Otto Binder (writer)

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Otto Oscar Binder (born August 26, 1911 in Bessemer , Michigan , † October 14, 1974 in Chestertown , New York ) (pseudonym Eando Binder together with his brother Earl) was an American writer . Binder became known as the creator of the comic book heroine Supergirl .

Binder's work consists mainly of novels, short stories and comic books that are part of the science fiction genre.

Life

Otto Binder was born in Bessemer in 1911 as the youngest of six children of Austrian immigrants. The father had already come to the USA from Austria in 1906 , but was only able to have his family join him a year before Otto was born.

In 1922 the family moved to Chicago , where Otto and his brother Earl came into contact with science fiction literature, which was developing into an independent genre at the time, and the medium of so-called pulp magazines . In 1930 the brothers presented their first self-written story with the story "The First Martian", which they were able to publish in 1932 under the pseudonym Eando Binder (E and O Binder) in the science fiction magazine Amazing Stories .

Both brothers subsequently developed into extremely productive authors who published numerous novels and short stories either alone or as a team. Otto Binder also excelled in particular as the author of comic books.

In the 1960s, after his daughter's accidental death, Binder developed alcohol problems, from which he died in 1974.

Working as a writer

Binder's work as a writer includes science fiction novels and short stories as well as a biography of Ted Owens and numerous non-fiction books and articles on subjects such as "UFOs" and extraterrestrials.

Most of his novels were originally published as sequels in sci-fi magazines and only published as books years later:

The novel Enslaved Brains , published in 1965, was reprinted in Wonder Stories magazine in 1934 - and reprinted in Fantastic Story Quarterly in 1951 . The novel Lords of Creation , which was published as a book in 1949, was published in the Pulp. Magazine Argosy in 1939 , while Adam Link - Robot , which was published as a book in 1965, was published for the first time in the magazine Amazing Stories from 1939 to 1942 . The volume Anton York, Immortal was published as a series in Thrilling Wonder Stories from 1937 to 1940 .

The later novels The Avengers Battle the Earth-Wrecker (1967) and What We Really Know About Flying Saucers (1967) were finally published directly as books without preprinting in other media.

Under the pseudonym Gordon A. Giles Otto Binder wrote a series for the magazine Thrilling Wonder Stories from 1937 to 1942 , in which an expedition from Earth explores the entire solar system and finds pyramids built by the Martians on various planets . The series was reissued in 1971 under the title Puzzle of the Space Pyramids and under the author name Eando Binder.

Most famous of all these works are certainly Binder's "Adam Link" stories, including one called "I, Robot" - which should not be confused with the 2003 film I, Robot , which is based on another short story of the same name by Isaac Asimov was named. However, Isaac Asimov stated that he had been influenced by Binder's robotic portrayal. Binder was the first to portray robots with human features and to have the character of Adam Link appear as a first-person narrator .

Working as a comic book writer

As a comic author, Binder was initially active from 1941 to 1953 for the publisher Fawcett Comics, for which he worked on series such as Captain Marvel and Bulletman . Well-known characters that are still widely used today and that he created while working on these series include the arch enemy of Captain Marvel "Black Adam", who is rooted in Egyptian mysticism, and Captain Marvel's little sister "Mary Marvel".

After Fawcett ceased operations in 1953, Binder worked for publishers such as Marvel Comics , DC Comics, Gold Key and Quality Comics.

For DC, Binder created numerous influential characters such as " Supergirl ", the " Legion of Superheroes " and the distorted Superman duplicate " Bizarro ". The three named turned out to be so popular that they were placed at the center of their own eponymous series.

Honors

Binder has received numerous prizes for his work as an author. In 2004 he was also inducted into the "Comic Book Hall of Fame".

bibliography

Series

The series are arranged according to the year of publication of the first part.

