Bill Draut

Bill Draut (August 14, 1921–March 3, 1993) was an American comic book artist best known for his work at Harvey Comics and DC Comics from the 1940s to the 1970s.

Biography Bill Draut began his career as an artist in the 1940s by drawing the "Sergeant Stony Craig" comic strip for the Bell Syndicate. He worked with Joe Simon and Jack Kirby at Crestwood Publications.

In 1956, Draut began drawing romance stories for DC Comics. Draut drew Teen Titans #18 (Nov.–Dec. 1968) which was writer Marv Wolfman's first Teen Titans story and introduced the character originally called Starfire and later renamed Red Star. Draut inked the revival of the Phantom Stranger in Showcase #80 (Feb. 1969) He and Mark Hanerfeld created Abel in DC Special #4 (July–Sept. 1969) and the character soon became the "host" of the House of Secrets series. Draut was to have drawn the first appearance of Marvel Comics' Scarecrow character but did not complete the assignment. He was a character designer on the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero animated series for Sunbow Entertainment. Draut's final published work in comics was inking Steve Ditko's pencilled artwork in the story "Who Is The Monster?" in The Fly #3 (Oct. 1983).