Ben Oda
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Ben Oda
Real Name
Ben Oda
Employers
Apartment 3-G (strip), Big Ben Bolt (strip), DC Comics, Dondi (strip), The Dropouts (strip), EC Comics, Field Newspaper Syndicate, Flash Gordon (strip), Hillman Periodicals, Johnny Hazard (strip), Little Orphan Annie (strip), Miss Peach (strip), On Stage (strip), The Phantom (strip), Prince Valiant (strip), Rip Kirby (strip), The Spirit (strip), Warren Publishing
Job Titles
Gender
Date of Birth
December 21, 1915
Date of Death
November , 1984
Place of Birth
United States of America
First publication
Unknown
Personal History
Ben Oda served in the United States military as a paratrooper and spy, and was also played baseball part-time.
Professional History
Ben Oda lettered some of the early works of Jack Kirby. His work appeared in the EC Comics war comics of the 1950's. He also worked for the Chicago Tribune and King Features Syndicate, and eventually for DC Comics. He worked on the Steve Canyon strip for the Field Newspaper Syndicate. He has been described by Andrew Helfer as the letterer who people turned to when a deadline would be hard to meet.
Notes
- No special notes.
Trivia
- A eulogy for Ben Oda, written by Andrew Helfer, appeared in the "Guest Meanwhile..." column in DC comics dated June 1985.
See Also
Work History
Official Website
- None.
Links and References
Categories:
- Apartment 3-G (strip) Staff
- Big Ben Bolt (strip) Staff
- DC Comics Staff
- Dondi (strip) Staff
- The Dropouts (strip) Staff
- EC Comics Staff
- Field Newspaper Syndicate Staff
- Flash Gordon (strip) Staff
- Hillman Periodicals Staff
- Johnny Hazard (strip) Staff
- Little Orphan Annie (strip) Staff
- Miss Peach (strip) Staff
- On Stage (strip) Staff
- The Phantom (strip) Staff
- Prince Valiant (strip) Staff
- Rip Kirby (strip) Staff
- The Spirit (strip) Staff
- Warren Publishing Staff
- Letterers
- Staff
- 1915 births
- December births
- 1984 deaths
- November deaths
- Male Staff Members
- American Staff Members