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{{short description|American comic strip cartoonist and illustrator (1927–1981)}}
{{For|those of a similar name|Walter Wood (disambiguation)}}
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| image         = Wally Wood self portrait.jpg
| alt           = A drawing of Wood's face in profile
| caption       = Self-portrait by Wood
| birth_name    = Wallace Allan Wood
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1927|6|17}}
| birth_place   = [[Menahga, Minnesota]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1981|11|2|1927|6|17}}
| death_place   = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| alias         = Woody
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| awards        = {{Collapsible list|[[National Cartoonists Society]] Comic Book Division awards, 1957, 1959, and 1965.<br /> 
[[Alley Award]], Best Pencil Artist, 1965<br />
[[Alley Award]], Best Inking Work, 1966<br />
[[Angoulême International Comics Festival]], [[Former prizes of the Angoulême International Comics Festival#Award for best foreign artist|Best Foreign Cartoonist Award]], 1978 <!--what is the bestowing body?--><br />
[[Jack Kirby Hall of Fame]], 1989<br />
[[The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame]], 1992<br />
[[Inkwell Awards]] Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame (2011)}}
}}
'''Wallace Allan Wood''' (June 17, 1927 – November 2, 1981)<ref name=Lambiek>{{cite web |url= http://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wood_wallace.htm|title= Wallace Wood|year= 2014|publisher= [[Lambiek|Lambiek Comiclopedia]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140605102918/http://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wood_wallace.htm|archive-date= June 5, 2014|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, widely known for his work on [[EC Comics]]'s titles such as ''[[Weird Science (comic)|Weird Science]]'', ''[[Weird Fantasy]]'',  and ''[[Mad (magazine)|MAD Magazine]]'' from its inception in 1952 until 1964, as well as for ''[[T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents]]'', and work for [[Warren Publishing]]'s ''[[Creepy (magazine)|Creepy]]''. He drew a few early issues of [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]'s ''[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)|Daredevil]]'' and established the title character's distinctive red costume. Wood created and owned the long-running characters ''[[Sally Forth (Wally Wood comic strip)|Sally Forth]]'' and ''[[Cannon (Wally Wood comic strip)|Cannon]]''.

He wrote, drew, and self-published two of the three [[graphic novel]]s of his [[Masterpiece|magnum opus]], ''[[The Wizard King (comic)|The Wizard King]]'' trilogy, about Odkin son of Odkin before his death by suicide.

Much of his early professional artwork is signed '''Wallace Wood'''; some people call him '''Wally Wood''', a name he disliked.<ref name=grain>{{cite book|editor-last = Stewart|editor-first = Bhob|editor-link = Bhob Stewart|title = Against the Grain: Mad Artist Wallace Wood|publisher = [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|year = 2003|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|isbn = 978-1893905283}}</ref> Within the comics community, he was also known as '''Woody''', a name he sometimes used as a signature.

In addition to Wood's hundreds of comic book pages, he illustrated for books and magazines while also working in a variety of other areas – advertising; [[packaging]] and product illustrations; [[joke|gag]] [[cartoons]]; [[LP (format)|record album]] covers; [[posters]]; [[print syndication|syndicated]] [[comic strip]]s; and [[trading cards]], including work on [[Topps]]'s landmark ''[[Mars Attacks]]'' set. <!--worded last phrase in manner to address the commented-out concerns, by attempting to acknowledge this key assignment without suggesting he was the only artist involved. This Wiki article details his Mars Attacks involvement in the section "1950s and the Silver Age" -->

EC publisher [[William Gaines]] once stated, "Wally may have been our most troubled artist ... I'm not suggesting any connection, but he may have been our most brilliant".<ref>{{cite book|last = Evanier|first = Mark|author-link = Mark Evanier|title = Mad Art : A Visual Celebration of the Art of Mad Magazine and the Idiots Who Create It|publisher = Watson-Guptill Publications|year = 2002|page = 47|isbn = 978-0823030804}}</ref>

He was the inaugural inductee into the comic book industry's [[Jack Kirby Hall of Fame]] in 1989, and was inducted into the [[The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame|Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame]] in 1992.

==Biography==

===Early life and career===
Wallace Wood was born June 17, 1927, in [[Menahga, Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Aamodt|first=Britt|title=Superheroes, Strip Artists, and Talking Animals: Minnesota's Contemporary Cartoonists|location=St. Paul, Minn.|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press|date=2011|isbn=9780873517775|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GPDBwgjINK8C|page=37}}</ref> He began reading and drawing comics at an early age. He was strongly influenced by the art styles of [[Alex Raymond]]'s ''[[Flash Gordon]]'', [[Milton Caniff]]'s ''[[Terry and the Pirates (comic strip)|Terry and the Pirates]]'', [[Hal Foster]]'s ''[[Prince Valiant]]'', [[Will Eisner]]'s ''[[Spirit (comics character)|The Spirit]]'' and especially [[Roy Crane]]'s ''[[Wash Tubbs]]''. Recalling his childhood, Wood said that his dream at age six, about finding a magic pencil that could draw anything, foretold his future as an artist.<ref name=grain/>
Wood graduated from high school in 1944, signed on with the [[United States Merchant Marine]] at the close of [[World War II]] and enlisted in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]]'s [[11th Airborne Division (United States)|11th Airborne Division]] in 1946. He went from training at [[Fort Benning]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], to [[Occupation of Japan|occupied Japan]], where he was assigned to the island of [[Hokkaidō]].

In 1947, at age 20, Wood enrolled in the [[Minneapolis School of Art]] but only lasted one term.<ref name="McLauchlin" /> Arriving in New York City with his brother Glenn and mother Alma (of [[Finnish Americans|Finnish]]<ref>David Saunders: [http://www.pulpartists.com/Wood.html WALLACE WOOD]</ref> descent), after his military discharge in July 1948, Wood found employment at [[Bickford's (restaurant)|Bickford's]] restaurant as a busboy. During his time off he carried his thick portfolio of drawings all over midtown Manhattan, visiting every publisher he could find. He briefly attended the [[Hogarth School of Art]] but dropped out after one semester. In 1948, he enrolled in the [[Cartoonists and Illustrators School]] (now known as the School of Visual Arts), staying less than one year (although he made a number of professional contacts which helped him later).<ref>Nadel, Dan. [http://comicscomicsmag.com/?p=715 "Wally Wood Should Have Beaten Them All,"] ''Comics Comics'' (FEBRUARY 18, 2010).</ref>

By October, after being rejected by every company he visited, Wood met fellow artist [[John Severin]] in the waiting room of a small publisher. After the two shared their experiences attempting to find work, Severin invited Wood to visit his studio, the Charles William Harvey Studio, where Wood met Charlie Stern, [[Harvey Kurtzman]] (who was working for Timely/Marvel) and [[Will Elder]]. At this studio Wood learned that Will Eisner was looking for a ''Spirit'' background artist. He immediately visited Eisner and was hired on the spot.

