Howard Bender

Howard Nicholas Bender (born September 25, 1951) is an American comic book artist best known for his work for DC Comics and Archie Comics.

Howard Bender was born in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up in the Highland Park neighborhood of Pittsburgh. He attended the Art Students League and was co-founder of the Pittsburgh Comics Club in 1972. After working in the production department at Marvel Comics as a letterer and artist (1974–1980), he held a similar role at DC Comics (1981–1985). His Marvel work included adding tones to the black-and-white artwork in Marvel UK's Star Wars Weekly series. At DC Comics, Bender drew one-page introduction features in various mystery titles such as Ghosts, Secrets of Haunted House, The Unexpected, and Weird War Tales. He was the artist on the "Dial H for Hero" backup stories published in The New Adventures of Superboy and drew several Superman stories in Action Comics. His work on a Wildfire story in Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 2 #283 (Jan. 1982) was praised by fellow artist Keith Giffen. Bender drew Ghostbusters for First Comics and has worked on various series for Archie Comics. He and writer Craig Boldman created Mr. Fixitt in 1989. Bender collaborated with Jack C. Harris on a Sherlock Holmes comic strip in the 1990s. In addition to comic books, Bender also works as a caricature artist.