Will Elder

1921–2008 Rockleigh, NJ 73 series, 86 with collected and international editions 222 issues

3 awards

Will Elder is a comic creator with 222 credits from 1949 to 2025. Their credits include work on MAD, Panic and Prize Comics Western. Work is catalogued across 86 series on VerseDB.

Name

Will Elder

Issues

222

Series

Collected Editions

International Editions

Titles

Awards

Harvey Award - Harvey Kurtzman Hall of Fame Award (2019), Eisner Awards - Hall of Fame - Voter's Choices (2003), Inkpot Award (2000)

Also Known As

William Elder, Bill Elder

Gender

Male

Birth Date

September 22, 1921

Death Date

May 14, 2008

Birth Place

Rockleigh, NJ

Country

United States

Links

www.willelder.net/

Series

EC Shiver SuspenStories (2025)

One-Shot

Oni Press

MAD Magazine (2018)

DC Comics

52 issues

Kamen's Kalamity and Other Stories (2024)

Fantagraphics

1 issue

Alterlinus (2023)

Oblomov Edizioni

3 issues

Home to Stay!: The Complete Ray Bradbury EC Stories (2023)

Fantagraphics

1 issue

Code of Honor and Other Stories (2022)

Fantagraphics

1 issue

EC Covers Artist's Edition (2021)

IDW Publishing

1 issue

Choke Gasp! The Best of 75 Years of EC Comics (2019)

One-Shot

Dark Horse Comics

The EC Archives: Frontline Combat (2009)

Dark Horse Comics

3 issues

The EC Archives: Weird Fantasy (2014)

Collected Edition

Dark Horse Comics

4 issues

Issues

Eight Vengeful Nights; Mistletoe; Ginger-Snapped; Red Season; The Execution

EC Shiver SuspenStories (2025)

Dec 10, 2025

#45

Mad Science

MAD Magazine (2018)

Aug 13, 2025

The EC Artists' Library Vol. 36

Kamen's Kalamity and Other Stories (2024)

Apr 16, 2024

Issue #3

Alterlinus (2023)

#35

Issue #35

MAD Magazine (2018)

Dec 12, 2023

#34

Tinkers with Toys!

MAD Magazine (2018)

Oct 11, 2023

#33

MAD Goes Back to Ghoul

MAD Magazine (2018)

Sep 06, 2023

Issue #1

Home to Stay!: The Complete Ray Bradbury EC Stories (2023)

Oct 25, 2022

#28

70 Years Dumb!

MAD Magazine (2018)

Oct 04, 2022

The EC Artists' Library Vol. 32

Code of Honor and Other Stories (2022)

Jun 07, 2022

Frequent collaborators

Harvey Kurtzman

Jack Davis

Nick Meglin

Wally Wood

John Severin

Joe Raiola

John Prete

Al Feldstein

Tom Nozkowski

Charlie Kadau

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