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Wally WoodWorking over scripts and pencil breakdowns by Jules Feiffer, the 25-year-old Wood drew two months of Will Eisner's classic, Sunday-supplement newspaper comic book The Spirit, on the 1952 story arc'' The Spirit in Outer Space''.
Gerry ConwayHe published his first continuing-character story in DC's semi-anthological occult comic The Phantom Stranger No. 10 (Dec. 1970).
Clinton D. "Casey" VincentIn 1951 Caniff, who started a new comic strip entitled Steve Canyon four years earlier, used Vincent as a model for a new character, this time making him the youthful'' Brigadier General P. G.' Shanty' Town''.
Erik LarsenIn 1990 Erik Larsen replaced Todd McFarlane on The Amazing Spider-Man with issue # 329, having previously penciled issues 287, 324 and 327.
Mike Esposito (comics)After the magazine's demise, Esposito, who often came into the Marvel office to do freelance work for the company, took a staff job there for'' about a year and a half'', explaining, The Andru - Esposito team first drew the flagship Marvel Comics character Spider-Man in the premiere (March 1972) of that superhero's first spin-off comic book, Marvel Team-Up, nearly every issue of which featured Spider-Man paired with another hero.
Richard CorbenIn 2009 he illustrated Starr the Slayer for Marvel's MAX comics imprint.
Julie Doucet Doucet began being published by Drawn & Quarterly in January 1991 in a regular sized comic series also named Dirty Plotte.
Ken ErnstHe joined the Harry'' A'' Chesler comic book production shop, where he contributed to Star Comics and Funny Pages until 1943.
Brian BassetBasset drew almost a month's worth of Sunday strips after that, with Harrell's first Sunday strip appearing on March 22, 2009.
Howard ChaykinIn 2006, he began working on his first superhero title for DC Comics, pencilling Hawkgirl, with Walter Simonson writing, starting with issue 50.
Grant MorrisonFollowing the closure of Virgin Comics, Dynamite Entertainment and Liquid Comics announced a partnership to publish a hardcover of illustrated scripts of Grant Morrison's Mahābhārata-based, animated project 18 Days with illustrations by artist Mukesh Singh, that was released in August 2010.
John Bolton (illustrator)In 1981 Marvel Comics' editor Ralph Macchio noticed his work and called him to work for an adaptation of Kull of Valusia for Epic Comics.
Don NewtonO'Neil and Newton produced the story'' The Vengeance Vow'' in Detective Comics # 485 (Aug. -- Sept. 1979) in which the original Batwoman is killed by the League of Assassins.
Stan LeeIn 2006, Marvel commemorated Lee's 65 years with the company by publishing a series of one-shot comics starring Lee himself meeting and interacting with many of his co-creations, including Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, the Thing, Silver Surfer and Doctor Doom.
Romano ScarpaWhen in 1956 Italian editors had no more new Floyd Gottfredson's stories to reprint, he was given the responsibility to continue Gottfredson's stories about Mickey Mouse.
Brian Wood (comics)In early 2000, Warren Ellis offered Wood a co-writing job on Marvel Comics' Generation X, as part of Ellis's Counter-X run (in which Ellis served as'' Plotmaster'').
John OstranderIn 1990, Ostrander launched an ongoing Hawkworld series At Marvel Comics, Ostrander has worked on X-Men, Bishop, Quicksilver, Heroes for Hire and the Punisher, as well as the Western mini-series Blaze of Glory : The Last Ride of the Western Heroes.
Judd WinickStarting in September 2011, under DC Comics' The New 52 relaunch, Winick began writing new Catwoman and Batwing ongoing series.
Mike Esposito (comics)For his inking of Bob Powell in the'' Human Torch and the Thing'' feature in Strange Tales # 132, and his inking of Don Heck's'' Iron Man'' in Tales of Suspense # 65 (both May 1965), he took the pen name Mickey Demeo (occasionally given as Mickey Dee or Michael Dee) to conceal his Marvel work from his primary employer, DC.
Archie Goodwin (comics)Batman : Gotham Adventures # 13 (June 1999) features the last appearance of the characters with Mr. Nice leaving the group to fulfill a prophecy, with the issue being dedicated to Archie Goodwin.
J. Michael StraczynskiOn March 8, 2010 it was announced he would be taking over writing duties for the monthly Superman title with a story arc entitled'' Grounded'', and the Wonder Woman title, beginning with issues 701 and 601 respectively.
Angel GabrieleIn 1979 Gabriele's company, FBN (Fantasy Book Novels) Publications, published a comic book adaptation of the first four episodes of Space Giants.
