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{{Short description|American comic book artist and writer (born 1950)}}
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| birth_name    = Howard Victor Chaykin
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| birth_place      = [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], [[New Jersey]], U.S.
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| notable works = ''[[Dominic Fortune]]''<br />''[[Cody Starbuck]]''<br />''[[American Flagg!]]''
| awards        = [[Inkpot Award]], 1977<br />7 [[Eagle Award (comics)|Eagle Awards]], 1984<br />Eagle Award, 2006
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'''Howard Victor Chaykin'''<ref name= cba2000p62 /> ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|tʃ|eɪ|k|ɪ|n}}; born October 7, 1950)<ref name="CBG">{{cite web| last=Miller |first=John Jackson |author-link= John Jackson Miller| url= http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |title=Comics Industry Birthdays |work=[[Comics Buyer's Guide]] |date=June 10, 2005 |location=Iola, Wisconsin |access-date= December 12, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031356/http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |archive-date=February 18, 2011 |url-status= dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> is an American [[comics artist|comic book artist]] and writer. Chaykin's influences include his one-time employer and mentor, [[Gil Kane]], and the mid-20th century illustrators [[Robert Fawcett]] and [[Al Parker (artist)|Al Parker]]. His career, which started out as a gofer for Gil Kane at the age of 19, spanned working for various comic book artists and writers, ultimately arriving at developing and drawing his own characters alone and in collaborations during the course of 50 years. He worked for nearly all the biggest publishers, including DC Comics, Marvel Comics, First Comics, and Epic Comics. Beyond the realm of comics, his work can be found in graphic books and television animated shows. 

==Early life==
Howard Chaykin was born in [[Newark, New Jersey]], to Rosalind Pave and Norman Drucker, who soon separated.<ref name=conversationspxv>{{cite book|title= Howard Chaykin: Conversations|chapter= Chronology|editor-first= Brannon|editor-last= Costello|publisher= [[University Press of Mississippi]]|year= 2011|location= Jackson, Mississippi|isbn = 978-1604739756|page= [https://books.google.com/books?id=5OVZ8cw5liAC&pg=PR15 xv]}}</ref> Chaykin was initially raised by his grandparents in [[Staten Island]], New York City, until his mother married Leon Chaykin in 1953 and the family moved to [[East Flatbush]] and later to 370 Saratoga Avenue, [[Brownsville, Brooklyn]]. At 14,<ref name=cba2000p62>{{cite journal|author= Howard Chaykin interview|title= The Chaykin Factor: ''American Flagg!'' Creator Howard Chaykin Talks Comics|journal= [[Comic Book Artist]]|issue= 8|date= May 2000|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|publisher= [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|page = 62}} Reprinted in {{cite book|title= Comic Book Artist Collection, Vol. 3|publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|year = 2005|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|isbn = 978-1893905429|page= [https://books.google.com/books?id=F9bAN1DE7igC&pg=PA176 176]}}</ref> Chaykin moved with his now divorced mother to the [[Kew Gardens, Queens|Kew Gardens]] section of [[Queens, New York|Queens]].<ref name=conversationspxv /> He said in 2000 he was raised on [[Welfare spending#United States|welfare]] after his parents separated and that his absent biological father eventually was declared dead, although Chaykin, as an adult, located him alive. Chaykin's "nutty and cruel" adoptive father, whom Chaykin until the 1990s believed was his biological father,<ref name=conversationspxv/> encouraged Chaykin's interest in drawing and bought him sketchbooks.<ref name=cba2000p62/>

Chaykin was introduced to comics by his cousin, who gave him a refrigerator box filled with them.<ref name=Saga6>{{cite comic|title=Saga|issue=6|story=The Third Degree: Howard Chaykin|publisher=Image Comics|writer=Brian K. Vaughan|artist=Fiona Staples|date=August 2012|page=27}}</ref> He graduated from [[Jamaica High School]] at 16, in 1967, and in mid-1968 worked at Zenith Press. He attended [[Columbia College Chicago|Columbia College]] in Chicago that fall, but left school and returned to New York the following year.<ref name=conversationspxv /> Chaykin said that after high school, "I hitchhiked around the country" before becoming, at 19, a "gofer" for the New York City–based comic book artist [[Gil Kane]],<ref name =cba2000p63>Chaykin, ''Comic Book Artist'' #8, p. 63. Reprinted in ''Comic Book Artist Collection, Vol. 3'' p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=F9bAN1DE7igC&pg=PA177 177]</ref> whom he would name as his greatest influence.<ref name=Saga6/>

==Career==
[[File:Howard Chaykin by Gage Skidmore.jpg|right|thumb|Chaykin in May 2019]]
Chaykin's earliest work with comic books was under the tutelage of Gil Kane, whom he would later call his mentor.{{sfn|Costello|2011|p=250–288}}<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cbr.com/chaykin-pulls-no-punches-when-discussing-his-career-comics-more/|title= Chaykin Pulls No Punches When Discussing His Career, Comics & More|first= Josh|last= Bell|date= November 3, 2014|website= [[CBR.com]]|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20241201025048/https://www.cbr.com/chaykin-pulls-no-punches-when-discussing-his-career-comics-more/|archivedate= December 1, 2024|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}</ref>
{{blockquote|I'd heard on the grapevine that Gil's assistant had dropped dead of a heart attack at 23. I gave Gil a call, and he said, 'Yeah, I can use you.' So I went to work for him. ... He was doing [the early [[graphic novel]]] ''[[Blackmark]]'', and I did a really bad job pasting up the dialog and putting in <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Screentone|Zip-a-Tone]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.... It was a great apprenticeship. I learned a lot from watching Gil work.<ref name =cba2000p63 />}}

In 1970, he began publishing his art in comics and science-fiction [[fanzine]]s, sometimes under the [[pseudonym]] '''Eric Pave'''.<ref name=conversationspxv /> 
Leaving Kane, he began working as an assistant to comics artist [[Wally Wood]]<ref>{{cite book|last = Greenberger|first = Robert|author-link = Robert Greenberger|title = The Art of Howard Chaykin |publisher = [[Dynamite Entertainment]]|year = 2012|location= Mount Laurel, New Jersey|pages = 26–28|isbn = 978-1606901694}}</ref> in the studio he shared with [[Syd Shores]] and [[Jack Abel]] in [[Valley Stream, New York|Valley Stream]], [[Long Island]]. He worked there for a "couple of months",<ref name =cba2000p63 /> and in 1971 published his first professional comics work, for the adult-theme [[Western comics|Western]] feature ''Shattuck'' in the military newspaper the ''[[Overseas Weekly]]'',<ref name=conversationspxv /> one of Wood's clients. He also "[[ghost writer|ghosted]] some stuff" for [[Gray Morrow]]: "I [[penciler|penciled]] a [[Man-Thing]] story he did [for [[Marvel Comics]]' ''[[Fear (comics)|Fear]]'' #10 ([[cover-date]]d Oct. 1972)], and I penciled a thing for [the magazine] ''[[National Lampoon (magazine)|National Lampoon]]'' called "[[Michael Rockefeller]] and the Jungles of New Guinea."<ref name =cba2000p63 /><ref>[http://www.comics.org/issue/25544/#173321 ''Fear'' #10] at the [[Grand Comics Database]]</ref> He then apprenticed under [[Neal Adams]], working with the artist at Adams' home in [[The Bronx]].<ref name =cba2000p63 /> This led to his first work at [[DC Comics]], one of the two largest comics companies:

{{blockquote|Neal showed me to [editors] [[Murray Boltinoff]] and [[Julius Schwartz]]. Murray gave me a one-page filler. I also got some work from [[Dorothy Woolfolk]], who edited the [[romance comics|love comics]]. It was all just dreadful stuff, but you stumble along, and you learn. A problem for me was that by the time I became a professional, I lost any interest whatsoever in [[superhero]] comics. I'm not a [[horror comics|horror <nowiki>[comics]</nowiki>]] guy, and I didn't know what the hell to do! (laughter) What I wanted to draw is guys with guns, guys with swords, and women with big tits, and that was the extent of my interest in comics at the time.<ref name =cba2000p64>Chaykin, ''Comic Book Artist'' #8, p. 64. Reprinted in  ''Comic Book Artist Collection, Vol. 3'' p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=F9bAN1DE7igC&pg=PA178 178]</ref>}}

The "one-page filler", titled "Strange Neighbor", was inventoried and eventually published in the Boltinoff-edited ''[[Secrets of Sinister House]]'' #17 (May 1974).<ref name=conversationspxv /><ref name=gcd>{{gcdb|type=credit|search=Howard+Chaykin}}</ref> His other earliest known DC work was penciling and [[inker|inking]] the three-page story "Not Old Enough!" in ''[[Young Romance]]'' #185 (Aug. 1972), and penciling the eight-page supernatural story "Eye of the Beholder" in ''[[Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion]]'' #7 (Oct. 1972) and the one-page "Enter the Portals of Weird War" in ''[[Weird War Tales]]'' #9 (Dec. 1972).<ref name=gcd />

At one point Chaykin lived in the same Queens apartment building as artists [[Allen Milgrom]], [[Walter Simonson]], and [[Bernie Wrightson]]. Simonson recalls, "We'd get together at 3 a.m. They'd come up and we'd have popcorn and sit around and talk about whatever a 26, 27, and 20-year-old guys talk about. Our art, TV, you name it. I pretty much knew at the time, 'These are the good ole days.'"<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-bernie-wrightson-20170320-htmlstory.html|title= How Bernie Wrightson uncovered the soul of the monster in his work|first= Meredith|last= Warner|date= March 25, 2017|website= latimes.com|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20250422005402/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-bernie-wrightson-20170320-htmlstory.html|archivedate= April 22, 2025|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}</ref>

===1970s===
Chaykin's first major work was for [[DC Comics]] drawing the 23-page "The Price of Pain Ease"—writer [[Denny O'Neil]]'s adaptation of author [[Fritz Leiber]]'s characters [[Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser]]—in ''[[Sword of Sorcery]]'' #1 (March 1973).<ref name=gcd /><ref>{{cite book|last1=McAvennie|first1= Michael|editor-last = Dolan|editor-first = Hannah|chapter= 1970s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|year=2010|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9 |page= 155 |quote = Fantasy became a DC Comics reality when writer/editor Denny O'Neil and artist Howard Chaykin brought forth a new comic based on Fritz Leiber's adventurous and virtuous warriors of myth, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser.}}</ref> Although the title was well received, it lasted only five issues before cancellation. Chaykin plotted and drew three issues of the character [[Ironwolf (comics)|Ironwolf]] in the science fiction anthology title ''[[Weird Worlds (comics)|Weird Worlds]]''<ref>McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 157 "After the debut tale by acclaimed artist Howard Chaykin and co-scripter Denny O'Neil, Ironwolf became the lead protagonist in the ''Weird Worlds'' [title]."</ref> for DC, which he credits as demonstrating the origins of his adult-oriented stories later in his career.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chaykin |first=Howard |title=Ironwolf #1 - Introduction |publisher=DC Comics |year=1986}}</ref> In 1974, Chaykin did the pencils and inks for a 12-page Batman story written by [[Archie Goodwin (comics)|Archie Goodwin]] and published in ''[[Detective Comics]]'' #441. In 2018, he looked back on this Batman story as one of the worst things he had ever drawn, adding, "Anything of value in that story was Archie's."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Arndt|first=Richard J.|title="Nice" Is the Word: A Few Words on Archie Goodwin|journal=[[Back Issue!]]|issue=103 |pages=11–12|publisher=[[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date=April 2018 |location=Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> Moving to [[Marvel Comics]], he began work as co-artist with Neal Adams on the first [[Killraven]] story, seen in ''[[Amazing Adventures]]'' #18 (May 1973).<ref>{{cite book|last1 = Sanderson|first1 = Peter|author-link = Peter Sanderson|editor-last = Gilbert|editor-first = Laura|chapter= 1970s|title = Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History|publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year = 2008|location= London, United Kingdom|page = 159|isbn =978-0756641238|quote= Roy Thomas conceived the initial idea of an alternate-future Earth sequel to H. G. Wells' classic science fiction novel ''The War of the Worlds''...Neal Adams plotted the first story with a script by Gerry Conway and art by Adams and Howard Chaykin.}}</ref>

After this, Chaykin was given various adventure strips to draw for Marvel, including his own creation, [[Dominic Fortune]] (inspired by his [[Scorpion (Atlas/Seaboard Comics)|Scorpion]] character, originally drawn for [[Atlas/Seaboard Comics|Atlas Comics]]), now in the pages of ''[[Marvel Preview]]''.<ref>Sanderson "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 171: "In ''Marvel Preview'' #2, 1930s adventurer Dominic Fortune, created by Howard Chaykin, made his debut."</ref> In 1978, he wrote and drew his [[Elon Cody Starbuck|Cody Starbuck]] character for the anthology title ''[[Star Reach]]'', one of the first independent titles of the 1970s. These strips saw him explore more adult themes as best he could within the restrictions imposed on him by editors and the [[Comics Code Authority]]. The same year, he produced for Schanes & Schanes a six-plate portfolio showcasing his character.