Over the next year, Wood also became an assistant to [[George Wunder]], who had taken over the Milton Caniff strip ''Terry and the Pirates''. Wood cited his "first job on my own" as ''Chief {{Proper name|Ob-stacle}}'', a continuing series of strips for a 1949 political newsletter. He entered the comic book field by [[letterer|lettering]], as he recalled in 1981: "The first professional job was lettering for [[Fox Feature Syndicate|Fox]] [[Romance comics in the United States (1946–1975)|romance comics]] in 1948. This lasted about a year. I also started doing backgrounds, then [[inker|inking]]. Most of it was the romance stuff. For complete pages, it was $5 a page ... Twice a week, I would ink ten pages in one day".<ref>Wallace Wood interview, originally published in ''The Buyer's Guide'' No. 403 (August 1, 1981), reprinted in ''Comic Book Artist'' No. 14 (July 2001); p. 18 of the latter.</ref>

Artists' representative Renaldo Epworth helped Wood land his early comic-book assignments, making it unclear if that connection led to Wood's lettering or to his comics-art debut, the ten-page story "The Tip Off Woman" {{sic}} in the [[Fox Comics]] [[Western comics|Western]] ''Women Outlaws'' No. 4 (cover-dated January 1949, on sale late 1948). Wood's next known comic-book art did not appear until Fox's ''My Confession'' No. 7 (August 1949), at which time he began working almost continuously on the company's similar ''My Experience'', ''My Secret Life'', ''My Love Story'' and ''My True Love: Thrilling Confession Stories''. His first signed work is believed to be in ''My Confession'' #8 (October 1949), with the name "Woody" half-hidden on a theater [[marquee (sign)|marquee]]. He penciled and inked two stories in that issue: "I Was Unwanted" (nine pages) and "My Tarnished Reputation" (ten pages).

Wood began at EC co-penciling and co-inking with [[Harry Harrison (writer)|Harry Harrison]] the story "Too Busy For Love" (''Modern Love'' #5), and fully penciling the lead story, "I Was Just a Playtime Cowgirl", in ''Saddle Romances'' No. 11 (April 1950), inked by Harrison.<ref name="GCD">{{gcdb|type=credit|search= Wallace+Wood|title= Wallace Wood}} and {{gcdb|type=credit|search= Wally+Wood|title= Wally Wood}}</ref>

===1950s===
Working from a Manhattan studio at West 64th Street and Columbus Avenue, Wood began to attract attention in 1950 with his  science-fiction artwork for EC and [[Avon (publishers)|Avon Comics]], some in collaboration with [[Joe Orlando]]. During this period, he drew in a wide variety of subjects and genres, including adventure, romance, war and [[horror fiction|horror]]; message stories (for EC's ''[[Shock SuspenStories]]''); and eventually [[satire|satirical]] humor for writer/editor [[Harvey Kurtzman]] in ''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]'' including a satire of the [[National Comics Publications v. Fawcett Publications|lawsuit]] [[Superman]]'s publisher [[DC Comics|DC]] filed against [[Captain Marvel (DC Comics)|Captain Marvel]]'s publisher [[Fawcett Comics|Fawcett]] called "[[Superduperman!]]" battling Captain Marbles.<ref>{{cite book|last = Daniels|first = Les|author-link = Les Daniels|chapter= The Comics Code Crunch|title = DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes|publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company|Bulfinch Press]]|year = 1995|location= New York, New York|page = 115|isbn = 0821220764|quote= In the fourth issue [of ''Mad''] (April–May 1953), writer Harvey Kurtzman and artist Wallace Wood make light of the lawsuit between Superman and Captain Marvel.}}</ref>

Wood was instrumental in convincing EC publisher [[William Gaines]] to start a line of science fiction comics, ''[[Weird Science (comic)|Weird Science]]'' and ''[[Weird Fantasy]]'' (later combined under the single title ''[[Weird Science-Fantasy]]'').  Wood penciled and inked several dozen EC science fiction stories. Wood also had frequent entries in ''[[Two-Fisted Tales]]'' and ''[[Tales from the Crypt (comic)|Tales from the Crypt]]'', as well as the later EC titles ''[[Valor (EC Comics)|Valor]]'', ''[[Piracy (comics)|Piracy]]'', and ''[[Aces High (comics)|Aces High]]''.<ref name="GCD" />

Working over scripts and pencil breakdowns by [[Jules Feiffer]], the 25-year-old Wood drew two months of [[Will Eisner]]'s  Sunday-supplement newspaper comic book ''The Spirit'', on the 1952 story arc "The Spirit in Outer Space". Eisner, Wood recalled, paid him "about $30 a week for lettering and backgrounds on ''The Spirit''. Sometimes he paid $40 when I did the drawings, too".<ref>Wood interview, ''Comic Book Artist'' No. 14, p. 19</ref>
[[File:WallyWoodBookCovers.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Books illustrated by Wood]]
Feiffer, in 2010, recalled Wood's studio, "which was at that time in the very slummy [[Upper West Side]] [of Manhattan] in the [West] 60s, years before it was [the] Lincoln Center [area]. It was a cartoonist and science-fiction writers' ghetto – just a huge room where the walls were knocked down, dark, smelly, roach-infested, and all these cartoonists and writers bent over their tables. One was [science-fiction writer] [[Harry Harrison (writer)|Harry Harrison]]."<ref>Transcript of March 24, 2010, Feiffer interview at the [[Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art]], published as [http://filmfestivaltraveler.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=705%3Ajules-feiffer-qa&catid=31%3Ageneral&limitstart=1 "Backing into Jules Feiffer: An Exclusive Q&A"], p.2, FilmFestivalTraveler.com, April 18, 2010. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120320053129/http://filmfestivaltraveler.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=705:jules-feiffer-qa&catid=31:general WebCitation archive].</ref>

