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| name                  = {{PAGENAME}}
| image                 = [[File:Fred Guardineer.jpg|center|225px]]
| birth name            = 
| known aliases         = [[Gene Baxter]]
| gender                = {{Male}}
| mediums               = [[Comics]]
| roles                 = [[Writer]]; [[Penciler]]; [[Inker]]; [[Letterer]]; [[Cover artist]]
| date of birth         = [[October 3rd]], [[1913]]
| place of birth        = [[Albany]], [[New York]]
| date of death         = [[September 13th]], [[2002]]
| place of death        = [[California|San Ramon, California]]
| notable works         = [[Action Comics Vol 1]]<br />[[Detective Comics Vol 1]]<br>[[More Fun Comics Vol 1]]
| first                 = 
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'''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|''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 Vol 1|Detective Comics]]'', "Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator"

== Body of work ==
=== As writer ===
* [[Action Comics 1]] <small>("The Mystery of the Freight Train Robberies")</small>

=== As penciler ===
* [[Action Comics 1]] <small>("The Mystery of the Freight Train Robberies" & "The Light Heavyweight Championship")</small>
* [[Action Comics 16]] <small>("Bodyguard" & "The Terror from Saturn")</small>
* [[Detective Comics 27]] <small>("The Killers of Kurdistan" & "Death on the Airwaves")</small>
* [[Detective Comics 33]] <small>("The Northwoods Mystery")</small>

=== As inker ===
* [[Action Comics 1]] <small>("The Mystery of the Freight Train Robberies" & "The Light Heavyweight Championship")</small>
* [[Action Comics 16]] <small>("Bodyguard" & "The Terror from Saturn")</small>
* [[Detective Comics 27]] <small>("The Killers of Kurdistan" & "Death on the Airwaves")</small>
* [[Detective Comics 33]] <small>("The Northwoods Mystery")</small>

=== As letterer ===
* [[Action Comics 1]] <small>("The Mystery of the Freight Train Robberies" & "The Light Heavyweight Championship")</small> <ref>[http://www.comics.org/issue/293/#6728 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.</ref>
* [[Detective Comics 27]] <small>("The Killers of Kurdistan")</small>
* [[Detective Comics 33]] <small>("The Northwoods Mystery")</small>

=== As cover artist ===
* [[Action Comics 16]] 

=== As cover inker ===
* [[Action Comics 16]]

=== As editor ===

== Notes & Trivia ==

== Awards ==

== External Links ==
* {{DCDP|http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Fred_Guardineer}}
* [[Wikipedia:Fred Guardineer|Fred Guardineer at Wikipedia]]
* {{Comics.org|http://www.comics.org/penciller/name/Fred%20Guardineer/sort/alpha/}}
* {{Comic Vine|http://www.comicvine.com/fred-guardineer/4040-40157/}}

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[[Category:1913/Births]]
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[[Category:Comic pencilers]]
[[Category:Comic inkers]]
[[Category:Comic letterers]]
[[Category:Comic cover artists]]
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