Anton York, Immortal
  • The Conquest of Life (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1937 ; also: Conquest of Life , 1965)
    • German: Part I (Anton York - the immortal). In: Anton York - the immortal. Translated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch . Moewig (Terra Astra # 5), 1971.
  • Life Eternal (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1938 )
  • The Three Eternals (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1939 )
    • German: Part II (Anton York - the immortal). In: Anton York - the immortal. Translated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch. Moewig (Terra Astra # 5), 1971.
  • The Secret of Anton York (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1940 )
    • German: Part III (Anton York - the immortal). In: Anton York - the immortal. Translated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch. Moewig (Terra Astra # 5), 1971.
  • Anton York, Immortal (1965)
    • German: Anton York - the immortal. Translated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch. Moewig (Terra Astra # 5), 1971.
Via (short stories)
  • 1 Via Etherline (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1937 )
  • 2 Via Asteroid (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1938 )
  • 3 Via Death (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1938 )
  • 4 Via Venus (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1939 )
  • 5 Via Pyramid (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, January 1940 )
  • 6 Via Sun (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, March 1940 )
  • 7 Via Mercury (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1940 )
  • 8 Via Catacombs (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, November 1940 )
  • 9 Via Intelligence (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1940 )
  • 10 Via Jupiter (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1942 )
Adam Link
  • "I, Robot" (in: Amazing Stories, January 1939 ; also: I, Robot , 1966)
  • The Trial of Adam Link, Robot (in: Amazing Stories, July 1939 )
  • Adam Link, Champion Athlete (in: Amazing Stories, July 1940 )
  • Adam Link Fights a War (in: Amazing Stories, December 1940 )
  • Adam Link in Business (in: Amazing Stories, January 1940 )
  • Adam Link, Robot Detective (in: Amazing Stories, May 1940 )
  • Adam Link's Vengeance (in: Amazing Stories, February 1940 )
  • Adam Link Faces a Revolt (in: Amazing Stories, May 1941 )
  • Adam Link in the Past (in: Amazing Stories, February 1941 )
  • Adam Link Saves the World (in: Amazing Stories, April 1942 )
  • Adam Link - Robot (1965)
    • German: Adam, the robot. Translated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch. Moewig (Terra Nova # 65), 1969.
The Invisible Robinhood (short stories)
  • 1 The Invisible Robinhood (in: Fantastic Adventures, May 1939 )
  • 2 Land of the Shadow Dragons (in: Fantastic Adventures, May 1941 )
The Little People (short stories)
  • 1 The Little People (in: Fantastic Adventures, March 1940 )
  • 2 Wanderer of Little Land (in: Fantastic Adventures, June 1941 )
Lieutenant Jon Jarl of the Space Patrol (short stories, with Earl Binder)

The stories appeared in Captain Marvel Adventures between October 1946 and May 1951 . New edition as The First Space Patrol Megapack (numbers 1–25, 2014) and The Second Space Patrol Megapack (numbers 26–55, 2015).

  • 1 adventure in space
  • 2 Lt. Jarl On Mars
  • 3 The Space Olympics
  • 4 Revenge of the Space Hermit
  • 5 Venus, 23rd Century
  • 6 Satellite Prison
  • 7 Dictator of Space
  • 8 Treasure on Saturn
  • 9 Human Pets of Neptune
  • 10 Exile on Mercury
  • 11 Hitchhiker of Space
  • 12 Mind Over Matter
  • 13 The World Stealers
  • 14 Rocket Race
  • 15 Duels in Space
  • 16 The Space Trap
  • 17 Hobo of the Void
  • 18 The Atom Dictator
  • 19 The Invisible Man of Mars
  • 20 The Freedom Rocket
  • 21 The Great Rhean War
  • 22 The Tiny Terror
  • 23 Menace of the Metal Men
  • 24 World of Titans
  • 25 Mystery World
  • 26 Jaunt on Jupiter
  • 27 World of Youth
  • 28 Evil Beyond the Sun
  • 29 The Mind Exchange
  • 30 Interplanetary Census
  • 31 The World Owner
  • 32 Villain of Time
  • 33 Atomic Express Mail
  • 34 Wandering World
  • 35 World Within
  • 36 Asteroid Adventure
  • 37 Man from the Past
  • 38 The Man Without a World
  • 39 Robinson Crusoe of Space
  • 40 The Space Beachcomber
  • 41 Interplanetary Colony
  • 42 The Time Trip
  • 43 The New Moon
  • 44 Jon Jarl Loses His Job
  • 45 Space Scavenger Hunt
  • 46 Invisible Doom
  • 47 Wanderers of Space
  • 48 The Old West Lives Again
  • 49 The Crime Genie
  • 50 Jon Jarl Saves 1950
  • 51 The Metal World
  • 52 The Nova Menace
  • 53 The Space Monster
  • 54 The Great Space Piracy
  • 55 The Darkness Danger
Saucers / UFOs
  • Menace of the Saucers (1969)
    • English: UFOs threaten the world. Translated by Leni Sobez. Moewig (Terra Astra # 47), 1972.
  • Night of the Saucers (1971)
    • English: The night of the UFOs. Moewig (Terra Astra # 51), 1972.