Between 1957 and 1967, Wood produced both covers and interiors for more than 60 issues of the science-fiction digest ''[[Galaxy Science Fiction]]'', illustrating such authors as [[Isaac Asimov]], [[Philip K. Dick]], [[Jack Finney]], [[Cyril M. Kornbluth|C. M. Kornbluth]], [[Frederik Pohl]], [[Robert Silverberg]], [[Robert Sheckley]], [[Clifford D. Simak]] and [[Jack Vance]]. He painted six covers for ''Galaxy Science Fiction Novels'' between 1952 and 1958. His gag cartoons appeared in the [[Men's adventure|men's magazines]] ''Dude'', ''Gent'' and ''Nugget''. He [[inker|inked]] the first eight months of the 1958–1961 syndicated comic strip ''[[Sky Masters of the Space Force]]'', penciled by [[Jack Kirby]].<ref>{{cite book|last= Evanier|first= Mark|title= Kirby: King of Comics|publisher= [[Abrams Books]]|year= 2008|location= New York, New York|page= 106|isbn= 978-0810994478|quote= The artwork was exquisite, in no small part because Dave Wood had the idea to hire Wally Wood (no relation) to handle the inking.|title-link= Kirby: King of Comics}}</ref>

Wood expanded into book illustrations, including for the picture-cover editions (though not the dust-jacket editions) of titles in the 1959 Aladdin Books reissues of Bobbs Merrill's 1947 "Childhood of Famous Americans" series.<ref>Guthridge, Sue. ''Tom Edison, Boy Inventor''. Illustrated by Wood. New York : Aladdin Books; London : Collier Macmillan, 1986, c1959</ref>

===Silver Age and Bronze Age===
Wood additionally did art and stories for comic-book companies large and small – from [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] (and its 1950s iteration [[Atlas Comics (1950s)|Atlas Comics]]), [[DC Comics|DC]] (including ''[[House of Mystery]]'' and [[Jack Kirby]]'s ''[[Challengers of the Unknown]]''), and [[Warren Publishing|Warren]] (''[[Creepy (magazine)|Creepy]]'', ''[[Eerie (magazine)|Eerie]]'', ''[[1984 (magazine)|1984]]''), to such smaller firms as [[Avon Comics|Avon]] (''Eerie'', ''[[Strange Worlds (Avon Comics)|Strange Worlds]]''), [[Charlton Comics|Charlton]] (''War and Attack'', ''Jungle Jim''), [[Fox Features Syndicate|Fox]] (''[[Martin Kane, Private Eye]]''), [[Gold Key Comics|Gold Key]] (''[[M.A.R.S. Patrol Total War]]'', ''Fantastic Voyage''), [[Harvey Comics|Harvey]] (''Unearthly Spectaculars''),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wells |first1=John |title=American Comic Book Chronicles: 1965-1969 |date=2014 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=978-1605490557 |pages=99–100}}</ref> [[King Comics]] (''[[Jungle Jim]]''), [[Atlas/Seaboard Comics|Atlas/Seaboard]] (''The Destructor''),<ref>{{cite journal |last=Arndt|first=Richard J.|title="Nice" Is the Word: A Few Words on Archie Goodwin|journal=[[Back Issue!]]|issue=103 |page=12|publisher=[[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date=April 2018 |location=Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> [[Youthful (publisher)|Youthful]] (''Captain Science'') and the toy company [[Wham-O]] (''Wham-O Giant Comics'').<ref name="GCD" /> In 1965, Wood, Len Brown, and possibly [[Larry Ivie]]<ref>Ivie, Larry, "Ivie League Heroes", ''Comic Book Artist'' No. 14 (July 2001), pp. 64–68</ref> created ''[[T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents]]'' for [[Tower Comics]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.toonopedia.com/thunder.htm|title= T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents|first= Don|last= Markstein|year= 2010|publisher= [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130625063331/http://www.toonopedia.com/thunder.htm|archive-date= June 25, 2013|url-status= live|df= mdy-all|quote= The series was created by Wallace Wood, whose art had been seen throughout the comics industry since 1947 ... Wood was mainly responsible for the overall look of the series.}}</ref> He wrote and drew the 1967 [[print syndication|syndicated]] [[Newspaper Enterprise Association#NEA Christmas strip|Christmas comic strip]] ''Bucky's Christmas Caper''.<ref>Starger, Steve and J. David Spurlock, ''Wally's World'' (Vanguard Productions, 2007), p. 177. {{ISBN|1-887591-80-X}}</ref> During the 1960s, Wood did many [[trading cards]] and humor products for [[Topps]] Chewing Gum, including concept roughs for Topps' famed 1962 ''[[Mars Attacks]]'' cards prior to the final art by [[Bob Powell (comics)|Bob Powell]] and [[Norman Saunders]].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-07-23/Mars-Attacks-50th-anniversary-cards-comics/56441958/1|title= ''Mars Attacks'' again, 50 years later|first= Brian|last= Truitt|date= July 23, 2012|newspaper= [[USA Today]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150403220533/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-07-23/Mars-Attacks-50th-anniversary-cards-comics/56441958/1|archive-date= April 3, 2015|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}</ref> 
[[File:Daredevil cover - number 7.jpg|thumb|left|''[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)|Daredevil]]'' #7 (April 1964): Wood's best-known work for Marvel, debuting Daredevil's modern red costume.]]
For Marvel during the [[Silver Age of Comic Books]], Wood's work as penciler-inker of ''[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)|Daredevil]]'' #5–8 and inker over Bob Powell of issues #9-11 established the title character's distinctive red costume (in issue #7).<ref>{{cite book|last = Daniels|first = Les|chapter= The Marvel Age (1961–1970)|title = Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics|publisher = Abrams Books|year = 1991|page = 120|isbn = 9780810938212|quote= The complicated red-and-yellow costume that [Bill] Everett created for the original ''Daredevil'' cover was changed by artist Wally Wood to simpler red tights. The more devilish new costume is the one that ultimately lasted.}}</ref> Wood and [[Stan Lee]] introduced the [[Stilt-Man]] in ''Daredevil'' #8 (June 1965).<ref>{{cite book|last1 = DeFalco|first1 = Tom|author-link = Tom DeFalco|editor-last= Gilbert|editor-first= Laura|chapter= 1960s|title = Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History|publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year = 2008|location= London, United Kingdom|page = 108|isbn =978-0756641238|quote= The Stilt-Man sprang into action in ''Daredevil'' #8. Created by Stan Lee and Wally Wood, his limited powers made him a joke among other criminals.}}</ref> When Daredevil guest-starred in ''[[Fantastic Four]]'' #39–40, Wood inked that character, over Jack Kirby pencils, on the covers and throughout the interior.<ref>Per Stan Lee in letters page, ''Fantastic Four'' N#42 (Sept. 1965)</ref>