Pat BroderickCaptain Atom, a Charlton Comics character purchased by DC, was given an ongoing series in March 1987 which was written by Cary Bates and drawn by Broderick.
Gil KaneGerry Conway, Kane's collaborator on the death-of-Gwen-Stacy storyline and elsewhere, described Kane in 2009 as graphic novel.
Grant MorrisonStarting in November 2005, DC published All-Star Superman, a twelve-issue story arc by Morrison and Frank Quitely.
George Evans (cartoonist)In the 1990s, Factoid Books (a DC offshoot) released its Big Book of... series in which Evans drew some of his last comics : one a biography of baseball great Ty Cobb, another the story of the first air mail flight ; and in 1998, the life of Judge Roy Bean in The Big Book of the Weird, Wild West.
Joe OrlandoIn 1966, Orlando and writer E. Nelson Bridwell created the parody superhero team The Inferior Five in Showcase # 62 (June 1966).
Christopher MoellerMoeller moved to Dark Horse Comics in 1994, writing and painting the first of his Iron Empires graphic novels (at that time called Shadow Empires) Faith Conquers, as well as the short story The Passage in Dark Horse Presents, # 79-81.
Frank Miller (comics)Miller's only contribution to the series would be the cover for Doctor Strange # 46 (April 1981).
Rick BurchettAround 1985, Burchett and artist Don Secrease met a young aspiring artist and fellow St. Louis citizen named Jim Lee, and convinced him that he needed to show his portfolio to editors in person, prompting Lee's decision to attend a New York comics convention, where he met editor Archie Goodwin.
Robert Kanigher In 1956, DC editor Julius Schwartz assigned Kanigher and Infantino to the company's first attempt at reviving superheroes : an updated version of the Flash that would appear in issue # 4 (Oct. 1956) of the try-out series Showcase.
Alex RossRoss teamed again with Kurt Busiek on Dynamite Entertainment's Kirby : Genesis, an eight-issue miniseries debuted in the first quarter of 2011.
Jimmy HatloLittle Iodine, a spin-off comic strip featuring a mischievous little girl who had become one of Hatlo's stock characters, even got her own series of comic books and a 1946 movie adaptation.
Dick DillinIn 1975, Dillin drew the framing chapters for a 1940s Seven Soldiers of Victory script in Adventure Comics # 438 and 443.
Mort MeskinHe returned to National in 1956, where he created the feature'' Mark Merlin'' and also worked on a large number of war, science fiction and horror titles.
Robert BeerbohmBeerbohm set up a booth at his first comics convention June 16 -- 18, 1967, at the first Houstoncon.
Chris ClaremontThe New Mutants were introduced by Claremont and Bob McLeod in Marvel Graphic Novel # 4 (Dec. 1982) and received their own ongoing series soon after.
Paul NorrisHistorians tentatively identify Norris' comic-book debut as penciling and inking the cover of Prize Publications' Prize Comics # 6 (Aug. 1940), with his first confirmed credit the Power Nelson story'' Introducing Gene West'' two issues later.
Rich BucklerIn 1985 he returned to Marvel and had a short but memorable run on the title The Spectacular Spider-Man with writer Peter David, where they produced the'' The Death of Jean DeWolff'' storyline.
George R. R. Martin Ljubljana | Ljubljana, Slovenia (June 2011) Martin is known for his regular attendance through the decades at science fiction convention s and comics conventions and his accessibility to fans.
Joe Kubert Kubert's first work for DC Comics, where he would spend much of his career and produce some of his most notable art, was penciling and inking the 50-page'' Seven Soldiers of Victory'' superhero - team story in Leading Comics # 8 (Fall 1943), published by a DC predecessor company, All-American Comics.
William F. NolanIn addition, he developed comics based on two other properties of his for Bluewater :'' Tales from William F. Nolan's Dark Universe'' (featuring stories adapted by Nolan and Brock), and'' Sam Space'' (both out in 2013).
Richard DonnerIn October 2006, Donner, Johns and artist Adam Kubert became the new creative team on Action Comics, the publisher's most time honored publication and one of DC Comics' two main Superman titles.
Neil GaimanGaiman's Angela character was introduced into the Marvel Universe in the last issue of the Age of Ultron miniseries in 2013.
John BuscemaThomas said Buscema considered Silver Surfer # 4 (Feb. 1969), featuring a battle between the Silver Surfer and Thor,'' as the highpoint of his Marvel work''.
Sam GraingerGrainger's last work was penciling and inking the posthumously published, eight-page Volstagg story'' The Thief of Asgard'' in Marvel Comics Presents # 66 (1990).
