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Otto Binder
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| Otto Binder | |
| Birth name | Otto Oscar Binder |
| Born | August 26, 1911 |
| Died | October 14, 1974 (aged 63) Chestertown, New York |
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| Area(s) | Writer |
| Pseudonym(s) | Eando Binder |
Otto Oscar Binder (August 26, 1911 - October 14, 1974) was a writer of American science fiction, non-fiction UFO, and comic books. He is best known for his 12-year stint at Fawcett Comics (1941 to 1953), writing stories for the characters Captain Marvel and his Marvel Family, as well as Bulletman and Bulletgirl, and many other Fawcett superheroes. He is also the co-creator, with Marc Swayze and C.C. Beck, of spin-off characters such as Mary Marvel and Black Adam. He also scripted a series of science fiction text stories for Captain Marvel Adventures starring Lieutenant Jon Jarl of the Space Patrol. He was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2004.
Binder was a biographer of Ted Owens and wrote many articles and several books about the subject of UFOs.
After Fawcett shut down its comic book franchise in 1953, Binder went on to write for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Gold Key, and Quality Comics. While at DC he and artist Al Plastino created Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes. He also created Superman's Fortress of Solitude and the Phantom Zone highlighted regularly on the Smallville television show.
Together with his brother Earl, Binder wrote a number of science fiction stories under the name Eando Binder, the best known being the Adam Link stories particularly I, Robot which inspired Isaac Asimov's positronic robot Robbie.
He was a native of Bessemer, Michigan, and died in Chestertown, New York.
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He was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2004.
- Lords of Creation (1949)
- Adam Link—Robot (1965)
- Anton York, Immortal (1965)
- Enslaved Brains (1965)
- The Avengers Battle the Earth-Wrecker (1967)
- What We Really Know About Flying Saucers (1967)
- Words of Wonder: The Life and Times of Otto Binder By Bill Schelly (Seattle, WA: Hamster Press, 2003)
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent, 46. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
Lieutenant Jon Jarl in "The World Stealers" from Captain Marvel Adventures #78 (1947)
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