Bair started his career in the early 1980s, pencilling a "Stormy Tempest" story in Star*Fems #2 for AC Comics/Paragon Publications in 1982.
[2] Around 1994, Bair ceased his association with Marvel and DC in favor of Valiant/Acclaim, pencilling and inking issues and covers for X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, and Blood and Roses, among others.
[1] During the mid-1990s, Bair inked David W. Mack at Caliber Press and William Tucci at Crusade Entertainment on their respective comics: Kabuki and Shi.
He inked most of the first two years of the James Robinson/David Goyer-written JSA revival over pencils by regular series artist Steve Sadowski.
In 2002, Bair inked covers by Tom Grummett for Power Company, before first teaming with penciller Rags Morales on Geoff Johns and James Robinson's Hawkman relaunch.
"[6] Bair continued to ink Morales' pencils on Identity Crisis (2004–2005)[1] and a few issues of Wonder Woman with writer Greg Rucka.
[2][7] He later inked issues in Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers metaseries, including two covers and one interior of the Bulleteer miniseries with penciler Yanick Paquette.
In addition to his continued work with Morales, including a two-issue story in the JSA: Classified series, Bair co-inked Dave Gibbons' pencils in the Green Lantern Corps series, and on the cover of the Rann-Thanagar War: Infinite Crisis Special (April 2006), in which he provided some interior inks.
"[9] Identity Crisis was selected by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)'s 2007 recommended list of Great Graphic Novels For Teens[10] and was nominated for the 2005 "Best Single Issue or Story" Harvey Award.