Dick Ayers

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 * Image                  = Dick Ayers 2.jpg
 * RealName               = Richard Bache Ayers
 * Pseudonyms             = Dick Ayers; Dick Ayres
 * Employers              = Archie Comics; DC; Magazine Enterprises; Marvel; Prize Comics; Radio Ray (strip)
 * Titles                 = Penciler; Inker; Letterer; Cover Artist


 * Gender                 = Male
 * YearOfBirth            = 1924
 * MonthOfBirth           = April
 * DayOfBirth             = 28
 * CityOfBirth            = Ossining
 * StateOfBirth           = New York
 * CountryOfBirth         = USA
 * YearOfDeath            = 2014
 * MonthOfDeath           = May
 * DayOfDeath             = 4
 * PlaceOfDeath           =
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 * ProfessionalHistory    = Richard Bache "Dick" Ayers is a comic book artist and cartoonist. Widely respected for his dramatic storytelling skills and prolific output, Ayers is also renowned for being one of the first artists in Marvel Comics' famed "Bullpen", notably as Jack Kirby's inker on many landmark Marvel Silver Age comics.

As of 2005, Ayers is still working full-time as an artist, and recently the second volume of his autobiography in trade paperback form.

His work won him the 1985 National Cartoonists Society Award for Best Comic Book.


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 * Also provided a pinup of the Phantom Rider in Original Ghost Rider #14 (August 1993).


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 * http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Dick_Ayers
 * Audio of Merry Marvel Marching Society record, including voice of Dick Ayers