Hank Chapman

Hank Chapman
BornHenry Peter Chapman
(1915-05-03)May 3, 1915[1]
Utica, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 18, 1973(1973-10-18) (aged 58)
Tesuque, New Mexico, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer
Notable works
war comics

Henry Peter Chapman[2][3] (May 3, 1915 – October 18, 1973), credited in comics under both his formal name and as Hank Chapman,[4][5] was an American comic book writer for Marvel Comics' two predecessors, Timely Comics and Atlas Comics, and later for DC Comics, where he specialized in war fiction. Though much of his Timely/Atlas work went unsigned, comics historians estimate that Chapman, a staff writer, penned several hundred or more stories.[6]

Among Chapman's works is an early self-reflexive comic-book story, in 1951, in which he and editor Stan Lee appear; and the creation, with artist Jack Abel, of the DC Comics character Sgt. Mule, a pack animal that helped its Allied keepers fight the Nazis in a variety of World War II stories.

  1. ^ "Hank Chapman". Comics.org. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  2. ^ Bails, Jerry; Ware, Hames. "Chapman, Hank". Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999. Archived from the original on March 18, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  3. ^ "Henry Peter Chapman". U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference gcd was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Page 1 credit at "The Nightmare". Astonishing No. 4 (June 1951). Archived from the original on October 5, 2001.
  6. ^ Isabella, Tony (August 9, 2005). "Tony's Online Tips". column WorldFamousComics.com. Archived from the original on March 12, 2007. Chapman wrote hundreds of fine stories for Timely/Atlas and DC Comics from the 1940s through the early 1960s