In 1976, Chaykin landed the job of drawing the [[Marvel Comics]] [[Star Wars (1977 comic book)|adaptation]] of the [[Star Wars (film)|first ''Star Wars'' film]], written by [[Roy Thomas]].<ref name=gcd /><ref>Sanderson "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 180: "In July 1977, Marvel's comics adaptation of George Lucas's ''Star Wars'' movie was released, created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Howard Chaykin."</ref><ref>{{cite book|last = Edwards|first = Ted|title = The Unauthorized Star Wars Compendium|chapter = Adventures in the Comics|publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]]|year = 1999|location = New York, New York|pages = [https://archive.org/details/unauthorizedstar00edwa/page/38 38–39]|isbn = 9780316329293|chapter-url-access = registration|chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/unauthorizedstar00edwa/page/38}}</ref> Chaykin left the series after 10 issues to work in more adult and experimental comics and to create paperback book covers. <!--He also produced a preproduction movie poster for the film, which is identified as "Poster 1 1st Edition Artist: Howard Chaykin '''Luke Skywalker''' © The Star Wars Corporation 1976" in the poster's bottom margin.-->

In late 1978,<ref>{{cite journal|last = Cooke|first = Jon B.|title = Simonson Says The Man of Two Gods Recalls His 25+ Years in Comics|journal = Comic Book Artist|issue = 10|page = 25|publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|date = October 2000|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> Chaykin, [[Walt Simonson]], [[Val Mayerik]], and [[Jim Starlin]] formed [[Upstart Associates]], a shared studio space on West 29th Street in New York City. The membership of the studio changed over time.<ref>{{cite book |last1= Nolen-Weathington|first1= Eric|title= Modern Masters, Volume 8: Walter Simonson|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ILopomw3UpMC&pg=PA34|year= 2006|publisher= TwoMorrows Publishing|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|isbn= 1-893905-64-0|page= 34}}</ref>

Chaykin penciled DC Comics' first miniseries, ''[[World of Krypton]]'' (July–September 1979).<ref>McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 181 "The worldwide success of ''Superman: The Movie'' motivated [DC] to publish more Superman-related titles.  With that, editor E. Nelson Bridwell oversaw a project that evolved into comics' first official limited series – ''World of Krypton''...Featuring out-of-this-world artwork from Howard Chaykin, [Paul] Kupperberg's three-issue limited series explored Superman's homeworld."</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last = Callahan|first = Tim|title = ''World of Krypton'' Comics' First Miniseries|journal= [[Back Issue!]]|issue = 62|pages = 59–62|publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|date = February 2013|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref>

In the next few years he produced material for ''[[Heavy Metal (magazine)|Heavy Metal]]'', drew a [[graphic novel]] adaptation of [[Alfred Bester]]'s ''[[The Stars My Destination]]'', and produced illustrations for works by [[Roger Zelazny]]. Chaykin collaborated on two original graphic novels—''[[Erekosë#The Swords of Heaven, the Flowers of Hell|The Swords of Heaven, the Flowers of Hell]]'' with writer [[Michael Moorcock]], and ''[[Empire (graphic novel)|Empire]]'' with [[Samuel R. Delany]]—and found time to move into film design with work on the movie version of ''[[Heavy Metal (film)|Heavy Metal]]''.

===1980s===
[[File:American flagg2.jpg|left|thumb|''American Flagg'' #2 (Nov. 1983) by Chaykin. The piece shows off Chaykin's sense of design, clear lines, fashionable clothing, and American nostalgia and jingoism common to many of his works.]]

In 1980 he designed the album cover of ''[[The Legend of Jesse James]]'', a concept album about legendary outlaw [[Jesse James]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Legend-Of-Jesse-James/release/4665058|title=Various – The Legend Of Jesse James|website=Discogs|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20210222163841/http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Legend-Of-Jesse-James/release/4665058|archivedate= February 22, 2021|url-status= live|df= mdy-all|access-date=July 9, 2017}}</ref>

Chaykin had a six-issue run on Marvel's ''[[Micronauts (comics)|Micronauts]]'' series, drawing issues from #13 (January 1980) to #18 (June 1980).<ref>{{cite journal|last= Lantz|first= James Heath|title= Inner-Space Opera: A Look at Marvel's Micronauts Comics|journal= Back Issue!|issue= 76|page= 46|publisher= TwoMorrows Publishing|date= October 2014|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> He went back to Cody Starbuck with a story in ''Heavy Metal'' between May and September 1981, in the same painted art style he'd used for the Moorcock graphic novel.

In June 1980, a story that he collaborated on with Samuel R. Delany, called "Seven Moons' Light Casts Complex Shadows" was published in Marvel's ''[[Epic Illustrated]]'' #2.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-23 |title=Look There, and Here: A whole lotta Chaykin goin' on… – Ragged Claws Network |url=https://raggedclaws.com/2010/10/22/look-there-and-here-a-whole-lotta-chaykin-goin-on/ |access-date=2022-04-23 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423211730/https://raggedclaws.com/2010/10/22/look-there-and-here-a-whole-lotta-chaykin-goin-on/ |archive-date=23 April 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1983, Chaykin launched ''[[American Flagg!]]'' for [[First Comics]]. With Chaykin as both writer and artist, the series was successful for First and proved highly influential, mixing all of Chaykin's previous ideas and interests—jazz, [[pulp adventure]], science fiction and sex.  Chaykin made wide use of [[Craftint]] Duoshade illustration boards, which in the period before computers allowed him to add a shaded texture to the finished art.<ref>{{cite web|last= De Blieck Jr.|first= Augie|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?id=14766&page=article|title=A Little Bit of Flagg!-Waving|publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=September 3, 2004|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121106040455/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14766|archive-date= November 6, 2012|url-status= live|df=mdy-all|access-date=March 17, 2009}}</ref> ''American Flagg!'' made a huge splash at the 1984 [[Eagle Award (comics)|Eagle Awards]], the United Kingdom's pre-eminent comics awards. Chaykin and ''American Flagg!'' were nominated for ten awards,<ref name=TCJ89>"Eagle Nominations Announced," ''The Comics Journal'' #89 (May 1984), p. 11.</ref> eventually winning seven.<ref>Dallas, Keith. [https://issuu.com/twomorrows/docs/acbc80spreview "1983: Controversy Over a Proposed New Comics Code,"] ''American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1980s'' (TwoMorrows, 2013).</ref>

After the first 26 issues of ''American Flagg!'', Chaykin started work on new projects. Chaykin's involvement in his original run of the series was that of writer for 29 issues, interior artist for issues #1–12 and 14–26, and cover artist for issues #1–33. He returned to full art and writing for the ''American Flagg! Special'' one-shot in 1986. In 1987, a four-issue run was released, then the title was cancelled and relaunched as ''Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!'', which ran 12 issues.