Simone Bianchi (artist)Bianchi first ongoing monthly work for an American Marvel book was Wolverine # 50 (March 2007) to issue # 55 (September 2007), which was written by Jeph Loeb.
Al WilliamsonWilliamson worked on Secret Agent Corrigan through the 1970s until he left the strip in 1980.
Sean PhillipsThere he most notably worked on Devlin Waugh for the Judge Dredd Megazine but also provided the art on a number of series for 2000 AD including Judge Dredd.
John Cullen MurphyIn 1950, writer Elliot Caplin (brother of cartoonist Al Capp) of King Features Syndicate asked to Murphy illustrate a boxing comic strip he was planning to write.
G. Willow WilsonIn November 2013, Marvel announced that Wilson will be writing a new Ms. Marvel series, starring a new character, Kamala Khan, a young Muslim girl living in New Jersey, who takes up the mantle after the previous Ms. Marvel, Carol Danvers, took up the name Captain Marvel.
Matt Baker (artist)His last known work, as generally credited but unconfirmed, is the first page of the six-page story'' Happily Ever After'' in Atlas/Marvel's Love Romances # 90 (Nov. 1960).
Eduardo BarretoIn 2005, for Dark Horse, he drew novelist Michael Chabon's first extended comic book story, in The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist # 7, and later contributed to the The Escapists series written by Brian K. Vaughan.
Alan MooreMoore started out writing for British underground and alternative fanzines in the late 1970s before achieving success publishing comic strips in such magazines as 2000 AD and Warrior.
Murray LeinsterFour years before Jack Williamson's The Legion of Time came out, Leinster published his'' Sidewise in Time'' in the June 1934 issue of Astounding.
Al WilliamsonIn 1999, he drew the Flash Gordon character a final time when regular cartoonist Jim Keefe asked for his help on a Flash Gordon Sunday page.
Steve EkstromAs a comic book writer, his first published work with artist Douglas Draper Jr., an eight page horror comic titled'' Breakfast'', was published by 803 Studios in their second annual anthology series, Sequential Suicide : Slop in March 2008.''
Al WilliamsonIn 1952, upon the suggestion of artists Wally Wood and Joe Orlando, Williamson began working for EC Comics, an influential comic book company with a reputation for quality artists.
Erika MoenIn 2011, she began collaborating with Marvel Comics writer Jeff Parker on Bucko, a murder mystery/farce webcomic set in Portland.
Edmond HamiltonIn 1946 Hamilton began writing for DC Comics, specializing in stories for their characters Superman and Batman.
Mark WaidWaid and Wieringo completed their run on Fantastic Four with issue # 524 (May 2005), by which time the previously relaunched series had returned to its original numbering.
Kieron GillenDuring the 2009 Chicago Comic Con it was announced that Gillen will collaborate with Steven Sanders on a new ongoing series known as S. W. O. R. D from Marvel Comics.
Alex SchomburgIn 1977, Schomburg and a few of his fellow Golden Age comic book artists collaborated on the Invaders Annual # 1, written by Roy Thomas.
Gardner FoxIn April 1941, Fox created the character of Starman with artist Jack Burnley in the pages of Adventure Comics No. 61 (April 1941), and the character would later join the JSA.
Dan JurgensAfter a hiatus from comics, he returned to DC Comics, providing layouts for the lead story in the Infinite Crisis Secret Files 2006 special (April 2006) and provided art for the weekly series 52 and to the six issue limited series Crisis Aftermath : The Battle For Blüdhaven written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Grey.
Marc AndreykoAndreyko went to write the Manhunter back-up feature in DC Comics' Batman : Streets of Gotham monthly series that launched in June 2009.
Jan DuursemaHer association with Dark Horse Comics' Star Wars franchise began with Star Wars : Chewbacca # 2 (Feb. 2000).
Gary ErskineNovember 2007 saw the release of Garth Ennis' Dan Dare, published by Virgin Comics, and included full artwork by Erskine.
Martin PaskoIn 1982, this led to DC featuring Kent and his wife Inza in a series of back-up stories, written by Pasko, in The Flash.
Jerry SiegelSiegel was invited in 1986 by DC Comics' editor Julius Schwartz to write an'' imaginary'' final story for Superman, following Marv Wolfman's Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series and before John Byrne's The Man of Steel miniseries, which reintroduced Superman.
Doug HazlewoodHazlewood latched on with DC Comics in 1988 as the regular inker for the new title Animal Man, written by Grant Morrison.
