Who Remembers DAK? David Anthony Kraft, celebrated by his friends on the brand new Dollar Bill Annual Birthday

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We had a virtual birthday party for David Anthony Kraft, anyway! He had too much cheer for the happiness and friendships to end.
So! Peter Benno Gillis also wrote the title which has become signature DAK, The Defender, by Marvel Comics Group. Dwight Zimmerman here became friends in art class back in North Dakota. One day, he put in a year's notice and joined Dave the Dude in the Big Apple!
Jim Salicrup? Only the founding Mad Genius Associate. The Spider-Editor of my youth, and uncredited writer of Spidey Super Stories. He's busy with the Papercutz imprints today. Jo Duffy? She makes it over the roped bridge, past the gorilla, and gives DAK a sterling tribute. She pioneered writing and editing at Marvel, wrote Power Man and Iron Fist, Catwoman, and something called Star Wars. She's quick to explain, he basically WAS his Dollar Bill supporting character, dropped into the midst of the Defenders via Valkyrie's attempt to attend Empire State University...camera, rolling away! And all of these were friends, good friends, of David Anthony Kraft. There were so many more. I welcome everyone who wants to come be my podcast guest on Creating Marvels, to talk DAK with me anytime. Here's the audio! I don't know how to share the video from Zoom yet, I guess, YouTube is the way. Happy Birthday, Dollar Bill!

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