Fred Kida

Fred Kida (1920–2014) was an American comics artist of Japanese descent whose career began in the early 1940s. He became known for Airboy at Hillman Periodicals and subsequently worked across crime, war, western and horror comics, including assignments for Lev Gleason and Atlas.

Kida also contributed to newspaper strips, assisting on Flash Gordon, Steve Canyon and Terry and the Pirates. He returned to comic books as a Marvel inker and penciller, then drew the daily Amazing Spider-Man strip from 1981 until his retirement in 1991.