Wood penciled and inked the first four 10-page installments of the company's "[[Doctor Doom|Dr. Doom]]" feature in ''[[Astonishing Tales]]'' #1–4 (Aug. 1970-Feb. 1971),<ref>[[Peter Sanderson|Sanderson, Peter]] "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 146: "Marvel's second split book of 1970 gave two longtime Marvel stars their own series. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby collaborated on the first installment of the new series starring Ka-Zar ... Marvel's greatest villain, Dr. Doom, also received his own series, scripted by Roy Thomas and drawn ... [by] Wally Wood."</ref> and both wrote and drew anthological horror/suspense tales in ''[[Tower of Shadows]]'' #5–8 (May–Nov. 1970), as well as sporadic other work.<ref>Wood inked ''[[Avengers (comics)|The Avengers]]'' #20–22 and the "[[Iron Man]]" feature in ''[[Tales of Suspense]]'' #71, both over penciler [[Don Heck]], as well as the "[[Human Torch]]" feature in ''[[Strange Tales]]'' #134, over Powell, in 1965; ''[[Captain America (comic book)|Captain America]]'' #127, over [[Gene Colan]], in 1970; ''[[Kull of Atlantis|Kull the Conqueror]]'' #1, over [[Ross Andru]], and "[[Red Wolf (comics)|Red Wolf]]" in ''[[Marvel Spotlight]]'' #1, over [[Syd Shores]], in 1971; and ''[[Tigra|The Cat]]'' #1, over [[Marie Severin]], in 1972. He inked Kirby on the covers of ''Avengers'' #20–21 and ''[[Uncanny X-Men|The X-Men]]'' #14. The Grand Comics Database also cites "additional inks ... uncredited" on the Kirby layouts and [[George Tuska]] pencil and ink work of the "Captain America" feature in ''Tales of Suspense'' #71.</ref>

In circles concerned with [[copyright]] and intellectual property issues, Wood is known as the artist of the unsigned [[satire|satirical]] [[The Disneyland Memorial Orgy|Disneyland Memorial Orgy]] poster, which first appeared in [[Paul Krassner]]'s magazine ''[[The Realist]]''.<ref>Krassner, Paul, and Wally Wood [http://www.ep.tc/realist/74/12.html "The Disneyland Memorial Orgy"], ''The Realist'' Archive Project: ''The Realist'' #74, May 1967, pp. 12–13. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110221130131/http://www.ep.tc/realist/74/12.html WebCitation archive]. Credits listed at archive's [http://www.ep.tc/realist/74/24.html May 1967 Contents Page]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20101216163721/http://ep.tc/realist/74/24.html WebCitation archive].</ref> The poster depicts a number of [[copyrighted]] [[Disney]] characters in various unsavory activities (including sex acts and drug use), with huge dollar signs radiating from [[Cinderella's Castle]]. Wood himself, as late as 1981, when asked who did that drawing, said only, "I'd rather not say anything about that! It was the most pirated drawing in history! Everyone was printing copies of that. I understand some people got busted for selling it. I always thought Disney stuff was pretty sexy ... [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White]], etc."<ref>''Comic Book Artist'' No. 14, p. 20</ref> Disney took no legal action against either Krassner or ''The Realist'' but did sue a publisher of a "[[blacklight]]" version of the poster, who used the image without Krassner's permission. The case was settled out of court.

At DC Comics, he and [[Jim Shooter]] launched the ''[[Captain Action]]'' comic book series in 1968.<ref>{{cite book|last1=McAvennie|first1= Michael|editor-last=Dolan|editor-first=Hannah|chapter= 1960s|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= 131 |quote= Writer Jim Shooter and artist Wally Wood helmed November [1968]'s ''Captain Action'' #1, based on Ideal's popular action figure.}}</ref> The following year, Wood briefly served as inker of the ''[[Superboy (comic book)|Superboy]]'' series.<ref>{{cite book|author-link= Paul Levitz|last=Levitz|first= Paul|chapter= The Silver Age 1956–1970|title= 75 Years of DC Comics The Art of Modern Mythmaking|publisher= [[Taschen]]|year=2010|location= Cologne, Germany|isbn= 9783836519816|page= 325|quote= In 1969, ''Superboy'' ... swerved radically from the complacent Super-house style once writer Frank Robbins came aboard ... Overnight the comic was reinvented with realistic teen angst, natural dialogue, and a sex appeal that was only aided by the inks of good-girl artist Wally Wood. Under his brush, Lana Lang never looked hotter.}}</ref> Discovering from [[Roy Thomas]] that Jack Kirby had returned to DC in 1970, Wood called editor [[Joe Orlando]] in an attempt to get the assignment to ink Kirby's new work, but that role was already filled by [[Vince Colletta]].<ref>{{cite book|last= Ro|first= Ronin|author-link= Ronin Ro|title= Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and the American Comic Book Revolution|publisher = Bloomsbury|year = 2004|page= 151|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=CFhbqswztWkC&q=Tales+To+Astonish+%3A+Jack+Kirby%2C+Stan+Lee+New+Gods+Wood&pg=PA151|isbn = 1582343454}}</ref> That same year, Wood was a ghost artist for an episode of ''[[Prince Valiant]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/foster_hal.htm|title= Hal Foster|date= November 25, 2011|publisher= Lambiek Comiclopedia|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131025192255/http://lambiek.net/artists/f/foster_hal.htm|archive-date= October 25, 2013|url-status= live|df=mdy-all|quote= Hal Foster grew older, too – after all, he was already 44 when he started ''Prince Valiant''! He decided to start working with assistants. Three artists worked with him: Gray Morrow, Wally Wood and John Cullen Murphy.}}</ref> Wood worked on various series for DC between 1975 and 1977, producing several covers for ''[[Plop!]]''<ref>McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 156: "From the lavish covers of Basil Wolverton and Wally Wood to one-page gags and stories too peculiar for even the likes of a ''Mad'' magazine, ''Plop!'' lived ... by its own macabre rules."</ref> and inking the pencil artwork of [[Steve Ditko]] and Jack Kirby on ''[[Stalker (comics)|Stalker]]''<ref>{{cite book|last= Ross|first= Jonathan|author-link= Jonathan Ross|chapter= Introduction|title= The Steve Ditko Omnibus Volume One Starring Shade, the Changing Man|publisher= [[DC Comics]]|year= 2011|page= 11|isbn= 978-1401231118|quote= I'll make do with re-reading these wonderful four issues in which Ditko's beautiful pencils are ennobled by the incomparable Wally Wood's inks.}}</ref> and ''The [[Sandman (DC Comics)#Garrett Sanford|Sandman]]'' respectively.<ref name="GCD" /> He worked on the ''[[Hercules (DC Comics)|Hercules Unbound]]'' series as well, providing inks for [[José Luis García-López]]<ref>{{cite book|last= Nolen-Weathington|first= Eric|title= Modern Masters, Volume 5: José Luis García-López|publisher= TwoMorrows Publishing|year= 2005|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|pages= 27–28|isbn= 978-1893905443}}</ref> and [[Walt Simonson]].<ref>{{cite book|last1= Nolen-Weathington|first1= Eric|last2= Ash|first2= Roger|title= Modern Masters, Volume 8: Walter Simonson|publisher= TwoMorrows Publishing|year= 2006|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|page= 25|isbn= 978-1893905641}}</ref> Wood penciled and inked ''[[All Star Comics]]'' and contributed to the creation of [[Power Girl]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.toonopedia.com/powrgirl.htm|title= Power Girl|first= Don|last= Markstein|year= 2010|publisher= Don Markstein's Toonopedia|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130622134641/http://www.toonopedia.com/powrgirl.htm|archive-date= June 22, 2013|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}</ref> by exaggerating the size of her breasts.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.newsfromme.com/2012/07/04/foto-file-2/|title= Foto File|first= Mark|last= Evanier|date= July 4, 2012|publisher= News From ME|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120713043233/http://www.newsfromme.com/2012/07/04/foto-file-2/|archive-date= July 13, 2012|url-status= live|df=mdy-all|quote= Fans noticed that her chest seemed to grow from issue to issue. I was around once when Woody was asked about this. He said that it was his intention to add about a half-inch to her bustline every issue and see how long it would be before someone told him to stop. Wood only did eight or nine issues and I think someone told him to stop around his sixth}}</ref>  Active with the 1970s [[Academy of Comic Book Arts]], Wood contributed to several editions of the annual ''[[Academy of Comic Book Arts#ACBA Sketchbook|ACBA Sketchbook]]''. In one of his final assignments, Wood returned to a character he helped define, inking [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller]]'s cover of ''Daredevil'' #164 (May 1980). His last known mainstream credit was inking ''[[Wonder Woman]]'' #269 (July 1980).<ref name="GCD" />

