Ben Oda

Ben Oda
Name	Ben Oda
Personal Information
Gender	Male
Date of Birth	Unknown
Professional Information
Employers	DC Comics; Hillman; EC; Warren Publishing; Apartment 3-G (strip); Big Ben Bolt (strip); Dondi (strip); The Dropouts (strip); Flash Gordon (strip); Johnny Hazard (strip); Little Orphan Annie (strip); Miss Peach (strip); On Stage (strip); The Phantom (strip); Prince Valiant (strip); Rip Kirby (strip); The Spirit (strip); Steve Canyon (strip)
Titles	Letterer
First Work	Unknown

Personal History

Ben Oda served in the United States military as a paratrooper and spy, and was also played baseball part-time.

Professional History

Ben Oda lettered some of the early works of Jack Kirby. His work appeared in the EC Comics war comics of the 1950's. He also worked for the Chicago Tribune and King Features Syndicate, and eventually for DC Comics. He has been described by Andrew Helfer as the letterer who people turned to when a deadline would be hard to meet.

Work History

• 1129 work(s) that "Ben Oda" lettered

Trivia

A eulogy for Ben Oda, written by Andrew Helfer, appeared in the "Guest Meanwhile..." column in DC comics dated June 1985.

Links and References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Oda

References

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