Single novels

  • Enslaved Brains (3 parts in: Wonder Stories, July 1934  ff .; with Earl Binder)
  • The Great Illusion (short novel 5 parts in: Fantasy Magazine, September 1936  ff .; with Earl Binder, Edmond Hamilton, Raymond Z. Gallun, Jack Williamson and John Russell Fearn)
  • The Impossible World (in: Startling Stories, March 1939 ; also: The Impossible World , 1970)
  • Martian Martyrs (short novel in: Science Fiction, March 1939 ; with Earl Binder)
  • Prison of Time (in: Dynamic Science Stories, April-May 1939 )
  • Where Eternity Ends (short novel in: Science Fiction, June 1939 )
  • Lords of Creation (6 parts in: Argosy, September 23, 1939  ff .; with Earl Binder)
    • German: Antarkta. Pabel (Utopia large volume # 87), 1958. Also called: The New Stone Age . Translated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch. Moewig (Terra Nova # 169), 1971.
  • The New Life (short novel in: Science Fiction, March 1940 ; with Earl Binder)
  • Five Steps to Tomorrow (in: Startling Stories, July 1940 ; also: Five Steps to Tomorrow , 1970)
  • The Cancer Machine (1940, short novel; with Earl Binder)
  • After an Age (in: Amazing Stories, November 1942 )
  • Shipwreck in the Sky (short novel in: Fantastic Universe, March 1954 )
  • Dracula (1966, short novel; with Craig Tennis and Alden McWilliams)
  • The Avengers Battle the Earth-Wreckers ( Tie-in to Marvel's Avengers , 1967)
  • The Double Man (1971)
    • German: Der Doppelmensch. Translated by Leni Sobez. Pabel-Moewig (Terra Astra # 131), 1974.
  • Get Off My World (1971)
    • German: From inside the earth. Translated by Leni Sobez. Pabel-Moewig (Terra Astra # 141), 1974.
  • Puzzle of the Space Pyramids (1971)
  • Secret of the Red Spot (1971; with Earl Binder)
    • English: Mystery on Jupiter. Translated by Leni Sobez. Moewig Terra Astra # 107, 1973.
  • Terror in the Bay (1971)
  • The Forgotten Colony (1972)
  • The Mind from Outer Space (1972)
  • The Frontier's Secret (1973; with Earl Binder)
  • The Hospital Horror (1973)
  • The Mysterious Island (1974, short novel; with Jules Verne)

Short stories

1932:

  • The First Martian (in: Amazing Stories, October 1932 ; with Earl Binder)

1933:

  • The Moon Mines (in: Wonder Stories, April 1933 ; with Earl Binder)
  • Murder on the Asteroid (in: Wonder Stories, June 1933 ; with Earl Binder)

1934:

  • The Spore Doom (in: Wonder Stories, February 1934 ; with Earl Binder)
  • The Ancient Voice (in: The Fantasy Fan, April 1934 ; with Earl Binder)
  • The Green Cloud of Space (in: Wonder Stories, May 1934 ; with Earl Binder)
  • Cigarette Characterization # 2 (in: Fantasy Magazine, September 1934 ; with Earl Binder)
  • Eighty-Five and Eighty-Seven (in: Amazing Stories, October 1934 ; with Earl Binder)
  • The Thieves from Isot (in: Wonder Stories, October 1934 ; with Earl Binder)
  • Cosmos: Chapter 16: Lost in Alien Dimensions (in: Fantasy Magazine, October-November 1934 )
  • Dawn to Dusk (3 parts in: Wonder Stories, November 1934  ff .; with Earl Binder)

1935:

  • The Robot Aliens (in: Wonder Stories, February 1935 ; with Earl Binder)
  • Shadows of Blood (in: Weird Tales, April 1935 ; with Earl Binder)
  • Set Your Course by the Stars (in: Astounding Stories, May 1935 )
  • In a Graveyard (in: Weird Tales, October 1935 ; with Earl Binder)
  • Ships That Come Back (in: Astounding Stories, November 1935 )

1936:

  • The Crystal Curse (in: Weird Tales, March 1936 ; with Earl Binder)
  • Spawn of Eternal Thought (2 parts in: Astounding Stories, April 1936  ff.)
  • The Hormone Menace (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1936 )
  • The Time Entity (in: Astounding Stories, October 1936 )
  • Static (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1936 )

1937:

  • SOS in Space (in: Astounding Stories, January 1937 )
  • The Elixir of Death (in: Weird Tales, March 1937 )
  • Life Disinherited (in: Astounding Stories, March 1937 )
  • The Chemical Murder (in: Amazing Stories, April 1937 ; with Earl Binder)
  • The Judgment Sun (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1937 )
  • Diamond Planetoid (in: Astounding Stories, May 1937 )
  • Strange Vision (in: Astounding Stories, May 1937 )
  • The Chessboard of Mars (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1937 )
  • Vision of the Hydra (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1937 )
  • The Mysterious Stranger (in: Amateur Correspondent, Vol. 2 # 2, September-October 1937 ; with Earl Binder)
  • When the Sun Went Out (in: Astounding Stories, September 1937 )
  • A Comet Passes (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1937 )
  • Queen of the Skies (in: Astounding Stories, November 1937 )
  • Blue Beam of Pestilence (in: Amazing Stories, December 1937 ; with Earl Binder)
  • The Time Contractor (in: Astounding Stories, December 1937 )

1938:

  • The Anti-Weapon (in: Astounding Stories, February 1938 )
  • Wayward World (in: Astounding Stories, February 1938 )
  • Eye of the Past (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, March 1938 )
  • Rays of Blindness (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1938 )
  • From the Beginning (in: Weird Tales, June 1938 )
  • The Space Pirate (in: Amazing Stories, June 1938 ; with Earl Binder)
  • The Atom Smasher (in: Amazing Stories, October 1938 )
  • Orestes Revolts (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, October 1938 )
  • Master of Telepathy (in: Amazing Stories, December 1938 )
  • The Metal Ocean (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1938 )

1939:

  • Science Island (in: Startling Stories, January 1939 )
  • Flight of the Starshell (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1939 )
  • Valley of Lost Souls (in: Amazing Stories, February 1939 )
  • Trapped by Telepathy (in: Amazing Stories, March 1939 )
  • The Flame from Nowhere (in: Amazing Stories, April 1939 )
  • The Jules Verne Express (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1939 )
  • Rope Trick (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, April 1939 )
  • The Black Comet (in: Science Fiction, June 1939 ; with Earl Binder)
  • Giants of Anarchy (in: Weird Tales, June-July 1939 ; with Earl Binder)
  • Moon of Intoxication (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1939 )
  • The Life Battery (in: Startling Stories, July 1939 ; with Bill Spicer)
  • The Mogu of Mars (in: Science Fiction, August 1939 ; with Earl Binder)
  • The Man Who Saw Too Late (in: Fantastic Adventures, September 1939 )
  • The Missing Year (in: Amazing Stories, October 1939 )
  • Mystery from the Stars (in: Future Fiction, November 1939 ; with Earl Binder)

