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Legion Of Super-Heroes (1958 Team)
The 1958 version of the Legion of Super-Heroes (also called the original or Preboot Legion) is a fictional superhero team in the 31st century of the . The team is the first incarnation of the Legion of Super-Heroes, and was followed by the 1994 and 2004 rebooted versions. It first appeared in ''Adventure Comics'' #247 (April 1958) and was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino. Publication history Superboy's supporting cast Superboy was the featured series in ''Adventure Comics'' in the 1950s. In ''Adventure Comics'' #247 (April 1958) by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino, Superboy was met by three teenagers from the 30th century: Lightning Boy, Saturn Girl, and Cosmic Boy, who were members of a "super-hero club" called the Legion of Super-Heroes. Their club had been formed with Superboy as an inspiration, and they had time travelled to recruit Superboy as a member. After a series of tests, Superboy was awarded membership and returned to his own time. Although in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure Comics
''Adventure Comics'' is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1938 to 1983 and revived from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues (472 of those after the title changed from ''New Adventure Comics''), making it the fifth-longest-running DC series, behind '' Detective Comics'', ''Action Comics'', '' Superman'', and '' Batman''. The series was revived in 2009 through a new "#1" issue by artist Clayton Henry and writer Geoff Johns. It returned to its original numbering with #516 (September 2010). The series ended again with #529 (October 2011) prior to a company-wide revision of DC's superhero comic book line, known as "The New 52". Publication history ''Adventure Comics'' began its nearly 50-year run in December 1935 under the title ''New Comics'', which was only the second comic book series published by National Allied Publications, now DC Comics. The series was retitled ''New Adventure Comics'' with its 12th issue in January 1937. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Broderick
Pat Broderick (born November 26, 1953) is an American comics artist, known for his work on the ''Micronauts'' and ''Alpha Flight'' for Marvel Comics, and '' Legion of Super-Heroes'', ''Captain Atom'' and '' Green Lantern'' for DC Comics. Broderick also pencilled the four-part " Batman: Year Three" storyline, written by Marv Wolfman, which detailed the first meeting of Batman and Dick Grayson as well as Tim Drake's first appearance. Career Comics Soon after graduating from high school in Tampa, Florida, Broderick flew to New York in the early 1970s to compete in DC Comics' junior bullpen program, a nationwide art and writing contest held at the July 4 convention at the Commodore Hotel. Presenting his work to DC editors Sol Harrison and Joe Orlando, Broderick was almost immediately placed in the junior bullpen program and drew filler pages and short stories for various 100 Page Super Spectaculars. During this period, Broderick also worked for Neal Adams and Dick Giordano's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Faucher
Wayne Faucher is an American comic book inker. He is known mostly for his ink work on the Batman family of comics for DC Comics and for Spider-Man titles for Marvel Comics. Career Raised in Rhode Island and a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, he worked for years as a graphic designer in New York City and Boston before setting his sights on working in comics. He started in the industry in 1995, with the DC Comics series Impulse. Since then, Faucher has worked on dozens of titles for a variety of publishers. Pencillers with whom he's frequently paired include: Humberto Ramos, Alex Maleev, Mark Buckingham, Dick Giordano, Mike Deodato, Chad Hardin, Alberto Ponticelli and others. Selected works DC Comics * Arqueiro Verde e Canário Negro (2007) * Impulse * Batman: Shadow of the Bat * Catwoman * Detective Comics * Wonder Woman * Countdown * Trinity * Titans * Legion * Mr. Terrific * Frankenstein Agent of S.H.A.D.E. * Red Hood and the Outlaws Marvel Comics * Peter Parke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Story
Karl Story (born 1967) is an American comic book artist specializing in inking. He is one of the original members of Atlanta's Gaijin Studios. Over a career of almost two decades, he has worked on books such as ''Nightwing'', ''Batman'', ''Star Trek: Debt of Honor'', '' Aliens versus Predator'', ''X-Men'', ''Wildstorm Summer Special'', ''Terra Obscura'', ''Tom Strong'', ''Ocean The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the wor ...'', '' The American Way'', and '' Midnighter'', as well as many others. External links * American comics artists 1967 births Living people Comics inkers {{US-comics-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike DeCarlo
Mike DeCarlo (born March 14, 1957) is an American comics artist. He is best known for his work for DC Comics in the 1980s inking the artwork of such artists as George Pérez, Greg LaRocque, Keith Giffen, and Jim Aparo. DeCarlo has worked on various titles including ''Atari Force'', '' Cartoon Network Block Party'', ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', ''Fantastic Four'', and '' Simpsons Comics'' as well as adaptations of the Warner Bros. stable of cartoons including ''Looney Tunes'', '' Animaniacs'', ''Pinky and the Brain'' and '' Superman & Bugs Bunny''. Comics Mike DeCarlo entered the comics industry as an assistant to Dick Giordano. When Giordano became an editor at DC Comics in 1980, DeCarlo became an inker in his own right. DeCarlo inked the penciled artwork of George Pérez on "The Judas Contract" storyarc in ''Tales of the Teen Titans'' with Giordano. Pérez critiqued their work in a 2003 interview stating that "While not perfect in getting the same feel s Pérez inking the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Chiaramonte
