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D. Bruce Berry
D. Bruce Berry
Born	Douglas Bruce Berry; January 24, 1924; Oakland, California
Died	September 30, 1998 (aged 74); Long Beach, California
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker, Letterer
Notable works	Kamandi; OMAC
Awards	1964 Alley Award "Best Fan Comic Strip"

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Douglas Bruce Berry^[1] (January 24, 1924^[2] – September 30, 1998)^[3] was an American comic book artist who is best known as the inker of several of Jack Kirby's comic book series in the 1970s.

Biography[edit]

D. Bruce Berry was born in Oakland, California and served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.^[3] He worked in the advertising industry for 29 years^[1] and drew for various fanzines including Bill Spicer's Fantasy Illustrated in 1963–1964.^[4] Berry and Spicer collaborated with Eando Binder on an Adam Link story which won the 1964 Alley Award in the category "Best Fan Comic Strip".^[5] In the late 1960s, he moved to Los Angeles.^[3] He began inking and lettering Jack Kirby's Kamandi series as of issue #16 (April 1974) and worked with Kirby for the next two years.^[4] In 2019, TwoMorrows Publishing released Jack Kirby's Dingbat Love, a collection of previously unpublished work which Kirby had drawn for DC Comics in the 1970s. This included a "Dingbats of Danger Street" story inked by Berry.^[6]

Bibliography[edit]

Bill Spicer[edit]

Fantasy Illustrated #1–2 (1963–1964)

DC Comics[edit]

1st Issue Special #1 (Atlas), #5 (Manhunter) (1975)
DC Graphic Novel #4 ("The Hunger Dogs") (1985)
Kamandi #16–37 (1974–1976)
Kobra #1 (1976)
New Gods vol. 2 #6 (1984)
OMAC #2–7 (1974–1975)
Our Fighting Forces #151–152, 154–155, 161–162 (The Losers) (1974–1975)
Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter #3 (1975)

Marvel Comics[edit]

Amazing Adventures #33 (Killraven) (1975)
Captain America #191–192, 195–196 (1975–1976)

Pacific Comics[edit]

Silver Star #3–6 (1983–1984)

Texas Trio[edit]

Star-Studded Comics #6 (1965)

TwoMorrows Publishing[edit]

Jack Kirby's Dingbat Love (Dingbats of Danger Street) (2019)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Bails, Jerry (n.d.). "Berry, D. Bruce". Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999. Archived from the original on January 2, 2017.
^ Morrow, John (November 1997). "D. Bruce Berry Speaks". The Jack Kirby Collector (17). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 36.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Berry, D. Bruce. D. Bruce Berry drawings of space ships, 1958: Guide". Cambridge, Massachusetts: Houghton Library, Harvard University. February 17, 2015. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
^ ^a ^b D. Bruce Berry at the Grand Comics Database
^ "1964 Alley Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on June 16, 2016.
^ Carlson, KC (February 28, 2020). "Jack Kirby's Dingbat Love: Unpublished '70s Stories by the King of Comics!". Comicsworthreading.com. Archived from the original on August 2, 2020.

External links[edit]

D. Bruce Berry at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
D. Bruce Berry at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
D. Bruce Berry at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators

Preceded by Mike Royer	Kamandi inker 1974–1976	Succeeded by Mike Royer
Preceded by Mike Royer	OMAC inker 1974–1975	Succeeded by Mike Royer
Preceded by Vince Colletta	Captain America inker 1975–1976	Succeeded by Frank Giacoia

[Bails-1] Bails, Jerry (n.d.). "Berry, D. Bruce". Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999. Archived from the original on January 2, 2017.

[2] Morrow, John (November 1997). "D. Bruce Berry Speaks". The Jack Kirby Collector (17). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 36.

