Ken Battefield

Ken Battefield (died 1967) was a prolific comic book artist in the 1940s and early 50s. He is most associated with the Nedor line of books where, at various times, he illustrated Pyroman, Doc Strange, Black Terror, American Eagle, The Scarab, Captain Future, and many others. In the latter days of working with that company he was hired to produce large amounts of work which was then punched up by Rafael Astarita and Graham Ingels. Through the Chessler, Funnies Inc., Igor, and Sangor shops, as well as freelance, he also did work for Ace Periodicals, Fox Publications, DC Comics, Charlton Comics, Fiction House, Novelty Press, Ajax-Farrell, Hillman Periodicals, Holyoke Publishing, Harvey Comics, Quality Comics, Street and Smith, and more.

Little Known Fact: While working for the Chessler Shop, Battefield met a young Carmine Infantino in a coffee shop, and subsequently got him his first comics job in that studio. (From an [http://www.tcj.com/2_archives/i_infantino.html interview with Carmine Infantino] in The Comics Journal #191.)