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FRANK SPRINGER

Active: 1967–2025

5

AS WRITER

216

AS ARTIST

32

KEY ISSUES

68

SERIES

Frank Springer was an American comics artist best known for Marvel Comics' Dazzler and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.. As well, in collaboration with writer Michael O'Donoghue, Springer created one of the first adult-oriented comics features on American newsstands: "The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist" in the magazine Evergreen Review. A multiple winner of the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award, Springer was a president of the Society and a founding member of the Berndt Toast Gang, its Long Island chapter.

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

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

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Ms. Marvel #16 cover

Ms. Marvel

#16

First appearance of Mystique.

Black Lightning #1 cover

Black Lightning

#1

Earliest catalogued appearances of Black Lightning and Tobias Whale.

Spider-Woman #37 cover

Spider-Woman

#37

Earliest catalogued appearances of Siryn and David Ishima.

The Vision and the Scarlet Witch #12 cover

The Vision and the Scarlet Witch

#12

Earliest catalogued appearances of Wiccan and Speed.

The Transformers #1 cover

The Transformers

#1

Earliest catalogued appearances of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee (Autobot), Prowl (Autobots), and 24 more.

G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero #37 cover

G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero

#37

Earliest catalogued appearances of Flint (GI Joe), Tomax, and Xamot.

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Roy Thomas 33 issues togetherVince Colletta 28 issues togetherBill Mantlo 24 issues togetherDanny Fingeroth 21 issues togetherAl Milgrom 18 issues togetherPablo Marcos 18 issues togetherFrank Robbins 17 issues togetherDavid Anthony Kraft 16 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

Captain AmericaDazzlerNamorSpider-ManJim HammondSupermanBucky BarnesSpitfireLancelot SteeleToro

Credits

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32 ISSUES

Action Comics Weekly #622 cover
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Action Comics Weekly

#622

Black Lightning #1 cover

Black Lightning

#1

Daredevil #155 cover

Daredevil

#155

Dazzler #13 cover
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Dazzler

#13

Dazzler #15 cover
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Dazzler

#15

Dazzler #20 cover
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Dazzler

#20

Dazzler #5 cover
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Dazzler

#5

Dazzler #6 cover
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Dazzler

#6

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #22 cover

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest

#22

G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero #25 cover
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G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero

#25

G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero #27 cover
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G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero

#27

G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero #29 cover
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G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero

#29

G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero #32 cover
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G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero

#32

G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero #37 cover
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G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero

#37

Ka-Zar #1 cover
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Ka-Zar

#1

Moon Knight #1 cover

Moon Knight

#1

Moon Knight #2 cover

Moon Knight

#2

Ms. Marvel #16 cover

Ms. Marvel

#16

Power Man #34 cover

Power Man

#34

Secret Six #1 cover
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Secret Six

#1

Spider-Woman #37 cover
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Spider-Woman

#37

The Invaders #14 cover
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The Invaders

#14

The Invaders #17 cover
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The Invaders

#17

The Invaders #18 cover
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The Invaders

#18

The Invaders #26 cover
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The Invaders

#26

The Invaders #27 cover
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The Invaders

#27

The Spectacular Spider-Man #32 cover

The Spectacular Spider-Man

#32

The Transformers #1 cover
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The Transformers

#1

The Transformers #4 cover
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The Transformers

#4

The Vision and the Scarlet Witch #12 cover

The Vision and the Scarlet Witch

#12

U.S. 1 #3 cover
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U.S. 1

#3

What If? #34 cover
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What If?

#34