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Richard Bache Ayers [2] (/ ɛər z /; April 28, 1924 – May 4, 2014) was an American comic book artist and cartoonist best known for his work as one of Jack Kirby's inkers during the late-1950s and 1960s period known as the Silver Age of Comics, including on some of the earliest issues of Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four.
It was the Ayers version of Sgt. Fury that beat out DC’s war titles to be named Best War Comic in both 1967 and 1968 via the fan-voted Alley Awards! While at Marvel, Dick was even given a chance to revive his still fondly-remembered Ghost Rider strip!
Richard Bache “Dick” Ayers died May 4, 2014, at his home in White Plains, just six days after passing the nine-decade milestone, reportedly from Parkinson’s disease.
On September 29, 2012, Richard “Dick” Ayers (1924–2014), who is best known for co-creating Ghost Rider (the cowboy character), inking Jack Kirby’s pencils, and his long association with the Sgt. Fury character, spoke to Shaun Clancy.
Comic readers treasure the classic stories Dick Ayers drew for Marvel Comics in the 1960s, but that’s just one part of a very long career that began shortly after World War II. He also worked for DC, Magazine Enterprises, Harvey, Charlton, and a number of other publishers.
Richard "Dick" Ayers, a prolific comic-book artist, died Sunday. He was 90. A lifelong Westchester resident, Ayers drew dozens of iconic characters for Marvel and DC.
DICK AYERS liked to laugh at the idea of a Marvel “Bullpen” — that would-be physical collective of cartoonists that, readers were led to imagine, happily churned out all those inspired pages of...