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  • Ben Oda
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  • Ben Oda was born December 21, 1915 to a Japanese-American family. During World War II, he served as a paratrooper in the American military. After the war he entered into the field of comics. The timing was perfect. By the late 1940s, many comic studios and companies had opted not to letter their publications in-house and turned instead to hiring freelance letterers. Ben Oda helped to fill the void and quickly became one of the most notable names in lettering during the era, beside the likes of Gaspar Saladino and Sam Rosen.
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Trivia
  • * A eulogy for Ben Oda, written by Andrew Helfer, appeared in the "Guest Meanwhile..." column in DC comics dated June 1985.
Individual Name
  • Ben Oda
ProfessionalHistory
  • 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 worked on the Steve Canyon strip for the Field Newspaper Syndicate. He has been described by Andrew Helfer as the letterer who people turned to when a deadline would be hard to meet.
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YearOfDeath
  • 1984
MonthOfBirth
  • December
MonthOfDeath
  • November
Links
  • * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Oda
YearOfBirth
  • 1915
Titles
  • Letterer
Marital Status
  • Married
DayOfBirth
  • 21
Relations
  • Nishi Oda
Employers
  • Apartment 3-G ; Big Ben Bolt ; DC; Dondi ; The Dropouts ; EC; Field Newspaper Syndicate; Flash Gordon ; Hillman Periodicals; Johnny Hazard ; Little Orphan Annie ; Miss Peach ; On Stage ; The Phantom ; Prince Valiant ; Rip Kirby ; The Spirit ; Warren Publishing
Occupation
  • Artist/Letterer
Image File
  • Ben_Oda.jpg
Gender
  • Male
RealName
  • Ben Oda
CountryOfBirth
  • USA
Death
  • November, 1984
Birth
  • 1915-12-21
Nationality
PersonalHistory
  • Ben Oda served in the United States military as a paratrooper and spy, and was also played baseball part-time.
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  • Ben Oda was born December 21, 1915 to a Japanese-American family. During World War II, he served as a paratrooper in the American military. After the war he entered into the field of comics. The timing was perfect. By the late 1940s, many comic studios and companies had opted not to letter their publications in-house and turned instead to hiring freelance letterers. Ben Oda helped to fill the void and quickly became one of the most notable names in lettering during the era, beside the likes of Gaspar Saladino and Sam Rosen. His career was prolific, lettering thousands of comics and comic strips over the course of his career. Some of the more famous comic strips he lettered included Apartment 3-G, Big Ben Bolt, Dondi, The Dropouts, Flash Gordon, Little Orphan Annie, Mary Perkins, On Stage, Rip Kirby and The Spirit. He was also letterer for the Chicago Tribune and King Features Syndicate, on series such as Prince Valiant, Little Orphan Annie, The Phantom and many others. In the 1970s and 1980s, Oda became a noted part of DC Comics, working on stories with characters such as Superman, Legion of Super-heroes, and Bat-man, titles such as Action Comics, Adventure Comics, The Brave and the Bold and many other anthology titles. He provided letters for some of the great artists of the period, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, and Jim Aparo, as well as working for former The Twilight Zone comic alum and then-DC-editor, Joe Orlando.
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