Early life and career Dan Spiegle was born in
Cosmopolis, Washington, in 1920, and raised there and in
Honolulu, Hawaii, and northern California. for the
Mirror Enterprises Syndicate. He continued to draw this strip after it was bought out by
King Features in 1951, until it was cancelled in 1955. His first story in the medium was the 16-page
Annie Oakley Western story "The Bushwacker", by an unknown writer, in
Dell Comics'
Annie Oakley and Tagg #7 (June 1956). Spiegle and writer
Donald F. Glut co-created the
Doctor Spektor character in
Mystery Comics Digest #5 (July 1972). Spiegle drew the comic book adaptation of the 1979
Walt Disney Pictures feature film
The Black Hole.
Later comics career In addition to his naturalistic work adapting live-action television, Spiegle also handled more cartoony material such as Gold Key's
Saturday-morning TV animation title,
Hanna-Barbera Scooby-Doo... Where Are You!, starting with issue #16 (Feb. 1973). Five issues later marked his first teaming with writer
Mark Evanier, with whom he continued to the final Gold Key issue, #30 (Feb. 1975). and on
Blackhawk with Mark Evanier. He and writer
Bob Rozakis created the character
Mister E in
Secrets of Haunted House #31 (Dec. 1980). Although the character
Crossfire was created by Mark Evanier and
Will Meugniot in
DNAgents published by
Eclipse Comics, Spiegle penciled and inked every issue of the comic book
Crossfire, as well as
Crossfire and Rainbow, and
Whodunnit?, which featured Crossfire. Evanier and Spiegle also did all five issues of
Hollywood Superstars for Marvel's
Epic Comics imprint. Spiegle provided the art for
Indiana Jones: Thunder in the Orient (1993–1994) and
Indiana Jones and the Spear of Destiny (1995), published by
Dark Horse Comics. In the mid-1990s, he drew the short-lived revival of
Terry and the Pirates and in 2008, he teamed up with Evanier again for a new
Crossfire story, drawing the character's portion of the cover of, and the eight-page story "Too Rich to Be Guilty" in About Comics' fancifully numbered
Many Happy Returns #2008. With no cover date on it or on another work that year — pages 3 to 20 of "Ragin' Abe Simpson and the Flying Hellfish in: War is Smelly" in
Bongo Comics Group's licensed TV title
Simpsons Comics #144 ==Awards==