[Harvard-3] "Berry, D. Bruce. D. Bruce Berry drawings of space ships, 1958: Guide". Cambridge, Massachusetts: Houghton Library, Harvard University. February 17, 2015. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

[GCD-4] D. Bruce Berry at the Grand Comics Database

[5] "1964 Alley Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on June 16, 2016.

[6] Carlson, KC (February 28, 2020). "Jack Kirby's Dingbat Love: Unpublished '70s Stories by the King of Comics!". Comicsworthreading.com. Archived from the original on August 2, 2020.

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+'''Douglas Bruce Berry'''<ref name="Bails">{{cite web|url= http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=BERRY%2c+D.+BRUCE|title= Berry, D. Bruce|first= Jerry|last= Bails|authorlink= Jerry Bails|date= n.d.|work= Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170102030854/http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=BERRY%2C+D.+BRUCE|archive-date= January 2, 2017|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}</ref> (January 24, 1924<ref>{{cite journal|last= Morrow|first= John|title= D. Bruce Berry Speaks|journal= The Jack Kirby Collector|issue= 17|page= 36|publisher= [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date= November 1997|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|url= https://issuu.com/twomorrows/docs/kirbycollector17preview}}</ref> – September 30, 1998)<ref name="Harvard">{{cite web|url= http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hou02209|title= Berry, D. Bruce. D. Bruce Berry drawings of space ships, 1958: Guide.|date= February 17, 2015|publisher= [[Houghton Library]], [[Harvard University]]|location= Cambridge, Massachusetts|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161002212421/http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hou02209|archive-date= October 2, 2016|url-status= dead|df= mdy-all|access-date= January 2, 2017}}</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] [[Comics artist|comic book artist]] who is best known as the inker of several of [[Jack Kirby]]'s comic book series in the 1970s.
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-'''Douglas Bruce Berry'''<ref name="Bails">{{cite web|url= http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=BERRY%2c+D.+BRUCE|title= Berry, D. Bruce|first= Jerry|last= Bails|authorlink= Jerry Bails|date= n.d.|publisher= ''Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999''|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170102030854/http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=BERRY%2C+D.+BRUCE|archivedate= January 2, 2017|deadurl= no|df= mdy-all}}</ref> (January 24, 1924<ref>{{cite journal|last= Morrow|first= John|title= D. Bruce Berry Speaks|journal= The Jack Kirby Collector|issue= 17|page= 36|publisher= [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date= November 1997|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|url= https://issuu.com/twomorrows/docs/kirbycollector17preview}}</ref>–1998)<ref name="Harvard">{{cite web|url= http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hou02209|title= Berry, D. Bruce. D. Bruce Berry drawings of space ships, 1958: Guide.|date= February 17, 2015|publisher= [[Houghton Library]], [[Harvard University]]|location= Cambridge, Massachusetts|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20161002212421/http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hou02209|archivedate= October 2, 2016|deadurl= no|df= mdy-all}}</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] [[Comics artist|comic book artist]] who is best known as the inker of several of [[Jack Kirby]]'s comic book series in the 1970s.
 ==Biography==
-D. Bruce Berry was born in [[Oakland, California]] and served in the [[United States Army Air Forces]] during World War II.<ref name="Harvard" /> He worked in the advertising industry for 29 years<ref name="Bails" /> and drew for various [[fanzine]]s including [[Bill Spicer]]'s ''Fantasy Illustrated'' in 1963–1964.<ref name="GCD">{{gcdb|type=credit|search= Bruce+Berry|title= D. Bruce Berry}}</ref> Berry and Spicer collaborated with [[Eando Binder]] on an [[Adam Link]] story which won the 1964 [[Alley Award]] in the category "Best Fan Comic Strip".<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley64.php|title= 1964 Alley Awards|publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160616174915/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley64.php|archivedate= June 16, 2016|deadurl= no|df= mdy-all}}</ref> In the late 1960s, he moved to Los Angeles.<ref name="Harvard" /> He began inking and lettering [[Jack Kirby]]'s ''[[Kamandi]]'' series as of issue #16 (April 1974) and worked with Kirby for the next two years.<ref name="GCD" />
+D. Bruce Berry was born in [[Oakland, California]] and served in the [[United States Army Air Forces]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="Harvard" /> He worked in the advertising industry for 29 years<ref name="Bails" /> and drew for various [[fanzine]]s including [[Bill Spicer]]'s ''Fantasy Illustrated'' in 1963–1964.<ref name="GCD">{{gcdb|type=credit|search= Bruce+Berry|title= D. Bruce Berry}}</ref> Berry and Spicer collaborated with [[Eando Binder]] on an [[Adam Link]] story which won the 1964 [[Alley Award]] in the category "Best Fan Comic Strip".<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley64.php|title= 1964 Alley Awards|publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160616174915/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley64.php|archive-date= June 16, 2016|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}</ref> In the late 1960s, he moved to Los Angeles.<ref name="Harvard" /> He began [[Inker|inking]] and [[letterer|lettering]] [[Jack Kirby]]'s ''[[Kamandi]]'' series as of issue #16 (April 1974) and worked with Kirby for the next two years.<ref name="GCD" /> In 2019, [[TwoMorrows Publishing]] released ''Jack Kirby's Dingbat Love'', a collection of previously unpublished work which Kirby had drawn for DC Comics in the 1970s. This included a "[[Dingbats of Danger Street]]" story inked by Berry.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://comicsworthreading.com/2020/02/28/jack-kirbys-dingbat-love/|title= ''Jack Kirby's Dingbat Love: Unpublished '70s Stories by the King of Comics!''|first= KC|last= Carlson|date= February 28, 2020|website= Comicsworthreading.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200802032542/https://comicsworthreading.com/2020/02/28/jack-kirbys-dingbat-love/|archive-date= August 2, 2020|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}</ref>
 ==Bibliography==
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 ===Bill Spicer===
 * ''Fantasy Illustrated'' #1–2 (1963–1964)
 ===DC Comics===
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 * ''[[1st Issue Special]]'' #1 ([[Atlas (DC Comics)|Atlas]]), #5 ([[Manhunter (comics)|Manhunter]]) (1975)
 * ''[[DC Graphic Novel]]'' #4 ([[Fourth World (comics)|"The Hunger Dogs"]]) (1985)
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 * ''[[Our Fighting Forces]]'' #151–152, 154–155, 161–162 ([[The Losers (comics)|The Losers]]) (1974–1975)
 * ''[[Richard Dragon]], Kung-Fu Fighter'' #3 (1975)
+{{div col end}}
 ===Marvel Comics===
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 ===Texas Trio===
 * ''Star-Studded Comics'' #6 (1965)
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+===TwoMorrows Publishing===
+* ''[[Jack Kirby]]'s Dingbat Love'' ([[Dingbats of Danger Street]]) (2019)
 ==References==
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 {{succession box|title= ''[[Kamandi]]''  inker|before= [[Mike Royer]]|after= Mike Royer|years= 1974–1976}}
 {{succession box|title= ''[[OMAC (Buddy Blank)|OMAC]]'' inker|before= Mike Royer|after= Mike Royer|years=1974–1975}}
+{{succession box|title= ''[[Captain America (comic book)|Captain America]]'' inker|before= [[Vince Colletta]]|after= [[Frank Giacoia]]|years=1975–1976}}
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 [[Category:1998 deaths]]
+[[Category:20th-century American artists]]
 [[Category:Advertising artists and illustrators]]
 [[Category:American comics artists]]
-[[Category:American military personnel of World War II]]
 [[Category:Artists from Oakland, California]]
 [[Category:Comic book letterers]]
 [[Category:Comics inkers]]
+[[Category:DC Comics people]]
 [[Category:Silver Age comics creators]]
-[[Category:United States Army Air Forces personnel]]
+[[Category:United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II]]

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