Francisco Chiaramonte (June 5, 1942 – January 28, 1983) was an American comic book artist best known as an inker for DC Comics and Marvel Comics from 1972 to 1982. Biography Born in Cuba, Frank Chiaramonte emigrated to the United States in 1967. Some of his earliest comics-related work in the U.S. was as an inker under artist-packager Will Eisner and penciler Mike Ploog on the military instructional publication '' PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly''. Additional, December 26, 2010. As fellow ''PS'' artist Murphy Anderson recalled, "Frank had come to work for Will about the same time I did, maybe a month or two later, and was just fresh from Cuba. ... s father was Sicilian, but his mother was Spanish, or Cuban. Frank considered himself as Italian as he did Cuban. ... Frank worked with me and did most of the tech art." When Ploog moved on and began finding freelance work at Marvel Comics, Chiaramonte collaborated with him as inker on several of Ploog's earliest stories, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Manapul
Francis Manapul (born August 26, 1979) is a Filipino Canadian comic book artist and writer. Career Manapul is known for his work on '' Witchblade'' and '' The Necromancer'' for Top Cow, working on the former for three years, off and on, returning for the tenth anniversary issue in 2005. He has provided covers for various titles, most notably for some ''G.I. Joe'' comics from Devil's Due Publishing. In 2007, he signed an exclusive contract to work with DC Comics. Manapul served as a guest judge in the fourth week round of the third season of Comic Book Idol, a comic book art competition sponsored by Comic Book Resources. In 2008 Francis became the artist for DC's Legion of Superheroes with Jim Shooter as the writer. Francis co-created the character Gazelle with Shooter before leaving the title. In January 2010, Newsarama named Manapul one of ten creators to watch for the coming year. In 2009, he was named to be the artist in DC's new '' Flash'' series written by Geoff Johns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Kitson
Barry Kitson is a British comic book artist. Biography Kitson's first professional work was '' Spider-Man'' for Marvel UK. He also drew many stories for '' 2000 AD'', beginning with a " Future Shocks" tale written by Peter Milligan as well as others by Grant Morrison, and going on to achieve great acclaim with his detailed work on Judge Anderson written by Alan Grant. Kitson provided illustrations for "Osgood Peabody's Big Green Dream Machine", a Superman text story written by Grant Morrison which appeared in the 1986 British ''Superman Annual''. His first American work for DC Comics was a ''Batgirl Special'' published in 1988. He and writers Keith Giffen and Alan Grant launched the ''L.E.G.I.O.N.'' series in February 1989. The ''Azrael'' series was crafted by Kitson and writer Dennis O'Neil beginning in February 1995. While drawing ''Azrael'', Kitson drew part of the " Contagion" storyline which crossed-over through the various Batman-related titles. Kitson was one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Kolins
Scott Kolins is an American illustrator, writer, and creator of multiple different superhero and science fiction comic books. His main credits are as a penciler but he is an established inker as well as colorist and has some credits as a writer. Early life Kolins' interest in drawing and comics began at age 10 as an avid comic book reader in the late 1970s. He studied at The Joe Kubert School in Dover, New JerseyInterview with Scott Kolins NovaPrimePage. Career In the 1980s, he worked under Dennis Jensen, and then under Kim DeMulder and . After studying at the Kubert school, Kolins got a job with |
Stuart Immonen
Stuart Immonen () is a Canadian comics artist. He is best known for his work on '' Nextwave'', '' Ultimate X-Men'', '' The New Avengers'', ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', and '' Ultimate Spider-Man''. His pencils are usually inked by Wade Von Grawbadger. Early life Stuart Immonen grew up in a Finnish Canadian family in Canada. The first comics he read as a child were Disney comics and Harvey Comics. He would later seek out superhero comics from Marvel Comics. Sporadic distribution in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of an eclectic sense of taste in titles, as he was often only able to find a few issues available per series. A later increase in self-publishing in Toronto spurred him to pursue a career in comics following his studies at university. Career In 1988, he self-published a series titled ''Playground''; it was his first published work. From 1990 through 1992, he drew several issues of ''Rock 'N' Roll Comics'' for Revolutionary Comics, including issues on Prince, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Pearson
Jason Trent Pearson (August 29, 1970 – December 19, 2022) was an American comic book creator, known for his series '' Body Bags'' and for his dynamic illustration work on books featuring characters such as the Legion of Super-Heroes, Spider-Man, Batman, and Deadpool. He was one of the founding members of Gaijin Studios. Career Jason Pearson's first published comics work was in 1991. His first and longest regular assignment, beginning that year, was working with Keith Giffen on ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' with scripters Tom and Mary Bierbaum, and inker Al Gordon. He later described Giffen as one of his mentors.Catching Up With Jason Pearson , , June 25, 2004 He developed '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |