Keith Pollard

Keith 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. In the mid 1970s he also drew original covers for some of the weekly titles in the Marvel UK imprint. He was the regular penciller of The Amazing Spider-Man from issue #186 (Nov. 1978) through issue #205 (June 1980) and pencilled the backup feature in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #15 (1981).{{gcdb|type=credit|search= Keith+Pollard|title= Keith Pollard}} With writer Marv Wolfman, Pollard introduced the Black Cat in The Amazing Spider-Man #194 (July 1979).{{cite book|last = Sanderson|first = Peter|author-link = Peter Sanderson|last2= Gilbert|first2= Laura, ed.|chapter= 1970s|title = Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History|publisher = Dorling Kindersley|year = 2008|location= London, United Kingdom|page = 189|isbn =978-0756641238|quote= Writer Marv Wolfman came up with the idea for the...Black Cat...Dave Cockrum designed the Black Cat's visual appearance and Keith Pollard drew her first story}} Wolfman and Pollard were the creative team for both Fantastic Four #200 (Nov. 1978) and The Amazing Spider-Man #200 (Jan. 1980).{{cite journal|last = Martini|first = Frank|title = Marv Wolfman's Bicentennial Battles|journal = Back Issue!|issue = 69|pages = 44–47|publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|date = December 2013|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}

Pollard was also the regular penciler of Thor issues #286–320. In 1982, Pollard moved to DC Comics where he drew part of Wonder Woman #300 (Feb. 1983){{cite book|last=Manning|first= Matthew K.|last2=Dolan|first2=Hannah, ed.|chapter= 1980s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|year=2010|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9|page= 200|quote = The Amazing Amazon was joined by a host of DC's greatest heroes to celebrate her 300th issue in a seventy-two-page blockbuster...Written by Roy and Dann Thomas, and penciled by Gene Colan, Ross Andru, Jan Duursema, Dick Giordano, Keith Pollard, Keith Giffen, and Rich Buckler.}} and launched the Vigilante series with Marv Wolfman.Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 203: "November [1983] saw the Vigilante take his brand of deadly justice into his own self-titled ongoing series, by writer Marv Wolfman and illustrator Keith Pollard." He and Elliot S. Maggin co-created the Kristin Wells version of Superwoman in DC Comics Presents Annual #2 (1983).{{cite web|url=http://comicsalliance.com/miracle-monday-history/ |title=A Celebration Of Freedom: Miracle Monday Through The Years |first=Kieran |last=Shiach |date=May 16, 2016 |publisher=ComicsAlliance |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113222749/http://comicsalliance.com/miracle-monday-history/ |archive-date=November 13, 2016 |url-status=live |quote=Kristin Wells, who makes her four-color debut in DC Comics Presents Annual #2 by Maggin and Keith Pollard. }}

In 1987, he returned to Marvel where he had a second run on Fantastic Four, with writer Steve Englehart, that lasted until 1989. Afterwards, he pencilled Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #2–10.

Pollard and Stan Lee produced the Silver Surfer: The Enslavers graphic novel in 1990.{{cite book|last = Lee|first = Stan|author-link = Stan Lee|author2=Pollard, Keith|title = Silver Surfer: The Enslavers|publisher = Marvel Comics|year = 1990|pages = 64|isbn = 978-0871356178}} In the early 1990s, he drew all the character profiles for the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition.

Pollard left comics in 1996, though he occasionally makes appearances at comic book conventions.{{cite web |url= http://www.comicbook-art.com/keithpollard.htm|title= Keith Pollard|first= Jeff|last= Jaworski|year= 2007|publisher= Comicbook-art.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120723001806/http://www.comicbook-art.com/keithpollard.htm|archive-date= July 23, 2012|url-status= live|access-date= March 18, 2009}} He returned to comics in 2019 with a story for DC Primal Age Giant, written by Marv Wolfman.{{Cite web |title=DC Primal Age Giant #1: "Not a Bird..." |url=http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/story.php?storyid=313381 |website=Mike's Amazing World of Comics}}

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• DC Comics Presents Annual #2 (1983)
• DC Primal Age Giant #1 (2019)
• Green Lantern #157–165 (1982–1983)
• Justice League of America #197 (1981)
• The New Teen Titans #35–36 (1983)
• Vigilante #1–3, 5 (1983–1984)
• Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #18, 23 (1986–1987)
• Wonder Woman #300 (1983)
• World's Finest Comics #279 (1982)

• Hardware #20, 40 (1994–1996)
• Heroes #6 (1996)
• Static #40 (1996)

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• SeaQuest #1 (1994)

• Classic Jonny Quest (four promo minicomics) (1996)

• Cobalt Blue #1–2 (1989)

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• Alpha Flight #127 (1993)
• The Amazing Spider-Man #186–205, Annual #15 (1978–1981)
• Astonishing Tales #30–32, 36 (1975–1976)
• The Avengers #146, Annual #16 (1976, 1987)
• Black Goliath #5 (1976)
• Blackwulf #5 (1994)
• Blaze #9 (1995)
• Daredevil #143, 242, 341–342 (1977, 1987, 1995)
• Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #5 (1974)
• Eternals vol. 2 #10–11 (1986)
• Fantastic Four #193–201, 203–206, 310–312, 314–320, 322–324, 326–328, Annual #12 (1978–1979, 1987–1989)
• Fantastic Four Roast #1 (1982)
• Ghost Rider #22 (1977)
• Hulk #12 (1978)
• Inhumans #10–12 (1977)
• Iron Man #73–74, 107, 110–112 (1975–1978)
• Jungle Action #24 (1976)
• Lethal Foes of Spider-Man #3 (1993)
• Marvel Graphic Novel: Silver Surfer: The Enslavers HC (1990)
• Marvel Super-Heroes vol. 2 #1, 15 (1990–1993)
• Master of Kung Fu #26, 36–37, 52, Giant-Size #4, Annual #1 (1975–1977)
• Moon Knight #26 (1982)
• Ms. Marvel #9 (1977)
• New Mutants #39 (1986)
• Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. vol. 2 #2–10, 13–14 (1989–1990)
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #2, 4–6, 11–12 (1983)
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #6, 8, 13–20 (1986–1988)
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition #1–36 (1990–1993)
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #7 (1989)
• Power Man #30 (1976)
• Pro Action Magazine vol. 2 #3 (Spider-Man) (1994)
• The Rampaging Hulk #5–7 (1977–1978)
• Spider-Man 2099 #36 (1995)
• Thor #228, 281–282, 286–289, 291–308, 310–320, 482 (1974, 1979–1982, 1995)
• Thunderstrike #7, 11 (1994)
• X-Factor #4 (1986)
• X-Men vs. the Avengers #4 (1987)

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• {{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=358|title=Keith Pollard}}
• [http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/creator.php?creatorid=567 Keith Pollard] at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
• [http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/namp26.htm#N66 Keith Pollard] at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
• [http://www.comicbook-art.com Comicbook-Art.com Official Representative for commissions]

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