1940:

  • Waters of Death (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, January 1940 )
  • Son of the Stars (in: Famous Fantastic Mysteries, February 1940 )
  • Guyon 45X (in: Super Science Stories, March 1940 ; with Earl Binder)
  • The Time Cheaters (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, March 1940 )
  • Gems of Life (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, May 1940 )
  • Doom from the Void (in: Science Fiction, June 1940 ; with Earl Binder)
  • The Poison Realm (in: Future Fiction, July 1940 ; with Earl Binder)
  • Polar Doom (in: Science Fiction Quarterly, Summer 1940 ; with Earl Binder)
  • One Thousand Miles Below (in: Planet Stories, Winter 1940 )
  • World of Illusion (in: Future Fiction, November 1940 ; with Earl Binder)
  • Momus' Moon (in: Comet, December 1940 )

1941:

  • And Return (in: Comet, January 1941 )
  • Artificial Universe (in: Science Fiction Quarterly, Winter 1941 ; with Earl Binder)
  • The Teacher from Mars (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1941 )
  • The Winking Lights of Mars (in: Amazing Stories, February 1941 )
  • The Life Beyond (in: Science Fiction, March 1941 ; with Earl Binder)
  • Ice, FOB, Mars (in: Captain Future, Spring 1941 )
  • We Are One (in: Comet, May 1941 )
  • Memos on Mercury (in: Captain Future, Summer 1941 )
  • Vassals of the Master World (in: Planet Stories, Fall 1941 )

1942:

  • Space Hitch-Hiker (in: Super Science Stories, May 1942 )
  • Double or Nothing (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1942 )

1947:

  • The Ring Bonanza (in: Startling Stories, July 1947 )

1953:

  • The Time Cylinder (in: Science-Fiction Plus, March 1953 )
  • The Cosmic Blinker (in: Science-Fiction Plus, May 1953 )
  • A Warning to the Furious (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1953 )
  • On Mars We Trod (in: Universe Science Fiction, December 1953 )

1954:

  • The Monster or - The Monster? (in: Science Fiction Quarterly, February 1954 )
  • The Payoff (in: Future Science Fiction, March 1954 )
  • Testing, Testing (in: Universe Science Fiction, May 1954 )
  • The Violators (in: Planet Stories, Fall 1954 )

1955:

  • Man in the Moons (in: Other Worlds Science Stories, September 1955 )
  • Iron Man (1955, in: Future Science Fiction, # 28 ; also: The Iron Man , 1977)
    • German: The man of iron. In: Michel Parry (ed.): Frankenstein's rivals. Pabel (Vampire Paperback # 66), 1978.

1957:

  • Galactic Gamble (in: Science Fiction Stories, March 1957 )

1972:

  • All in Good Time (1972, in: Roger Elwood (Ed.): Signs and Wonders )

1974:

  • Any Resemblance to Magic (1974, in: Roger Elwood (Ed.): Long Night of Waiting by Andre Norton and Other Stories )
  • Better Dumb Than Dead (1974, in: Roger Elwood (Ed.): Journey to Another Star and Other Stories )
  • The Killer Plants (1974, in: Roger Elwood (Ed.): The Killer Plants and Other Stories )
  • The Missing World (1974, in: Roger Elwood (Ed.): The Missing World and Other Stories )

Non-fiction

  • Planets: Other Worlds of Our Solar System (1961)
  • Riddles of Astronomy (1964)
  • What We Really Know About Flying Saucers (1967)
  • Eando Binder: An Autobiography: F&SF Self-Portraits 4

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ E. Nelson Bridwell: In Memoriam: Otto Oscar Binder , in: The Amazing World of DC Comics. No. 3, p. 30, November 1974.