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VAL MAYERIK

b. 1950Active: 1972–2015

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AS WRITER

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AS ARTIST

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KEY ISSUES

40

SERIES

Val Mayerik is an American comic book and commercial artist, best known as co-creator of the satiric character Howard the Duck for Marvel Comics.

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

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

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Doorway to Nightmare #1 cover

Doorway to Nightmare

#1

Earliest catalogued appearance of Madame Xanadu.

Fear #19 cover

Fear

#19

Earliest catalogued appearance of Howard the Duck.

Man-Thing #2 cover

Man-Thing

#2

Earliest catalogued appearances of Richard Rory and Ruth Hart.

Fear #17 cover

Fear

#17

Earliest catalogued appearance of Aquarian.

The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #6 cover

The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe

#6

Earliest catalogued appearances of Scintilla and Shapeshifter.

Supernatural Thrillers #8 cover

Supernatural Thrillers

#8

Earliest catalogued appearances of Zephyr (Marvel), Hellfire (Marvel), Hydron (Marvel), and 1 more.

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Doug Moench 23 issues togetherSteve Gerber 18 issues togetherBruce Jones 13 issues togetherArmando Gil 8 issues togetherJohn Buscema 8 issues togetherAnthony Diecidue 6 issues togetherArt Nichols 6 issues togetherAshley Wood 6 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

Ka-ZarConanMan-ThingZabuJennifer KalePunisherShannaFrankenstein (Marvel)Living MummyAndrew Kale

Credits

All (124)Writer (1)Artist (123)Keys (9)

9 ISSUES

Doorway to Nightmare #1 cover
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Doorway to Nightmare

#1

Fear #14 cover

Fear

#14

Fear #17 cover
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Fear

#17

Fear #19 cover
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Fear

#19

Frankenstein #18 cover
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Frankenstein

#18

Man-Thing #2 cover
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Man-Thing

#2

Supernatural Thrillers #8 cover
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Supernatural Thrillers

#8

The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #6 cover
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The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe

#6

The Savage Sword of Conan #91 cover

The Savage Sword of Conan

#91