Dillin eventually did art for Fawcett Comics (on features including "Lance O'Casey" and "Ibis the Invincible" in Whiz Comics) and Fiction House ("Buzz Bennett", "Space Rangers") led to drawing for Quality Comics, beginning in 1952. He worked particularly on the popular title Blackhawk but also on G.I. Combat, Love Confessions, and Love Secrets.[5] When Quality went out of business, Dillin, searching for new work, eventually tried DC Comics where he saw one or more issues of Blackhawk on the desk as he was being interviewed, and to his relief was told, "We've been trying to get in touch with you."[6]
DC Comics
Justice League of America #64 (Aug. 1968), penciller Dillin's first issue. Inking by Joe Giella.
Dillin returned to Blackhawk, now a DC property, and when the book's initial run ended, went on to draw issues of World's Finest Comics before being assigned Justice League of America, a superteam series featuring, at the time, Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, and the Atom. Dillin penciled the series from #64–183 (Aug. 1968–Oct. 1980), except for the planned reprint issues #67, 76, 85 and 93; issue #153 which was pencilled by George Tuska; and issue #157 where he provided the intro and epilogue pages while Juan Ortiz pencilled the main story.[5][7] He had completed the first 2½ pages of #184 when he died; penciler George Pérez and inker Frank McLaughlin took over the title, starting that issue from scratch.[citation needed]
Wein and Dillin created the supervillainLibra in Justice League of America #111 (June 1974),[14] who would play a leading role in Grant Morrison's Final Crisis storyline in 2008. Dillin drew the return of Wonder Woman to the team in issues #128–129 (March–April 1976).[15] He and writer Steve Englehart crafted a new origin story for the JLA in issue #144[16] and inducted Hawkgirl into the team two issue later.[17] Other highlights of Dillin's tenure included the 1976 integration of the defunct and newly acquired Fawcett Comics heroes in issues #135-137, and the murder of the original Mister Terrific in issue #171.[18] Dillin and writer Bob Haney created the Super-Sons, Superman Jr. and Batman Jr., in World's Finest Comics #215 (Jan. 1973).[19] He drew several Green Lantern backup stories in The Flash from 1974 to 1977.[20] In 1975, Dillin drew the framing chapters for a 1940s Seven Soldiers of Victory script in Adventure Comics #438 and 443.[21][22][23]
He was living in Peekskill, New York, at the time of his death.[2] As per the letters page of Justice League of America #184, Dillin suffered a heart attack.
Volume 2 collects Justice League of America #64–65, 73–74, and 82–83 ISBN978-1401200039
Volume 3 collects Justice League of America #91–92, 100–102, 107–108, and 113 ISBN978-1401202316
Volume 4 collects Justice League of America #123–124, 135–137, and 147–148 ISBN978-1401209575
Volume 5 collects Justice League of America #159–160, 171–172, and 183 ISBN978-1401226237
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Tales of the Batman: Len Wein includes World’s Finest Comics #207 ISBN978-1401251543
References
^ abBails, Jerry (2006). "Dillin, Dick". Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999. Archived from the original on September 22, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
^"Interview with the family of Dick Dillin". Alter Ego. No. 30. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. November 2003.
^Riley, Shannon E. (August 2012). "22,300 Miles Above Earth: A Look Back at the JLA's 'Satellite Years'". Back Issue! (58). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 18.
^McAvennie, Michael; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1960s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 133. ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 152 "Through an impromptu team-up of the JLA and the Justice Society on Earth-2, writer Len Wein and artist Dick Dillin ushered in the return of DC's Seven Soldiers of Victory."
^McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 156 "The annual Justice League-Justice Society get-together resulted in scribe Len Wein and artist Dick Dillin transporting both teams to the alternate reality of Earth-X. There, Nazi Germany ruled after winning a prolonged World War II and only a group of champions called the Freedom Fighters remained to oppose the regime."
^McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 174: "Green Arrow thought he had learned the Justice League of America's origin back in issue #9...Now, he found inconsistencies in the story. Writer Steve Englehart and artist Dick Dillin revealed the truth as told by former JLA member J'onn J'onzz."
^Greenberger, Robert (May 2013). "Green Lantern The Emerald Backups". Back Issue! (64). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 3–9.
^McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 162: "An unpublished Seven Soldiers of Victory story finally saw print as a backup feature in Adventure Comics #438 - three decades after it was written. Noted scientist and author Joseph Samachson had penned his last Soldiers story in 1945, when the super hero team were a regular feature in Leading Comics."
^Cronin, Brian (February 18, 2010). "Comic Book Legends Revealed #248". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 1, 2010. Retrieved January 6, 2013. An unpublished script starring the Seven Soldiers of Victory was published within five issues of Adventure Comics…Thirty years after the Seven Soldiers of Victory feature was canceled!
^Abramowitz, Jack (May 2013). "Seven Soldiers of Victory: Lost in Time Again". Back Issue! (64). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 33–37.
^Per The Amazing World of DC Comics #15 at the Grand Comics Database, this issue was originally assigned to John Rosenberger, who would pencil only the first four pages before he was stricken with the illness that was to claim his life. Subsequently, this issue was completely redrawn by Dillin. The Rosenberger pages were later published in The Amazing World of DC Comics #15 (Aug. 1977).