The first new project was a revamp of ''[[The Shadow]]'' in a four-issue miniseries for [[DC Comics]] in 1986.<ref>{{cite journal|last= Schweier|first= Philip|title= Shedding Light on The Shadow|journal= Back Issue!|issue= 89|pages= 15–16|publisher= TwoMorrows Publishing|date= July 2016|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> Rather than setting the series in its traditional 1930s milieu, Chaykin updated it to a contemporary setting and included his own style of extreme violence.  In a 2012 interview, Chaykin stated, "The reason I pulled him out of the period was because I thought it would be commercial suicide to do a period character at that point."<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=37084|title= Howard Chaykin on the Art of "The Shadow"|first= Kiel|last= Phegley|date= February 20, 2012|publisher= Comic Book Resources|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120308044517/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=37084|archive-date= March 8, 2012|url-status= live|df= mdy-all|access-date= March 7, 2012}}</ref>

The ''American Flagg! Special'' one-shot introduced Chaykin's ''[[Time²]]'', a two-volume graphic-novel series with a heavy dose of jazz, [[film noir]] and a fantasy version of New York City: ''Time²: The Epiphany'' ({{ISBN|0-915419-07-6}}) and ''Time²: The Satisfaction of Black Mariah'' ({{ISBN|0-915419-23-8}})). In 1987, Chaykin described plans for a third volume, saying, "It's probably going to be grossly different from the first two, because I'm taking things in another direction ... I want to do a story that is both very funny ... and at the same time very, very ugly. Really nasty and unpleasant. Because frankly, it's the place to do that sort of thing."<ref name="Deppey">{{cite journal|last = Deppey|first = Dirk|title = TCJ Audio Archive: Howard Chaykin|journal = [[The Comics Journal]]|publisher = [[Fantagraphics Books]]|date = March 29, 2010|location = Seattle, Washington|url = http://classic.tcj.com/blog/tcj-audio-archive-howard-chaykin/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120724095237/http://classic.tcj.com/blog/tcj-audio-archive-howard-chaykin/|archive-date = July 24, 2012|url-status = dead|df = mdy-all|access-date = August 7, 2013}}</ref> Although Chaykin hoped it would be available in 1988,<ref name="Deppey" /> the third volume was finally published in ''Time² Omnibus'', released in February 2024 through [[Image Comics]].<ref>{{cite web|website=Simon & Schuster|title=Time2 Omnibus|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Time2-Omnibus/Howard-Chaykin/9781534321106|accessdate=December 3, 2025}}</ref>

Chaykin has described ''Time²'' as the single work about which he is most proud.<ref name="Saga6" /> "To tell you the truth, my first interest would be to do another ''Time²'' because that was a very personal product for me," he said in 2008. "It's a fantasia of my family's story."<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.pinkraygun.com/2008/03/03/interview-howard-chaykin-part-one/|title= Interview: Howard Chaykin|date= March 3, 2008|publisher= Pink Raygun|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121028112036/http://www.pinkraygun.com/2008/03/03/interview-howard-chaykin-part-one/|archive-date= October 28, 2012|url-status= usurped|df= mdy-all|access-date= January 24, 2011}}</ref>

Before returning to ''American Flagg!'', Chaykin revamped another DC Comics character with  ''[[Blackhawk (DC Comics)|Blackhawk]]'', a three-issue miniseries about a team of heroic aviators, set in the 1930s.

In 1987, DC proposed a system of labeling comics for violent or sexual content, Chaykin with [[Alan Moore]] and [[Frank Miller]] boycotted DC and refused to work for the company.<ref name="Parkin, Lance">{{cite book | last=Parkin | first=Lance | author-link=Lance Parkin | title=Alan Moore: The Pocket Essential | date=January 2002|pages=44–45| location=[[Hertfordshire]], England | publisher=[[Trafalgar Square Publishing]] | isbn=978-1-903047-70-5}}</ref>

In 1988, Chaykin created perhaps his most controversial<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.printmag.com/comics-and-animation/howard-chaykin-black-kiss-ii/|title= Howard Chaykin on his lewd, depraved, banned graphic novels|first= Michael|last= Dooley|date= July 1, 2013|work= [[Print (magazine)|Print]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180614225653/http://www.printmag.com/comics-and-animation/howard-chaykin-black-kiss-ii/|archive-date= June 14, 2018|url-status= live|df= mdy-all|quote= ''Black Kiss'' purposefully broke several boundaries of comic book propriety, and it was a huge sales success. It was also one of the most harshly criticized comics of its time.}}</ref> title: ''[[Black Kiss]]'', a 12-issue series published by [[Vortex Comics]] that contained his most explicit depictions of sex and violence, with a story of sex-obsessed [[vampires]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]]. Though ''Black Kiss'' shipped sealed in an "adults only" clear plastic bag, its content drew much criticism.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/06/13/chaykin-trans-image-obsession-theme/|title= Howard Chaykin And The Trans Image: Obsession With A Theme|first= Joe|last= Glass|date= June 13, 2017|publisher= Bleeding Cool|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180128025310/https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/06/13/chaykin-trans-image-obsession-theme/|archive-date= January 28, 2018|url-status= live|df= mdy-all|quote= We come to another of Chaykin's works—one mired in such controversy it saw the comic censored and even banned in some countries—''Black Kiss''.}}</ref> This did not stop it from selling well enough for Chaykin to describe it as "probably, on a per-page basis, the most profitable book I've ever done."<ref>{{cite web|first= Kiel|last= Phegley|url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25425 |title=Chaykin recalls a 'Black Kiss' |publisher= Comic Book Resources|date=March 26, 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121011160946/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25425|archive-date= October 11, 2012|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

===1990s===
Chaykin returned to DC to write the three-issue [[miniseries]] ''[[Twilight (comic book)|Twilight]]'', drawn by [[José Luis García-López]] and revamping some of DC's science-fiction heroes of the 1950s and 1960s, such as [[Tommy Tomorrow]] and [[Space Cabby]]. Later, Chaykin collaborated twice with artist [[Mike Mignola]]: In 1990–1991, they produced the ''[[Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser]]'' miniseries for [[Epic Comics]] with co-writer [[John Francis Moore (writer)|John Francis Moore]] and inker [[Al Williamson]]. This was followed with the ''[[Ironwolf (comics)|Ironwolf: Fires of the Revolution]]'' graphic novel in 1992.{{sfn|Greenberger|2012|p=132}} Chaykin then wrote and illustrated ''Midnight Men'' for Marvel's Epic imprint in 1993. He co-created/designed [[Firearm (comics)|Firearm]] for [[Malibu Comics]] that same year, and then with several colleagues formed the creator-owned ''Bravura'' imprint for Malibu Comics. Chaykin created the four-issue miniseries ''Power and Glory'' in 1994, a superhero-themed [[public relations]] satire.

