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| Fred Guardineer | |
| Aliases: | Gene Baxter |
| Gender: | Male |
| Medium(s): | Comics |
| Roles: | Writer; Penciler; Inker; Letterer; Cover artist |
| Born: | October 3rd, 1913 |
| Birthplace: | Albany, New York |
| Died: | September 13th, 2002 |
| Deathplace: | San Ramon, California |
| Notable works: | Action Comics Vol 1 Detective Comics Vol 1 More Fun Comics Vol 1 |
Fred Guardineer was a comic book writer and graphic artist. He was born in Albany, New York on October 3rd, 1913. He is among the contributors to the future DC Comics' landmark title Action Comics #1, the landmark comic that introduced Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's seminal superhero Superman. There Guardineer wrote, drew and lettering the 12-page feature introducing his magician-hero creation Zatara, a character remaining in the DC stable as of the 21st century. Guardineer was also one of the artists on two features handled previously by Creig Flessel in More Fun Comics: "Pep Morgan" (on which he sometimes used the pseudonym Gene Baxter) and, in Detective Comics, "Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator"
Body of work[]
As writer[]
- Action Comics 1 ("The Mystery of the Freight Train Robberies")
As penciler[]
- Action Comics 1 ("The Mystery of the Freight Train Robberies" & "The Light Heavyweight Championship")
- Action Comics 16 ("Bodyguard" & "The Terror from Saturn")
- Detective Comics 27 ("The Killers of Kurdistan" & "Death on the Airwaves")
- Detective Comics 33 ("The Northwoods Mystery")
As inker[]
- Action Comics 1 ("The Mystery of the Freight Train Robberies" & "The Light Heavyweight Championship")
- Action Comics 16 ("Bodyguard" & "The Terror from Saturn")
- Detective Comics 27 ("The Killers of Kurdistan" & "Death on the Airwaves")
- Detective Comics 33 ("The Northwoods Mystery")
As letterer[]
- Action Comics 1 ("The Mystery of the Freight Train Robberies" & "The Light Heavyweight Championship") [1]
- Detective Comics 27 ("The Killers of Kurdistan")
- Detective Comics 33 ("The Northwoods Mystery")
As cover artist[]
As cover inker[]
As editor[]
Notes & Trivia[]
Awards[]
External Links[]
- Fred Guardineer at DCDP
- Fred Guardineer at Wikipedia
- Fred Guardineer at Comics.org
- Fred Guardineer at Comic Vine
References[]
- ↑ The Grand Comics Database; Action Comics #1; Fred Guardineer is unconfirmed as the letterer for this story. He is uncredited in the original text in this capacity.