

#8

Avengers Spotlight #23 cover

Avengers Spotlight

#23

Avengers Spotlight #27 cover

Avengers Spotlight

#27

Chamber of Darkness #1 cover

Chamber of Darkness

#1

Daredevil #118 cover

Daredevil

#118

Detective Comics #411 cover

Detective Comics

#411

Ghost Rider #22 cover

Ghost Rider

#22

Ghost Rider #23 cover

Ghost Rider

#23

Giant-Size Defenders #5 cover

Giant-Size Defenders

#5

Iron Man #27 cover

Iron Man

#27

Iron Man #28 cover

Iron Man

#28

Iron Man #31 cover

Iron Man

#31

Iron Man #33 cover

Iron Man

#33

Journey into Mystery Annual #1 cover

Journey into Mystery Annual

#1

Justice League Quarterly #7 cover

Justice League Quarterly

#7

Ka-Zar #4 cover

Ka-Zar

#4

Marvel Comics Presents #49 cover

Marvel Comics Presents

#49

Marvel Comics Presents #51 cover

Marvel Comics Presents

#51

Marvel Premiere #29 cover

Marvel Premiere

#29

Strange Tales #147 cover

Strange Tales

#147

Strange Tales #90 cover

Strange Tales

#90

Sub-Mariner #66 cover

Sub-Mariner

#66

Sub-Mariner #67 cover

Sub-Mariner

#67

Tales of Suspense #39 cover

Tales of Suspense

#39

Tales of Suspense #46 cover

Tales of Suspense

#46

Tales of Suspense #59 cover

Tales of Suspense

#59

Tales of Suspense #68 cover

Tales of Suspense

#68

Tales of Suspense #69 cover

Tales of Suspense

#69

Tales to Astonish #27 cover

Tales to Astonish

#27

The Avengers #109 cover

The Avengers

#109

The Avengers #112 cover

The Avengers

#112

The Avengers #13 cover

The Avengers

#13

The Avengers #19 cover

The Avengers

#19

The Avengers #21 cover

The Avengers

#21

The Avengers #22 cover

The Avengers

#22

The Avengers #23 cover

The Avengers

#23

The Avengers #28 cover

The Avengers

#28

The Avengers #32 cover

The Avengers

#32

The Avengers #34 cover

The Avengers

#34

The Avengers #9 cover

The Avengers

#9

The Champions #5 cover

The Champions

#5

The Flash #285 cover

The Flash

#285

The Flash #286 cover

The Flash

#286

The Flash #295 cover

The Flash

#295

The Ghost Rider #2 cover

The Ghost Rider

#2

The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #3 cover

The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe

#3

The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #5 cover

The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe

#5

The Rawhide Kid #17 cover

The Rawhide Kid

#17