In 1996, DC's [[Helix (comics)|Helix]] imprint published ''[[Cyberella]]'', a [[cyberpunk]] [[dystopia]] written by Chaykin and drawn by Don Cameron.

Chaykin began to drift out of comics by the mid-1990s. With the exception of several ''[[Elseworlds]]'' stories he wrote for DC Comics, including ''Batman: Dark Allegiances'' which he wrote and drew in 1996, his comic output became minimal as he became more involved in film and television work. He was executive script consultant for the 1990–1991 ''[[The Flash (1990 TV series)|The Flash]]'' television series on [[CBS]],<ref>{{cite web|first= David|last= Gutierrez|url= http://www.dvdverdict.com/interviews/howardchaykin.php |title= DVD Verdict interviews Howard Chaykin, writer of ''The Flash''|publisher= [[DVD Verdict]]|date= March 15, 2006|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120526003040/http://www.dvdverdict.com/interviews/howardchaykin.php|archive-date= May 26, 2012|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and later worked on action-adventure programs such as ''[[Viper (TV series)|Viper]]'', ''[[Earth: Final Conflict]]'' and ''[[Mutant X (TV series)|Mutant X]]''.

Near the end of the decade, Chaykin returned to comics and co-wrote with [[David Tischman]] the three-issue miniseries ''[[Pulp Fantastic]]'' for the [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]] imprint of DC, with art by [[Rick Burchett]].

===2000s===
Chaykin began co-writing ''[[American Century (comics)|American Century]]'' with David Tischman for Vertigo.<ref name="vert-ency">{{Cite book|last = Irvine|first = Alex|author-link = Alex Irvine|contribution = American Century|editor-last = Dougall| editor-first = Alastair|title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia|page = 20|publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year = 2008|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn = 978-0-7566-4122-1| oclc = 213309015}}</ref> This story, set in post-war America, would be a pulp-adventure strip inspired by the likes of ''[[Terry and the Pirates (comic strip)|Terry and the Pirates]]'' as well as the [[EC Comics]] war stories created by [[Harvey Kurtzman]]. That year, Chaykin became part of the creative team on ''[[Mutant X (television)|Mutant X]]'', a television series inspired by the [[Marvel Comics]] series of mutant titles.

His next work was ''Mighty Love'', a 96-page original graphic novel published in 2004 and described as "''[[You've Got Mail]]'' with super-powers".<ref>{{cite web|first= Philip|last= Schweier|url= http://www.comicbookbin.com/bubble10.html|title= A Whole lot of Chaykin Goin' On|publisher= Comic Book Bin|date=September 15, 2003|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120717041319/http://www.comicbookbin.com/bubble10.html|archive-date= July 17, 2012|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> This was acclaimed as a return to the type of work he did on ''American Flagg!'' and contained his first art in a title since the early 1990s.

That year, Chaykin and Tischman revamped ''[[Challengers of the Unknown (alternate series)#2004 series|Challengers of the Unknown]]'' in a six-issue mini-series for DC, as well as writing a mini-series about [[gangster]] vampires called ''[[Bite Club (comics)|Bite Club]]'' for Vertigo.<ref name="vert-ency2">{{Cite book|last= Irvine|first= Alex|author-link= Alex Irvine|contribution= Bite Club|editor-last= Dougall|editor-first= Alastair|title= The Vertigo Encyclopedia|pages= 30–31|publisher= [[Dorling Kindersley]]|location= London, United Kingdom|year= 2008|isbn = 978-0-7566-4122-1|oclc = 213309015}}</ref> The pair wrote ''[[Barnum!: In Secret Service to the USA]]'', a graphic novel in which real-life showman [[P. T. Barnum]] comes to the aid of the U.S. government.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 3, 2003 |title=BARNUM!: In Secret Service to the USA by David Tischman, Howard V. Chaykin |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781401200725|website=Publishers Weekly|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20241203195710/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781401200725|archivedate= December 3, 2024|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}</ref>

In 2005, Chaykin produced the six-part ''[[City of Tomorrow (comics)|City of Tomorrow]]'', a DC/[[Wildstorm]] production involving a futuristic city populated by gangster [[robot]]s. Chaykin described the mini-series as "''[[The Untouchables (1959 TV series)|The Untouchables]]'' meets ''[[Westworld (film)|West World]]'' at [[Epcot]]."<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.comicbookresources.com:8080/?page=article&id=4596|title= George Bailey's nightmare: Chaykin talks ''City of Tomorrow''|first= Dave|last= Richards|publisher= Comic Book Resources|date= February 9, 2005|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120317072852/http://www.comicbookresources.com:8080/?page=article&id=4596|archive-date= March 17, 2012|url-status= dead|df= mdy-all|access-date= August 2, 2011}}</ref> That same year, he wrote the four-issue mini-series ''Legend'' updating the character [[Hugo Danner]] for Wildstorm.

He illustrated ''24 College Ave.'', a story serialized online in 54 chapters for [[ESPN.com]]'s Page 2 section. ESPN.com columnist Jim Caple wrote the text, each episode of which was accompanied by a single-panel Chaykin drawing.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/collegeave/story?id=2190187|title= ''24 College Ave.'' chapter archive|work= [[ESPN.com]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121016041143/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/collegeave/story?id=2190187|archive-date= October 16, 2012|url-status= dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In 2006, he began working on his first superhero title for DC Comics, pencilling ''[[Hawkgirl]]'', with [[Walter Simonson]] writing, starting with issue #50.<ref>[http://www.comics.org/series/16529/ ''Hawkgirl''] at the Grand Comics Database</ref> With issue 56, he stopped drawing the series, mainly to get time to work on Marvel's ''[[Blade (character)|Blade]]'' with [[Marc Guggenheim]], although he continued to draw ''Hawkgirl'' covers for eight more issues.

Also in 2006, DC Comics published a two-page [[Black Canary]] [[origin story]] drawn by Chaykin for the series ''[[52 (comics)|52]]''. Later that year, DC released ''[[Guy Gardner (character)|Guy Gardner]]: Collateral Damage''. The two-issue series, written and drawn by Chaykin, revolves around the [[Green Lantern Corps]]' role in an interstellar war.

