Howard Chaykin
Howard Chaykin is a Bronze and Copper Age writer-artist best known for American Flagg!, Black Kiss, Time², Cody Starbuck, and for drawing Marvel's original Star Wars comic adaptation and early series. His work is closely associated with creator-driven comics, distinctive page design, and a shift toward more overtly personal genre storytelling, making his key runs and early independent material consistent points of collector focus.
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Top Howard Chaykin CPVs
Howard Chaykin has 23 CPVs in the guide, led by Marvel Movie Showcase #1, which collects the first half of the Star Wars: A New Hope adaptation and is difficult in higher grade due to its dark cover, and Suicide Squad #1, marking the first appearance of the Jihad and the start of the Suicide Squad team's first series. Other standouts include Superman #400 with a Chaykin cover and anniversary format, Heroes For Hope #1 with Stephen King scripts and a famine-relief focus, Who's Who in Star Trek #1-2 for wraparound covers, Star Trek Movie Special #1 as a Star Trek III adaptation, and Blackhawk #262 for its Hitler cover and appearance.