Otto Binder
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| Born | Otto Oscar Binder August 26, 1911 Bessemer, Michigan, United States |
| Died | October 13, 1974 (aged 63) Chestertown, New York, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer |
| Pseudonym(s) | Eando Binder |
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Notable works
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Action Comics Adventure Comics Captain Marvel Adventures Captain Marvel Jr. Superboy Superman Supergirl I, Robot (short story) |
| Awards |
Will Eisner Hall of Fame 2004 Bill Finger Award 2010 |
| Relatives | Earl Andrew Binder (brother) |
Otto Oscar Binder (August 26, 1911 – October 13, 1974) was an American author of science fiction and non-fiction books and stories, and comic books. He is best known for his many scripts for Captain Marvel Adventures and other stories involving the entire superhero Marvel Family.
Born in Bessemer, Michigan, Otto Binder was the youngest of six children in a family that had emigrated from Austria a year earlier. He was born and raised Lutheran. They settled in Chicago in 1922, during a period rich with science fiction, which enthralled Binder and his brother Earl. The two began writing in partnership and sold their first story, "The First Martian" to Amazing Stories in 1930; it saw publication in 1932 under the pen name "Eando Binder" ("E" and "O" Binder).
Not earning enough writing to live on, Binder and his brother worked at many jobs. Earl found employment at an iron works. In late December 1935, Otto Binder began working for Otis Adelbert Kline as a literary agent in charge of Kline's New York City office most prominently marketing the stories of Robert E. Howard, although insufficient business during this Great Depression era forced Kline to close his company after a year and a half. At the time of Otto's move to New York City, Earl Binder dissolved the writing partnership, and all new material produced under the name of Eando Binder from January 1936 on, was solely the work of Otto Binder. Concurrent with his agent work, Binder was writing for Mort Weisinger, editor of Thrilling Wonder Stories, and Ray Palmer, editor of Amazing, for the latter of whom he created the Adam Link series
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