After ''Blade'' was cancelled with issue 12, he pencilled issue 50 of ''[[Punisher]]'', ''[[Wolverine (comic book)|Wolverine (vol. 3)]]'' #56–61, ''[[Punisher War Journal|Punisher War Journal (vol. 2)]]'' (#16–24) and an issue of ''[[Immortal Iron Fist]]''. Chaykin illustrated the 2008 [[Marvel MAX]] comic ''[[War Is Hell (comics)|War Is Hell]]: The First Flight of the [[Phantom Eagle]]'', scripted by [[Garth Ennis]]. He wrote ''[[Supreme Power]]'' vol. 3 #1–12 (Sep. 2008 – July 2009) for Marvel. In 2009, he wrote and penciled ''[[Dominic Fortune]]''.

===2010s===
In 2010 he wrote ''[[Die Hard: Year One]]'', a comic about [[John McClane]] from the [[Die Hard (franchise)|''Die Hard'' series]] for [[Boom! Studios]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/05/die-hard-comic-chronicles-john-mcclanes-first-year/|title= ''Die Hard'' comic chronicles John McClane's first year|first= JK|last= Parkin|publisher= Comic Book Resources|date= May 28, 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120429091709/http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/05/die-hard-comic-chronicles-john-mcclanes-first-year/|archive-date= April 29, 2012|url-status= live|df=mdy-all|access-date= April 17, 2011}}</ref> Marvel in June 2010 published a [[Rawhide Kid]] miniseries drawn by Chaykin and written by Ron Zimmerman.<ref name=gcd />

Chaykin wrote and drew the ''Avengers 1959'' five-issue miniseries, a spinoff of a [[Avengers (comics)#Avengers 1959|storyline]] introduced in ''[[New Avengers]]''. The first issue was released in October 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=32907|title= Chaykin assembles ''Avengers 1959''|first= Dave|last= Richards|publisher= Comic Book Resources|date= June 22, 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130620154032/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=32907|archive-date= June 20, 2013|url-status= live|df=mdy-all|access-date= July 8, 2011}}</ref>

Chaykin helmed a reboot of the science-fiction character ''[[Buck Rogers]]'' beginning in August 2013, again in the capacity of both artist and writer.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://hermespress.com/index.html?http%3A//hermespress.com/new_buck.html|title= ''Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' #1|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20131210095506/http://hermespress.com/index.html?http%3A//hermespress.com/new_buck.html|archivedate= December 10, 2013|url-status= dead|df= mdy-all}}</ref>

In 2018, Chaykin began ''Hey Kids! Comics!'', a cynical parody of the history of the rise of the comics industry and the many creators exploited in the process (particularly those exploited by [[Marvel Comics]]). This [[Image Comics]] series was completed in September 2023 after three volumes and 17 total issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsarama.com/39269-hey-kids-new-comics-by-howard-chaykin-coming-from-image.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329055248/https://www.newsarama.com/39269-hey-kids-new-comics-by-howard-chaykin-coming-from-image.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 29, 2018|title= ''The History of Comics, as Told by HOWARD CHAYKIN (Sort of)''|access-date= November 15, 2018}}</ref>

===2020s===
In April 2022, Chaykin was reported among the more than three dozen comics creators who contributed to [[Operation USA]]'s benefit anthology book, ''Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds'', a project spearheaded by [[IDW Publishing]] Special Projects Editor [[Scott Dunbier]], whose profits would be donated to relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees resulting from the February [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/zoop-launches-benefit-anthology-comics-for-ukraine-sunflower-seeds/|author=Kaplan, Rebecca O.|title=ZOOP launches benefit anthology ''Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds''|publisher=The Beat|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=April 18, 2022|access-date=April 26, 2022|archivedate=April 18, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418170150/https://www.comicsbeat.com/zoop-launches-benefit-anthology-comics-for-ukraine-sunflower-seeds/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://aiptcomics.com/2022/04/18/comics-for-ukraine-sunflower-seeds/|publisher=AIPT|title='Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds' to benefit Ukrainian refugees|author=Brooke, David|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=April 18, 2022|accessdate=April 26, 2022|archivedate=April 26, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426153140/https://aiptcomics.com/2022/04/18/comics-for-ukraine-sunflower-seeds/}}</ref> Chaykin's contribution was a story featuring [[American Flagg!]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/comic-book-anthology-sunflower-seed-ukraine-relief-effort-1235131833/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|author=Kit, Borys|title=Comic Book Creators Team for Ukraine Relief Effort Anthology 'Sunflower Seed'|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=April 20, 2022|access-date=April 30, 2022|archivedate=April 20, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420202544/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/comic-book-anthology-sunflower-seed-ukraine-relief-effort-1235131833}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1972, Chaykin married Daina Graziunas.<ref name=conversationspxv /> The marriage ended in 1977, and the following year he married Leslie Zahler.{{sfn|Costello|2011|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=5OVZ8cw5liAC&pg=PR16 xvi]}} That marriage ended in 1986, and in 1989, in Los Angeles, Chaykin married Jeni Munn, a union that lasted through 1992.{{sfn|Costello|2011|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=5OVZ8cw5liAC&pg=PR18 xviii]}}  In November 2002, in Ventura, Chaykin married Laurel Beth Rice.

As of 2013, Chaykin serves on the Disbursement Committee of the comic-book industry charity [[The Hero Initiative]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.heroinitiative.org/spage.asp?p=73&ti=Board+Members|title= Hero Initiative Board Members Disbursement Committee|year= 2013|publisher= [[The Hero Initiative]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130621081809/http://www.heroinitiative.org/spage.asp?p=73&ti=Board+Members|archive-date= June 21, 2013|url-status= dead|df= mdy-all}}</ref>

==Awards==
* 1977 [[Inkpot Award]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/inkpot.php|title= Inkpot Award Winners|publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120709055558/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/inkpot.php|archive-date= July 9, 2012|url-status= dead|df= mdy-all|access-date= September 18, 2016}}</ref>
* 1978 [[Eagle Award (comics)|Eagle Award]] nomination for Favourite Continued Story for ''[[Star Wars (Marvel Comics)|Star Wars]]'' #1–6—"Film Adaptation"<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120404030611/http://www.eagleawards.co.uk/category/previous-winners/1978/ Previous Winners: 1978], at the official Eagle Awards website, archived at the [[Wayback Machine]]. (Retrieved 9 September 2018.)</ref>
* 1984 Eagle Award for Favourite Penciler
* 1984 Eagle Award for Favourite Inker
* 1984 Eagle Award for Favourite Writer
* 1984 Eagle Award for Favourite Comic (''[[American Flagg!]]'')
* 1984 Eagle Award for Favourite Single or Continued Story (''American Flagg''! #1–2, "Hard Times")
* 1984 Eagle Award for Favourite New Comic Title (''American Flagg!''
* 1984 Eagle Award nomination for Favourite Character ([[American Flagg!#Characters|Reuben Flagg]])
* 1984 Eagle Award nomination for Favourite Supporting Character ([[American Flagg!#Characters|Raul the cat]])
* 1984 Eagle Award nomination for Favourite Comic Cover (''American Flagg!'' #2, "Back in the U.S.A.")
* 1984 Eagle Award nomination for Favourite Comic Cover (''American Flagg!'' #3, "Killed in the Ratings")
* 2006 Eagle Award for Favourite Comics Writer/Artist<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120314223040/http://www.eagleawards.co.uk/category/previous-winners/2006/ Previous Winners: 2006] at the official Eagle Awards website, archived at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved 16 January 2020.)</ref>