Over several decades, numerous artists worked at the Wood Studio. Associates and assistants included [[Dan Adkins]],<ref>Adkins in {{cite journal|url= http://twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/07adkins.html|title= Dan Adkins' Strange Tales|first= Jon B.|last= Cooke|journal= [[Comic Book Artist]]|issue= 7|date= February 2000|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|publisher= TwoMorrows Publishing|archive-date= October 21, 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071021212930/http://twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/07adkins.html |url-status= live|df=mdy-all}} Reprinted in {{cite book|title= Comic Book Artist Collection, Volume 3|publisher= TwoMorrows Publishing|editor-first= Jon|editor-last= Cooke|year= 2009|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|isbn= 978-1893905429|page= [https://books.google.com/books?id=F9bAN1DE7igC&pg=PA38 38]}}</ref> [[Richard Bassford]], [[Howard Chaykin]],<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> Tony Coleman, [[Nick Cuti]],<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.cbr.com/cci-nicola-cuti-earns-inkpot-honor/|title= CCI: Nicola Cuti Earns Inkpot Honor|first= Andrew|last= Wahl|date= July 23, 2009|publisher= Comic Book Resources|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160919033837/http://www.cbr.com/cci-nicola-cuti-earns-inkpot-honor/|archive-date= September 19, 2016|url-status= live|df=mdy-all|quote= Before long, Cuti would fall in with the legendary Wally Wood, with whom he would share a studio in Long Island.}}</ref> [[Leo and Diane Dillon]], [[Larry Hama]],<ref>{{cite journal|first1= Jim|last1= Salicrup|first2= Dwight Jon|last2= Zimmerman|author-link1= Jim Salicrup|date= September 1986|title= Larry Hama (part 2)|journal= [[Comics Interview]]|issue= 38|pages= 36–45|publisher= [[Fictioneer Books]]}}</ref> [[Russ Jones]], [[Wayne Howard]],<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/howard_wayne.htm|title= Wayne Howard |date= October 2, 2015|publisher= Lambiek Comiclopedia|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160915152213/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/howard_wayne.htm|archive-date= September 15, 2016|url-status= live|df=mdy-all|quote= He joined Wally Wood's studios in Long Island, New York, around 1969.}}</ref> [[Paul Kirchner]], Joe Orlando, [[Bill Pearson (American writer)|Bill Pearson]], Al Sirois, [[Ralph Reese]],<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/reese_ralph.htm|title= Ralph Reese|date= 2016|publisher= Lambiek Comiclopedia|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160305094912/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/reese_ralph.htm|archive-date= March 5, 2016|url-status= live|df=mdy-all|quote= From the age of 16, Ralph Reese assisted Wallace Wood on a number of projects, including the DC series ''Superboy'' and a series of Topps trading cards.}}</ref> [[Bhob Stewart]], [[Tatjana Wood]],<ref name="McLauchlin" /> and [[Mike Zeck]].

===Publisher===
In 1966, Wood launched the independent magazine ''[[witzend]]'' (originally to be titled ''et cetera'', a name which had to be withdrawn when Wood was told another magazine had already used this) one of the first [[alternative comics]], a decade before [[Mike Friedrich]]'s ''[[Star Reach]]'' or [[Flo Steinberg]]'s ''[[Big Apple Comix]]'' for which Wood drew the cover and contributed a story. Wood offered his fellow professionals the opportunity to contribute illustrations and graphic stories that detoured from the usual conventions of the comics industry. After the fourth issue, Wood turned ''witzend'' over to [[Bill Pearson (American writer)|Bill Pearson]], who continued as editor and publisher through the 1970s and into the 1980s.
Wood additionally collected his feature ''[[Sally Forth (Wally Wood)|Sally Forth]]'', published in the U.S. servicemen's periodicals ''Military News'' and ''[[Overseas Weekly]]'' in 1968–1974, in a series of four oversize (10"x12") magazines. Pearson, in 1993–95, reformatted the strips into a series of comics published by [[Eros Comix]], an imprint of [[Fantagraphics Books]], which in 1998 collected the entire run into a single 160-page volume.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.toonopedia.com/sallyf-1.htm|title= Sally Forth|first= Don|last= Markstein|year= 2007|publisher= Don Markstein's Toonopedia|archive-url= https://archive.today/20240527015011/https://www.webcitation.org/6QVojvPxN?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/sallyf-1.htm|archive-date= May 27, 2024|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}</ref>

