Ken Bulmer

Kenneth 'ken' Bulmer (14th January 1921 to 16th December 2005) was a prolific science fiction author who wrote over 160 novels and numerous short stories both under his own name and several pseudonyms. He also worked in comics, writing Jet-Ace Logan for Tiger and various scripts for Lion, Valiant and War Picture Library. He is the co-creator of the classic British comics character The Steel Claw. In tribute to him, Paul Grist's Steel Claw inspired character, 'The Claw' (from his Jack Staff series) has the real name 'Ben Kulmer'.