Howard Chaykin Autographs
Howard Victor Chaykin (/ˈtʃeɪkɪn/; born October 7, 1950) is an American comic book artist and writer. Chaykin's influences include his one-time employer and mentor, Gil Kane, and the mid-20th century illustrators Robert Fawcett and Al Parker.
Howard Chaykin was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Rosalind Pave and Norman Drucker, who soon separated. Chaykin was initially raised by his grandparents in Staten Island, New York City, until his mother married Leon Chaykin in 1953 and the family moved to East Flatbush and later to 370 Saratoga Avenue, Brownsville, Brooklyn. At 14, Chaykin moved with his now divorced mother to the Kew Gardens section of Queens. He said in 2000 he was raised on welfare after his parents separated and that his absent biological father eventually was declared dead, although Chaykin, as an adult, located him alive. Chaykin's "nutty and cruel" adoptive father, whom Chaykin until the 1990s believed was his natural father, encouraged Chaykin's interest in drawing and bought him sketchbooks.
He was introduced to comics by his cousin, who gave him a refrigerator box filled with them. He graduated from Jamaica High School at 16, in 1967, and in mid-1968 worked at Zenith Press. He attended Columbia College in Chicago that fall, but left school and returned to New York the following year. Chaykin said that after high school, "I hitchhiked around the country" before becoming, at 19, a "gofer" for the New York City–based comic book artist Gil Kane, whom he would name as his greatest influence.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Howard Chaykin (Star Wars 1976 Poster Signed by Mark Hamill & Howard Chaykin – Framed) was sold in May 2025 for $16,290.00 while the cheapest item (American Flagg #5 Sept 1988 Signed by Howard Chaykin First Comics) found a new owner for $0.75 in December 2023. The month with the most items sold (35) was June 2025 with an average selling price of $25.99 for an autographed item of Howard Chaykin. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2022 with $509.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $4.98 was June 2024. In average, an autographed item from Howard Chaykin is worth $30.00.
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