In 1969, Wood created another independent comic, ''[[Heroes, Inc. Presents Cannon]]'', intended for his "Sally Forth" military readership as indicated in the ads and indicia. Artists [[Steve Ditko]] and [[Ralph Reese]] and writer [[Ron Whyte]] are credited with primary writer-artist Wood on three features: "Cannon", "The Misfits",<ref>[http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/m/misfitsww.htm Wally Wood's "Misfits"] at An International Catalogue of Superheroes.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110718172624/http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/m/misfitsww.htm WebCitation archive].</ref> and "Dragonella". A second magazine-format issue was published in 1976 by Wood and [[CPL Gang Publications]]. [[Larry Hama]], one of Wood's assistants, said, "I did script about three ''Sally Forth'' stories and a few of the ''Cannon'''s. I wrote the main ''Sally Forth'' story in the first reprint book, which is actually dedicated to me, mostly because I lent Woody the money to publish it".<ref>[http://joeguide.com/hama/artist.shtml JoeGuide.com: "Larry Hama: Writer & Artist"], no date. Original link dead as of at least February 4, 2010. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19960101010101/http://joeguide.com/hama/artist.shtml |date=January 1, 1996 }}.</ref>

In 1980 and 1981, Wood did two issues of a completely pornographic comic book, titled ''Gang Bang''. It featured two sexually explicit ''Sally Forth'' stories, and sexually explicit versions of [[Disney]]'s ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', titled ''So White and the Six Dorks''; ''[[Terry and the Pirates (comic strip)|Terry and The Pirates]]'', titled ''Perry and the Privates''; ''[[Prince Valiant]]'', titled ''Prince Violate''; ''[[Superman]]'' and ''[[Wonder Woman]]'', titled ''Stuporman Meets Blunder Woman''; ''[[Flash Gordon]]'', titled ''Flasher Gordon''; and ''[[Tarzan]]'' titled ''Starzan''. A third volume, published in 1983, contained three more sexually explicit parodies of ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'', titled ''Malice in Blunderland''; a second Flash Gordon sendup titled ''Flesh Fucker Meets Women's Lib!''; and ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|The Wizard of Oz]]'', titled ''The Blizzard of Ooze''.

=== "Panels That Always Work" ===
Wood struggled to be as efficient as possible in the often low-paying comics industry.<ref name="Evanier">{{cite web |url= http://www.newsfromme.com/2010/07/02/todays-video-link-158/|title= Today's Video Link|first= Mark|last= Evanier|date= July 2, 2010 |publisher= News From ME|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140625004310/http://www.newsfromme.com/2010/07/02/todays-video-link-158/|archive-date=June 25, 2014 |url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Over time he created a series of layout techniques sketched on pieces of paper which he taped up near his drawing table. These "visual notes," collected on three pages,<ref name="Hama" /> reminded Wood (and select assistants he showed the pages to)<ref name="Johnson" /> of various layouts and compositional techniques to keep his pages dynamic and interesting.<ref name="Evanier" /> (In the same vein, Wood also taped up another note to himself: "Never draw anything you can copy, never copy anything you can trace, never trace anything you can cut out and paste up.")<ref name="Hama">Hama, quoted in Johnson, Joel. [http://joeljohnson.com/archives/2006/08/wally_woods_22.html "Wally Wood's 22 Panels That Always Work: Unlimited Edition,"] Joel Johnson's blog, August 18, 2006. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110504012949/http://joeljohnson.com/archives/2006/08/wally_woods_22.html WebCitation archive].</ref>

In 1980, Wood's original, three-page, 24-panel (not 22) version of "Panels" was published with the proper copyright notice in ''The Wallace Wood Sketchbook'' (Crouch/Wood 1980).<ref name="1980 Crouch Sketchbook">Wallace Wood Sketchbook (Crouch, 1980). [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/006773435].</ref> Around 1981,<ref name="Hama" /> Wood's ex-assistant [[Larry Hama]], by then an editor at [[Marvel Comics]], pasted up photocopies of Wood's copyrighted drawings on a single page, which Hama titled "Wally Wood's 22 Panels That Always Work!!" (It was subtitled, "Or some interesting ways to get some variety into those boring panels where some dumb writer has a bunch of lame characters sitting around and talking for page after page!") Hama left out two of the original 24 panels as his photocopies were too faint to make out some of the lightest sketches.<ref name="1980 Crouch Sketchbook"/> Hama distributed Wood's "elegantly simple primer to basic storytelling"<ref name="Heidi">McDonald, Heidi. [http://comicsbeat.com/wally-woods-22-panels-that-always-work-unlimited-edition/ "Wally Wood's 22 Panels That Always Work: Unlimited Edition"], ''The Beat'', August 21, 2006. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110726122636/http://www.comicsbeat.com/2006/08/21/wally-woods-22-panels-that-always-work-unlimited-edition/ WebCitation archive].</ref> to artists in the Marvel bullpen, who in turn passed them on to their friends and associates.<ref name="Johnson">Johnson.</ref> Eventually, "22 Panels" made the rounds of just about every cartoonist or aspiring comic book artist in the industry and achieved its own iconic status.<ref name="Heidi" />

Wood's "Panels That Always Work" is [[copyright]] Wallace Wood Properties, LLC as listed by the [[United States Copyright Office]] which assigned the work Registration Number VA0001814764.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=VA0001814764&Search_Code=REGS&PID=ZvxlSfE-id8ZII5csvh4n1bGviiyq&SEQ=20120623224209&CNT=25&HIST=1|title= Panels That Always Work|date= n.d.|publisher= [[United States Copyright Office]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220103041434/https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=VA0001814764&Search_Code=REGS&PID=ZvxlSfE-id8ZII5csvh4n1bGviiyq&SEQ=20120623224209&CNT=25&HIST=1|archive-date= January 3, 2022|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}</ref>