==Bibliography==
His work as an artist (interior pencil art, except where noted) includes:
[[File:Howard Chaykin 2012.jpg|thumb|Chaykin in 2012]]

===DC Comics===

*''[[Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion]]'' #7 (1972)
*''[[Sword of Sorcery]]'' ([[Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser]]) #1–4 (1973)
*''[[Tarzan (comics)|Tarzan]]'' (backup story) #216 (1973)
*''[[Weird Worlds (comics)|Weird Worlds]]'' (Ironwolf) #8–10 (1973–74)
*''[[Detective Comics]]'' (Batman & [[Dick Grayson|Robin]]) #441 (1974); ([[Human Target]]) #483 (1979)
*''[[Adventure Comics]]'' ([[Shining Knight]]) #438 (1975)
*''[[Weird War Tales]]'' #40, 61–62, 67, 69, 76, 82 (1976–79)
*''[[Batman Family]]'' #14 (1977)
*''[[Weird Western Tales]]'' ([[Cinnamon (character)|Cinnamon]]) #49 (1978)
*''[[Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' #240 (1978)
*''Men of War'' ([[Enemy Ace]]) #9–10, 12–14, 19–20 (1978–79)
*''[[World of Krypton]]'' (1979)
*''[[Time Warp (comics)|Time Warp]]'' #2 (1979)
*''[[House of Mystery]]'' #277 (1980)
*''[[Blackhawk (DC Comics)|Blackhawk]]'' #260 (1983)
*''[[The Shadow]]'', miniseries, #1–4 (1985)
*''[[Suicide Squad]]'' #1 (1987)
*''Blackhawk'', miniseries, #1–3 (writer/artist, 1988)
*''[[Twilight (comic book)|Twilight]]'' (writer, 1990)
*''[[Ironwolf (comics)|Ironwolf]]'', script, with [[John Francis Moore (writer)|John Francis Moore]] (1992)
*''[[Batman]] [[Houdini]], The Devil's Workshop'' (1993)
*''[[Son of Superman]]'' OGN (co-writer, 1996)
*''[[Batman (comic book)|Batman]]: Dark Allegiances'' (writer/artist, 1996)
*''[[Batman Black and White]]'', miniseries, #1 (writer/artist, 1996)
*''[[Cyberella]]'' (writer, 1996)
*''[[Batman: Thrillkiller|Batgirl & Robin: Thrillkiller]]'' (writer, 1997)
*''[[Orion (character)|Orion]]'' #7 (co-writer/artist, 2000)
*''[[American Century (comics)|American Century]]'' (co-writer, 2001–2003)
*''Barnum!'', Original Graphic Novel (co-writer, 2003)
*''[[Justice Society of America|JSA]]: All-Stars'', miniseries, #5 (2003)
*''[[Challengers of the Unknown]]'', miniseries, #1–6 (writer/artist, 2004)
*''[[Bite Club (comics)|Bite Club]]'', miniseries #1–6 (co-writer, 2004)
*''Mighty Love'' graphic novel (writer/artist, 2004)
*''City of Tomorrow'', miniseries, #1–6 (writer/artist, 2005)
*''Solo'' #4 (writer/artist, 2005)
*''Bite Club: Vampire Crime Unit'', miniseries, #1–6 (co-writer, 2006)
*''[[Hawkgirl]]'' #50–56 (2006)
*''[[Guy Gardner (character)|Guy Gardner]]: Collateral Damage'', miniseries, #1–2 (2007)
*''[[Batman]]/[[Catwoman]]: Follow the Money'' (2010)
*''DC Holiday Special '09'' ([[Enemy Ace]]) #1 (2010)
*''Justice Society of America 80-Page Giant'' #1 (among other artists) (2011)

===Marvel Comics===
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*''[[Adventure Into Fear]]'' #10 (1972)
*''Chamber of Chills'' #4 (1973)
*''[[Sub-Mariner]]'' (Tales of Atlantis) #62-64 (writer/artist)(1973)
*''[[Amazing Adventures]]'', vol. 2, ([[Killraven]]) #18 (with [[Neal Adams]]), 19 (1973)
*''Kull and the Barbarians'' ([[Red Sonja]]) #2–3 (1975)
*''[[Marvel Spotlight]]'' ([[Nick Fury]]) #31 (1976)
*''[[Marvel Presents]]'' (Guardians of the Galaxy) #5 (1976)
*''[[Conan the Barbarian (comics)|Conan the Barbarian]]'' #79–83 (1977–78)
*''[[Star Wars (1977 comic book)|Star Wars]]'' #1–10 (1977–1978)
*''[[Marvel Team-Up]]'' ([[Spider-Man]]) #76–77 (1978)
*''[[Marvel Premiere]]'' #32 ([[Monark Starstalker]]) writer/artist (1976) #56 ([[Dominic Fortune]]) plot/layouts (1980) 
*''[[Marvel Comics Super Special]]'' #9, 19 (1978–81)
*''[[Micronauts (comics)|Micronauts]]'' #13-18 (1980)
*''[[The Rampaging Hulk|Hulk!]]'' ([[Dominic Fortune]]) #21–25 (1980–81)
*''[[Marvel Preview]]'' (Dominic Fortune) #2, #20 (1980)
*''James Bond for Your Eyes Only'' #2 (1981)
*''[[Wolverine/Nick Fury: The Scorpio Connection]]'' (1989)
*''[[Fritz Leiber]]'s [[Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser]]'' #1–4 (adaptation and script), Epic, (1990–91)
*''[[Captain America and Nick Fury: Blood Truce]]'' (1995)
*''[[Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' (1995)
*''[[Blade (character)|Blade]]'' #1–12 (2006–07)
*''[[The Immortal Iron Fist]] Annual'' #1 (among other artists) (2007)
*''[[New Avengers]]'' #21 (2007)
*''[[Phantom_Eagle#MAX|War is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle]]'', (pencils/inks) #1–5 (2008)
*''[[Punisher War Journal]]'', vol. 2, #16–25 (2008–09)
*''Captain America Theater of War: America First!'' (2009)
*''[[Captain America (comic book)|Captain America]]'' #600, 616 (among other artists) (2009–11)
*''[[Dominic Fortune]]'', #1–4 (2009)
*''[[X-Men]] vs. Vampires'', miniseries, #2 (2010)
*''[[Magneto (Marvel Comics)|Magneto]]'' #1 (2010)
*''[[Iron Man (comic book)|Iron Man]]'', vol. 5, ([[Tony Stark]]) #503 (2011)
*''Avengers 1959'', miniseries, #1–5 (writer/artist) (2011)
*''New Avengers'', vol. 2, #9–12 (with [[Mike Deodato]], doing "Avengers 1959" flashbacks) (2011)

