Bill Draut

Bill Draut
Bill Draut
Born	Bill Draut; August 14, 1921
Died	March 3, 1993 (aged 71)
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker
Notable works	Abel; Phantom Stranger

Bill Draut (August 14, 1921–March 3, 1993)^[1] was an American comic book artist best known for his work at Harvey Comics and DC Comics from the 1940s to the 1970s.

Biography

Bill Draut began his career as an artist in the 1940s by drawing the "Sergeant Stony Craig" comic strip for the Bell Syndicate.^[1] After service in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, he then moved into the comic book industry with his earliest confirmed credit appearing in Harvey Comics' Stuntman Comics #1 (April–May 1946).^[2] He worked with Joe Simon and Jack Kirby at Crestwood Publications.^[3]

In 1956, Draut began drawing romance stories for DC Comics.^[2] He later did extensive work on that publisher's mystery titles including House of Mystery, House of Secrets, The Unexpected, and Weird War Tales.^[1] In 1966, Draut co-created Bee-Man with writer Otto Binder for Harvey Comics' Double-Dare Adventures.^[4] Draut drew Teen Titans #18 (Nov.–Dec. 1968) which was writer Marv Wolfman's first Teen Titans story and introduced the character originally called Starfire and later renamed Red Star.^[5] Draut inked the revival of the Phantom Stranger in Showcase #80 (Feb. 1969)^[2] and then drew the first four issues of the Phantom Stranger ongoing series.^[6] He and Mark Hanerfeld created Abel in DC Special #4 (July–Sept. 1969) and the character soon became the "host" of the House of Secrets series.^[7] Draut was to have drawn the first appearance of Marvel Comics' Scarecrow character but did not complete the assignment.^[8] He was a character designer on the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero animated series for Sunbow Entertainment.^[9] Draut's final published work in comics was inking Steve Ditko's pencilled artwork in the story "Who Is The Monster?" in The Fly #3 (Oct. 1983).^[2]

Bibliography

Archie Comics

Adventures of the Fly #1 (1959)
The Fly #3 (1983)

Charlton Comics

Cody of the Pony Express #8 (1955)
Crazy, Man, Crazy #v2#2 (1956)
Fox Hole #5–6 (1955)
From Here to Insanity #11 (1955)
In Love #6 (1955)
Police Trap #5 (1955)

Crestwood Publications/Prize Comics

All for Love #1 (1957)
Black Magic #1–4, 6–7, 9, 12–15, 17, 20–24, 32 (1950–1954)
Headline Comics #27–31, 74–77 (1947–1956)
Strange World of Your Dreams #1, 3 (1952)
Young Brides #1 (1952)
Young Love #1 (1949)
Young Romance #1 (1947)

DC Comics

DC Special #4 (13 Shock-Ending Stories) (1969)
DC Special Series #12 (Secrets of Haunted House Special) (1978)
Falling in Love #8, 10–11, 17, 25–26, 29, 31, 33, 37–38, 48–50, 52–54, 65, 67, 82–83 (1956–1966)
The Flash #237 (Green Lantern backup story) (1975)
Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion #7, 12 (1972–1973)
Ghosts #62, 71, 75–76, 78, 83 (1978–1979)
G.I. Combat #213 (1979)
Girls' Love Stories #49, 51, 59, 64, 66, 69, 73, 79, 83, 86, 89, 91, 98, 100, 122, 142, 147, 149–150, 154, 156–157, 162 (1957–1971)
Girls' Romances #44, 48, 53, 60, 64–67, 69, 71, 74, 81, 85–87, 90, 95 (1957–1963)
Heart Throbs #47 (1957)
House of Mystery #177, 191, 193, 251–255, 257, 265, 273 (1968–1979)
House of Secrets #81, 83, 86, 88, 92, 96, 127–128, 133, 139, 141–143, 146–147, 149 (1969–1978)
Kong the Untamed #5 (1976)
Leave It to Binky #71 (1970)
Phantom Stranger vol. 2 #1–4, 32 (1969–1974)
Plop! #3, 6, 15, 19 (1974–1976)
Secret Hearts #38, 40, 45–46, 56, 58, 104, 145 (1957–1970)
Secrets of Haunted House #2, 5 (1975–1976)
Secrets of Sinister House #6, 14 (1972–1973)
Sgt. Rock #305 (1977)
Showcase #80 (Phantom Stranger); #104 (O.S.S. Spies at War) (1969–1978)
Star Spangled War Stories #195 (1976)
Superboy starring the Legion of Super-Heroes #213–215 (1975–1976)
The Superman Family #184 (1977)
Super-Team Family #2, 12 (1975–1977)
Tales of Ghost Castle #3 (1975)
Tales of the Unexpected #2 (1956)
Teen Titans #18 (1968)
The Unexpected #109–111, 140, 146, 162, 189, 190 (1968–1979)
Unknown Soldier #217 (1978)
Weird Mystery Tales #4, 22 (1973–1975)
Weird War Tales #30–32, 36, 39–40, 43, 48–49, 51, 55–58, 69 (1974–1978)
Weird Western Tales #15, 36 (1972–1976)
Welcome Back, Kotter #6–7 (1977)
The Witching Hour #7, 83 (1970–1978)
Young Love #125–126 (1977)
Young Romance #125, 156 (1963–1968)

Marvel Comics

Journey into Mystery #40 (1956)
Spellbound #29 (1956)
Strange Stories of Suspense #11 (1956)
Western Outlaws #16 (1956)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Bill Draut". Lambiek Comiclopedia. October 31, 2008. Archived from the original on March 6, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bill Draut at the Grand Comics Database
^ Simon, Joe (2011). Joe Simon: My Life in Comics. London, United Kingdom: Titan Books. ISBN 978-1845769307. Bill Draut had been in the Marines...Draut did a little of everything for us – war, horror, detective, westerns, and especially romance.
^ Markstein, Don (2009). "Bee-Man". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on May 25, 2024. Bee-Man's creators were writer Otto Binder...and artist Bill Draut.
^ Cadigan, Glen (2005). "Marv Wolfman From Comic Reader to Titanic Writer". Titans Companion. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. pp. 38–39. ISBN 9781893905504.
^ McAvennie, Michael (2010). "1960s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9.
^ McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 134: "Writer Mark Hanerfeld and artist Bill Draut introduced readers to Abel."
^ Edelman, Scott (April 18, 2015). "In which a trip to Hell's Kitchen reveals who was supposed to draw The Scarecrow first". ScottEdelman.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2016.
^ Bails, Jerry (n.d.). "Draut, Bill". Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999. Archived from the original on December 31, 2016.

External links

Bill Draut at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
Bill Draut at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

Preceded by n/a	Phantom Stranger vol. 2 artist 1969	Succeeded by Mike Sekowsky
Preceded by Mike Grell	Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes inker 1975–1976	Succeeded by Mike Grell