==== Homages and tributes to "22 Panels" ====
In 1986, Tom Christopher, who had been given a copy by Larry Hama at the DC office in 1978 light-boxed the pages, incorporating a non-linear dialogue, and asked Par Holman to ink it. Holman inked and lettered the piece, and the completed art was distributed through [[Clay Geerdes]]' Comics World Co-Op, whose members produced mini- and digest-sized comics. In 2006, writer/artist Joel Johnson bought the Larry Hama paste-up of photocopies at auction and made it available for wide distribution on the Internet.<ref name="Johnson" /> In 2010 Anne Lukeman of Kill Vampire Lincoln Productions produced a short film adapting the "22 Panels That Always Work" into a ''[[film noir]]''-style experimental piece called ''22 Frames That Always Work''.<ref>Beschizza, Rob. [http://boingboing.net/2010/07/01/22-movie-making-tech.html "22 movie making techniques that always work..."], ''BoingBoing'', July 1, 2010. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110808002102/http://boingboing.net/2010/07/01/22-movie-making-tech.html WebCitation archive].</ref> Artist [[Rafael Kayanan]] created a revised version of "22 Panels" that used actual art from published Wood comics to illustrate each frame.<ref>Thompson, Steven. [http://wallywoodart.blogspot.com/2010/11/woods-22-panels-revisited.html "Wood's 22 Panels Revisited"], Hooray for Wally Wood, November 3, 2010. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110901222346/http://wallywoodart.blogspot.com/2010/11/woods-22-panels-revisited.html WebCitation archive].</ref> In 2006, cartoonist and publisher Cheese Hasselberger created "Cheese's 22 Panels That Never Work," featuring bizarre situations and generally poor storytelling techniques.<ref>[http://houseoftwelve.tumblr.com/post/7677566349/cheeses-22-panel-that-never-work-cheese "Cheese's 22 Panels That Never Work!"] HouseOfTwelve.com. Accessed August 2, 2011.</ref> In 2012, [[Michael Avon Oeming]] created a ''[[Powers (comics)|Powers]]''-themed update/homage to "22 Panels," making it available for distribution.<ref>Arrant, Chris. [http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2012/06/mike-oemings-homage-to-wally-woods-22-panels-that-always-work/ "Mike Oeming’s homage to Wally Wood’s 22 Panels That Always Work,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505191319/http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2012/06/mike-oemings-homage-to-wally-woods-22-panels-that-always-work/ |date=May 5, 2016 }} Comic Book Resources: "Robot 6" (June 1, 2012).</ref> In July 2012, [[Cerebus TV]] producer Max Southall brought together materials and released a documentary<ref>{{cite web |url= http://cerebus.tv/donate/index.php|title= CerebusTV #36 (Wally Wood episode)|date= July 2012|publisher= Cerebus.tv  |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140828012525/http://cerebus.tv/donate/index.php|archive-date= August 28, 2014|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> that featured [[Dave Sim]]'s homage to Wallace Wood and a focus on his 22 Panels, including a tribute that features a creation using the motif of one of them, depicting Daredevil and Wood himself, in Wallace Wood style – and the Wallace Wood Estate's official print of the panels.

===Personal life and final years===
Wood was married three times. His first marriage was to artist [[Tatjana Wood]], who later did extensive work as a comic-book [[colorist]]. Their marriage ended in the late 1960s. His second marriage, to Marilyn Silver, also ended in divorce.<ref name="McLauchlin">{{cite journal|last= McLauchlin|first= Jim|title= Tragic Genius: Wally Wood|journal= [[Wizard (magazine)|Wizard]]|issue= 228|date = July 2010|url= http://heroinitiative.blogspot.com/2010/06/tragic-genius-wally-wood.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232423/http://heroinitiative.blogspot.com/2010/06/tragic-genius-wally-wood.html|archive-date= December 30, 2013|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

For much of his adult life, Wood had chronic, unexplainable headaches. In the 1970s, following bouts with [[alcoholism]], Wood had [[kidney failure]]. A stroke in 1978 caused a loss of [[Visual perception|vision]] in one eye. Faced with declining health and career prospects, he shot and killed himself in Los Angeles on 
November 2, 1981.<ref name=Lambiek/><ref name="McLauchlin"/> Toward the end of his life, an embittered Wood would say, according to one biography, "If I had it all to do over again, I'd cut off my hands."<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Stewart|editor-first1=Bhob|editor-last2=Pearson|editor-first2=Bill|editor-last3=Hill|editor-first3=Roger|title=Against the Grain: MAD Artist Wallace Wood|publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing|year=2003|location=Raleigh, North Carolina|isbn=9781893905238|page= [https://books.google.com/books?id=D3Up5Fqyc6MC&q=%E2%80%9CIf+I+had+it+all+to+do+over+again%2C+I%E2%80%99d+cut+off+my+hands.%E2%80%9D&pg=PA321 321]}}</ref>

===Biographies, criticism, collections===

''Wally's World: The Brilliant Life & Tragic Death of Wally Wood, the World's 2nd Best Comic Book Artist'' by Steve Starger & [[J. David Spurlock]], is a comprehensive biography. It was published in 2006 by [[Vanguard Productions (publisher)|Vanguard]], which also publishes collections of Wood's comic book work, including ''Wally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction'', ''Wally Wood: Eerie Tales of Crime & Horror'',  ''Wally Wood: Dare-Devil Aces'', ''Wally Wood: Jungle Adventures'', ''Wally Wood: Torrid Tales of Romance'', new editions of ''[[The Wizard King (comic)|The Wizard King]]'' books, and the ''Wally Wood Sketchbook''.

In 2017 and 2018, [[Fantagraphics Books]] published ''The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood'', a set of two hardcover books ({{ISBN|978-1-60699-815-1}}, {{ISBN|978-1-68396-068-3}}), mainly compiled by his former assistant [[Bhob Stewart]] over a 30-year period. It is a revised, expanded, and uncensored version of his previous Wood book ''Against the Grain: Mad Artist Wallace Wood'' ([[TwoMorrows Publishing|TwoMorrows]], 2003). It features personal recollections of Wood's friends, colleagues, and assistants, including [[John Severin]], [[Al Williamson]], [[Paul Krassner]], [[Trina Robbins]], [[Larry Hama]], and [[Paul Levitz]]; previously unpublished artwork and photographs; and a detailed examination of his life and career. It was Stewart's last publishing project, but he did not live to see it in print.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcj.com/report-to-readers-the-life-and-legend-of-wallace-wood-volume-2/ |title=Report to Readers: The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood Volume 2 |publisher=The Comics Journal |date=2018-03-19 |access-date=2018-10-26}}</ref>

==Awards==
*[[National Cartoonists Society]] Comic Book Division awards, 1957, 1959, and 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.reuben.org/ncs-awards/division-awards#comic|title= Division Awards Comic Books|year= 2013|publisher= [[National Cartoonists Society]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131216074848/http://www.reuben.org/ncs-awards/division-awards/#comic|archive-date= December 16, 2013|url-status= live|df= mdy-all|access-date= December 16, 2013}}</ref> 
*[[Alley Award]], Best Pencil Artist, 1965<ref name="WhosWho">[[Jerry Bails|Bails, Jerry]], and Hames Ware. [http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=WOOD%2c+WALLY Wood, Wally (entry)], ''Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999''. Accessed April 5, 2011. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120318011932/http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=WOOD,+WALLY WebCitation archive].</ref>
* Alley Award, Best Inking Work, 1966<ref name="WhosWho" />
*[[Former prizes of the Angoulême International Comics Festival#Award for best foreign artist|Best Foreign Cartoonist Award]], [[Angoulême International Comics Festival]], 1978 <!--what is the bestowing body?-->
*[[Inkpot Award]], 1980<ref>[https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot Inkpot Award]</ref>
*[[Jack Kirby Hall of Fame]], 1989<ref name="WhosWho" />
*[[The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame]], 1992<ref name="WhosWho" />
* The [[Inkwell Awards]] Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.inkwellawards.com/?page_id=1392|title= 2011 Inkwell Awards Winners|publisher= Inkwell Awards|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141008123036/http://www.inkwellawards.com/?page_id=1392|archive-date= October 8, 2014|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rrl1KPCdTY YouTube – J. David Spurlock – Heroes Convention 2011 – Posthumous acceptance on behalf of Wally Wood]</ref>

