Richard Bache Ayers was an American comic book artist and cartoonist best known for his work as one of Jack Kirby's inkers during the late-1950s and 1960s period known as the Silver Age of Comics, inc
Dick Ayers at the April 2008 New York Comic Con
The 1960s Marvel Comics version of Ayer's co-creation, the Western Ghost Rider: Ghost Rider #1 (Feb. 1967). Cover art by Ayers
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #57 (Aug. 1968). Cover art by penciler Ayers and inker John Severin.
The Avengers is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics that features the superhero team Avengers. The series first appeared in The Avengers no. 1 in September 1963, created by writer
Dick Ayers
…Astonishing Tales #21–24 (It! The Living Colossus) (1973–1974) The Avengers #1, 8–9, 16 (inks over Jack Kirby); #10, 12–13, 17–19, 24–25 (inks over Don Heck) (1963–1966) Battle #16, 18, 20, 36–37, 39–40, 44, 47, 56–57, 62–63…
The Avengers #1 (September 1963). Cover art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers featuring the five original members of the team: Ant-Man, the Wasp, Iron Man, Hulk, and Thor.
The Avengers vol. 2, #11 (Sept. 1997), showing the Heroes Reborn Avengers. Cover art by Michael Ryan and Sal Regla.
The "Heroic Age" roster of the Avengers. Cover art for Avengers vol. 4, #12.1, by Bryan Hitch.