Carl BurgosHis last recorded comics art was the cover of Captain Marvel # 4 (Nov. 1966).
Wayne HowardWith writer Cuti, he contributed the backup feature'' Travis : The Dragon Killer'' in the cult-hit superhero series E-Man # 3 (June 1974).
Bruno PremianiPremiani published two more stories in Prize Comics' horror title Black Magic before devoting himself almost exclusively to Tomahawk, drawing the hero's six - to eight-page stories in all but two issues (# 27, # 30) in a run through issue # 36 (Nov. 1955).
Grant MorrisonLegendary Comics panel at the 2012 -LSB- -LSB- New York Comic Con.
Virgil ReillyIn June 1950 Reilly created his best-known comic book, Silver Flash and his Frogmen for Invincible Press.
George WunderIn 1953, Canada Dry offered a'' premium giveaway'' with a case of its ginger ale -- one minibook in a trilogy series of Terry and the Pirates strips by Wunder, printed by Harvey Comics.
Brian AzzarelloIn 2011, he became the writer of DC's relaunched Wonder Woman series.
Gerry ConwayHe co-created the characters Firestorm with artist Al Milgrom and Steel, the Indestructible Man with artist Don Heck in the premiere issues (both March 1978) of the respective titular comics.
Chuck DixonCharles'' Chuck'' Dixon (born April 14, 1954) is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on the Marvel character the Punisher and on the DC character Batman in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Syd ShoresShores inked the premiere issue (# 100, April 1968, continuing the numbering from Tales of Suspense) and continued through seven of the first 10.
Ron Turner (illustrator)Turner found work with other IPC comics such as War and Battle Picture Library, but the shrinking comics market in 1980s Britain soon caused these publications to fold in 1984.
Jerry GrandenettiHe contributed to at least one issue of the black-and-white humor magazine Sick (# 70, Oct. 1969), edited by his friend Joe Simon, the Golden Age co-creator of Captain America, then collaborated with Simon at DC on issues of Champion Sports.
James KochalkaThe story was later redrawn in color by Kochalka for inclusion in Marvel's Incredible Hulk 2001 Annual.
Jack KirbyFor DC around this time, Kirby co-created with writers Dick and Dave Wood the non-superpowered adventuring quartet the Challengers of the Unknown in Showcase # 6 (Feb. 1957), while also contributing to such anthologies as House of Mystery.
Bob HaneyIn 1955 he connected with DC Comics and his first DC credit was the story'' Frogman's Secret !''
Adam KubertIn 2004, he began a run on Ultimate Fantastic Four, once again with writers Mark Millar and Brian Michael Bendis, illustrating that book's first six issues, and then issues 13 - 18.
Chris ClaremontHe and artist John Bolton created the Marada the She-Wolf character in 1981.
Neal AdamsWhile continuing to freelance for DC, Adams in 1969 also began freelancing for Marvel Comics, where he penciled several issues of the mutant - superhero team title X-Men and one story for a horror anthology title.
Robert KanigherKanigher joined All-American Comics, a precursor of the future DC Comics, as a scripter in 1945, and was quickly promoted to editor.
Louis CazeneuveCazeneuve's last known credited comics work is penciling and inking the seven-page Western feature'' Golden Arrow'' in Whiz Comics # 107 (March 1949).
Bob LaytonLayton was one of the inkers on The Amazing Spider-Man Annual # 18 (1984) which featured the wedding of Spider-Man supporting characters J. Jonah Jameson and Marla Madison in a story written by Stan Lee.
Christopher Moeller His professional debut was in 1991, writing and painting Innovation Comic's Rocketman : King of the Rocketmen.
Frank M. RinesIt was during this period that Rines began working primarily in oils and pastel s. Rines authored and published five instructional drawing books, with his first, Drawing in Lead Pencil, initially published 1929.
Richard CorbenIn 2007, Corben did a two issue run on Marvel Comics' surreal demon biker, Ghost Rider.
Robert KanigherAndru drew an early appearance of Kanigher's Sgt. Rock character in Our Army at War # 81 (April 1959) The creative team co-created the original version of the Suicide Squad in The Brave and the Bold # 25 (September 1959).
Michael KalutaKaluta has worked rarely with the superhero genre although one of his early contributions for DC was a'' World of Krypton'' backup story in Superman # 240 (July 1971).
Steve DillonHe did a considerable amount of work for the comics 2000 AD and Warrior.
Jackson GuiceGuice and writer Walt Simonson co-created the Ahab character in Fantastic Four Annual # 23 (1990).
Al WilliamsonHe drew the daily and Sunday feature until 1983, when the strip was canceled.