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* ''[[The Vault of Horror (comics)|Vault of Horror]]'' #12–14, 39 (1950–1954)  
* ''[[Weird Fantasy]]'' #13–17, 6–14, 17 (1950–1953)  
* ''[[Weird Science (comics)|Weird Science]]'' #12–13, 5–22 (1950–1953)

===Marvel Comics===
* ''[[Astonishing Tales]]'' #1–4 ([[Doctor Doom]]) (1970–1971) 
* ''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]'' #20–22 (inker) (1965) 
* ''[[Captain America (comic book)|Captain America]]'' #127 (inker) (1970) 
* ''[[Tigra|Cat]]'' #1 (inker) (1972) 
* ''[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)|Daredevil]]'' #5–11 (1964–1965); #10 (as writer) (1965)
* ''[[Journey into Mystery]]'' #39, 51 (1956–1959) 
* ''[[Journey into Unknown Worlds]]'' #51 (1956) 
* ''[[Kull of Atlantis#Comics|Kull the Conqueror]]'' #1 (inker) (1971) 
* ''[[Marvel Spotlight]]'' #1 ([[Red Wolf (comics)|Red Wolf]]) (inker) (1971) 
* ''[[Marvel Tales (1949–1957)|Marvel Tales]]'' #152 (1956) 
* ''[[Mystic Comics|Mystic]]'' #52 (1956) 
* ''[[Strange Tales]]'' #134 ([[Human Torch]] and the [[Thing (comics)|Thing]]) (inker) (1965) 
* ''[[Tales of Suspense]]'' #71 ([[Iron Man]]) (inker) (1965) 
* ''[[Tower of Shadows]]'' #5–8 (writer/artist) (1970) 
* ''[[Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction]]'' #1 (writer) (1975) 
* ''[[Western Gunfighters]]'' #22 (1956)

===Tower Comics===
* ''Dynamo'' #1–4 (1966–1967)
* ''[[T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents]]'' #1–20 (1965–1969)

===Warren Publishing===
* ''[[1984 (magazine)|1984]]'' #1–2, 5 (1978–1979)
* ''[[Blazing Combat]]'' #3–4 (1966)
* ''Comix International'' #1 (1975)
* ''[[Creepy (magazine)|Creepy]]'' #38, 41, 55, 75, 78, 91 (1971–1977)  
* ''[[Eerie (magazine)|Eerie]]'' #5, 11, 14, 60–61, 131 (1966–1974)  
* ''[[Famous Monsters of Filmland]]'' #58 (1969)  
* ''Galactic Wars Comix'' #1 (1978)  
* ''Monster World'' #1 (1964)  
* ''[[Vampirella]]'' #9–10, 12, 19, 27, ''Annual'' #1 (1971–1973)  
* ''Warren Presents'' #1, 3 (1979)
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==Footnotes==
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==References==
* Stewart, Bhob, and Catron, J. Michael, editors, ''The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood'' Vol. 1 {{ISBN|978-1-60699-815-1}} and Vol. 2 {{ISBN|978-1-68396-068-3}}
* Gilbert, Michael T. [http://www.twomorrows.com/alterego/articles/08wood.html "Total Control: A Brief Biography of Wally Wood"], ''[[Alter Ego (magazine)|Alter Ego]]'' vol. 3, No. 8 (Spring 2001). [https://web.archive.org/web/20101201090257/http://twomorrows.com/alterego/articles/08wood.html WebCitation archive].
* Wood, Wally. ''The Marvel Comics Art of Wally Wood''. New York: Thumbtack Books, 1982, hardcover. {{ISBN|0-942480-02-3}}

==External links==
{{external links|date=February 2016}}
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.wallacewoodestate.com Wallace Wood Estate]
*[http://www.tcj.com/report-to-readers-the-life-and-legend-of-wallace-wood-volume-2/ Report to Readers: The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood Volume 2] at The Comics Journal
* [http://madcoversite.com/ugoi-wally_wood.html Complete list of Wood's articles for MAD Magazine]
* [http://www.tvparty.com/comics/woodPIC.html The Wally Wood Letters] and photo album. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100206074043/http://tvparty.com/comics/woodPIC.html WebCitation archive].
* [[Steve Stiles|Stiles, Steve]] [http://www.stevestiles.com/wood.htm "Wallace Wood: The Tragedy of a Master S.F. Cartoonist"], SteveStiles.com, n.d. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100203182940/http://www.stevestiles.com/wood.htm WebCitation archive].
* [http://isthistomorrow.com/2004/woodcard.html "Comic Book Creators Trading Cards #3: Wally Wood"] IsThisTomorrow.com, n.d. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110514005730/http://isthistomorrow.com/2004/woodcard.html WebCitation archive].
* [http://www.americanartarchives.com/wood,wally.htm Wally Wood (1927–1981)] American Art Archives. [https://web.archive.org/web/20101203125625/http://www.americanartarchives.com/wood,wally.htm WebCitation archive].
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19990504124559/http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/wood.htm "Wood"]}}, BPIB.com (fan site), n.d. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100918045456/http://bpib.com/illustrat/wood.htm WebCitation archive]}}.
* {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205005550/http://splashpages.com/|title=Wally Wood|publisher=SplashPages.com|archive-date=December 5, 2007|url=http://www.splashpages.com/|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} Includes {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205005550/http://splashpages.com/wood/woodlist/woodlist7.html#CATALOGUE |date=December 5, 2007 |title="Online checklist: Catalogues, Programs, Sketchbooks, Etc." }}
* [http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/creator.php?creatorid=145 Wallace Wood] at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
* [http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/namw27.htm#N1296 Wallace Wood] at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
* {{Gutenberg author | id=32276}}
* {{Internet Archive author |search=(("Wally Wood" OR "Wallace Wood" OR "Wallace Allan Wood" OR "Wood, Wallace" OR "Wood, Wally") AND -creator:(William OR 1916))}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051210075130/http://209.51.142.186/~dogatco/mmms/mmms65.mp3 Merry Marvel Marching Society recording] includes voice of Wallace Wood
* {{ISFDB name|915|Wallace Wood}}
* {{LCAuth|n82136159|Wallace Wood|16|}}

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