Dave Hunt

Dave Hunt (August 2, 1942 – March 5, 2017) was an American comic book artist and fine art painter. Most active during the "Bronze Age" of American comics, he did inking for both DC and Marvel comics and Disney's comics. He was also an accomplished hyperrealist painter.

Career Beginning in 1972, he worked as an inker for Marvel Comics, assisting Mike Esposito and Frank Giacoia. He inked artists including John Byrne and Ross Andru, working on titles such as The Amazing Spider-Man, Captain America and the Fantastic Four. Hunt was the co-inker, with Frank Giacoia, of the first appearance of the Punisher in The Amazing Spider-Man #129 (Feb. 1974). In 1978 Hunt began working for DC, where he worked with Superman pencilers Curt Swan and Kurt Schaffenberger and other artists on Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes, Wonder Woman, and DC Comics Presents. Beginning in 1991 he worked for Disney, on titles such as The Little Mermaid, Darkwing Duck, and Beauty and the Beast.