===Other publishers===
*''[[Creepy (magazine)|Creepy]]'' #64 ([[Warren Publishing]], 1974)
*''[[Star*Reach]]'' #1, 4–5 (1974–76) ([[Star Reach|Star*Reach]])
*''[[Scorpion (Atlas/Seaboard Comics)|The Scorpion]]'' #1–2 (writer/artist) ([[Atlas/Seaboard Comics|Atlas/Seaboard]], 1975)
*''[[Eerie (magazine)|Eerie]]'' #72 (with [[Bernie Wrightson]]) (Warren Publishing, 1976)
*''[[Cody Starbuck]]'', (writer/artist), (Star Reach, 1978)
*''[[American Flagg!]]'' #1–12, 14–26, Special #1 (writer/artist); #13, 27–29 (writer) ([[First Comics|First]], 1983–86)
*''Time²'' (writer/artist) ([[First Comics|First]], 1986–87)
*''[[Black Kiss]]'' (writer/artist) ([[Vortex Comics|Vortex]], 1988–89)
*''Power & Glory'', miniseries, #1–4 of 4 (writer/artist) ([[Malibu Comics|Malibu]]/Bravura, 1994)
*''Black Kiss II'' #1–6 (writer/artist) (2012–13, [[Image Comics]])
*''Marked Man'' (2012, [[Dark Horse Comics]] originally serialized in ''[[Dark Horse Presents]]'' #1–8)
*''[[Buck Rogers]]'' #1–4 (2013, Hermes Press)
*''[[Dark Horse Presents]] Volume 2 ''#22 [[George Armstrong Custer]] (writer/artist) (2013)
*''Eerie'' #4 (2013, Dark Horse Comics)
*''[[Satellite Sam]]'' (2013–15, Image Comics)
*''Black Kiss Christmas Special'' (writer/artist) (2014, Image Comics)
*''[[The Shadow]]: Midnight in Moscow'' #1–6 (2014, Dynamite Entertainment)
*''Midnight of the Soul'' #1–5 (2016, Image Comics)
*''The Divided States of Hysteria'' #1–5 (2017, Image Comics)
*''Hey Kids! Comics!'' #1–5 (2018, Image Comics)

===Television===
*''[[The Flash (1990 TV series)|The Flash]]'' (1990)
** Episode 3: "Watching the Detectives" (co-written with [[John Francis Moore (writer)|John Francis Moore]])
** Episode 4: "Honor Among Thieves" (plotted with Moore, teleplay by Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo)
** Episode 7:"Child's Play" (teleplay co-written with Moore, plot by Stephen Hattman and Gail Morgan Hickman)
** Episode 8: "Shroud of Death" (plotted with Moore, teleplay by [[Michael Reaves]])
** Episode 9: "Ghost in the Machine" (co-written with Moore)
** Episode 12: "The Trickster" (co-written with Moore)
** Episode 16: "Deadly Nightshade" (co-written with Moore)
** Episode 19: "Done with Mirrors" (co-written with Moore)
** Episode 22. "The Trial of the Trickster" (co-written with Moore)
*''[[Mutant X (TV series)|Mutant X]]'' (2001) (Seasons 1 and 2)
** Season 1: 
*** Episodes 1 and 2: "The Shock of the New"
*** Episode 8: "In the Presence of Mine Enemies"
*** Episode 18: "Ex Marks the Spot" (co-written with Mark Amato and David Newman)
*** Episode 22: "A Breed Apart"
** Season 2: 
*** Episode 1: "Past as Prologue"

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1013081931&ref=ts Official Facebook page]
*{{Comicbookdb|type=creator|id=1218}}
*[http://docs.comics.org/images/5/54/DC_Profiles_44.jpg "DC Profiles #44: Howard Chaykin"] at the Grand Comics Database
*{{IMDb name|0154674}}
*[https://www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/creator.php?creatorid=87 Howard Chaykin] at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
*[http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/namc23.htm#N1679 Howard Chaykin] at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
*{{cite web |url=http://www.howtomakecomics.net/people/Howard+Chaykin |title=Howard Chaykin's Resources |publisher=Howtomakecomics.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408110813/http://www.howtomakecomics.net/people/Howard%20Chaykin |archive-date=2008-04-08}}
*{{Cite web |first=David |last=Moran |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17544 |title=CCI: Spotlight on Howard Chaykin |publisher= Comic Book Resources|date=August 1, 2008 }}

===Interviews===
*{{Cite web |first=Jim |last=Lee |author-link=Jim Lee |url=http://www.newsarama.com/pages/JimLeeWeek/Leearama_3.htm |title=Jim Lee-A-Rama: Howard Chaykin |publisher=[[Newsarama]] |date=January 6, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040414025018/http://www.newsarama.com/pages/JimLeeWeek/Leearama_3.htm |archive-date=April 14, 2004|df=mdy-all}}
*{{Cite web |url=http://westfieldcomics.com/wow/frm_int_053.html |title=Howard Chaykin Interview |publisher=Westfield Comics |date=September 2001|df=mdy-all }}
*{{Cite web |first=Alan David |last=Doane |url=http://www.comicbookgalaxy.com/chaykin.html |title=The Comic Book Galaxy Interview: Howard Chaykin |publisher=Comic Book Galaxy |year=2004|df=mdy-all}}
*{{Cite web |first=Philip |last=Schweier |url=http://www.comicbookbin.com/bubble072.html |title=Howard Chaykin: Back to the Drawing Board |publisher= Comic Book Bin |date=March 13, 2006|df=mdy-all}}
*{{Cite web |first=Ho Che |last=Anderson |author-link=Ho Che Anderson |url=http://www.tcj.com/tcj-300/tcj-300-conversations-howard-chaykin-ho-che-anderson |title=TCJ 300 Conversations: Howard Chaykin & Ho Che Anderson |work=[[The Comics Journal]] |date=December 18, 2009 |access-date=April 21, 2010|df=mdy-all }}
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