Terry Beatty

Terry Beatty
Beatty (right) in 1982
Born	(1958-01-11) January 11, 1958 (age 59) Muscatine, Iowa
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker
Notable works	Ms. Tree
Collaborators	Max Allan Collins

Terry Beatty (born January 11, 1958) is an artist who has worked as a penciler and inker in the comic book industry.

Beatty is the artist and co-creator (with Max Allan Collins) of the long-running private eye series, Ms. Tree. Collaborations with Collins also include Mike Mist, Mickey Spillane's Mike Danger and Johnny Dynamite.

Beatty has been the primary inker of DC Comics' "animated-style" Batman comics, including a four-year stint inking Chris Jones' pencils on The Batman Strikes!.

Beatty's cover paintings appear regularly on Scary Monsters magazine, as well as its spin-off Monster Memories annual. He is also an accomplished sculptor.

As of January 29, 2012, Beatty is the new artist for the Sunday episodes of the King Features comic strip, The Phantom.

As of December 30, 2013, Beatty is the new artist for the King Features comic strip, Rex Morgan, M.D., taking over from Graham Nolan. On March 21, 2016 King Features Syndicate announced that Beatty would take on the writing of Rex Morgan, M.D. as well, replacing Woody Wilson.