Klaus Janson (born January 23, 1952) is a

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, working regularly for

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and

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and sporadically for independent companies. While he is best known as an

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, Janson has frequently worked as a penciller and colorist.

Early life

Klaus Janson was born in

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, He emigrated to the United States in 1957, settling with his family in Connecticut, where he lived in

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from 1957 to 1972. When he was young, his

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collection was thrown away by his mother. Janson then became interested in the premiering character

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, who wasn't popular among Janson's friends.

Career

After a short stint as assistant to

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in the early 1970s, Janson's first credited comics artwork was published by

in ''

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'' #6 (Sept. 1973). Janson came to prominence as the inker over

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's pencils on '' The Defenders''. Since then he has freelanced on most of the major titles at Marvel and DC. In 1975 he began a long run as inker on ''

'', running from #124 (Aug. 1975) to #196 (July 1983). With #171 the series went from bi-monthly to monthly; unable to handle the increased workload, then-writer/penciler

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began increasingly relying on Janson for the artwork, sending him looser and looser pencils beginning with #173. By issue #185, Miller had virtually relinquished his role as Daredevil's artist, and was providing only rough layouts for Janson to pencil, ink, and color. After Miller's departure, Janson drew the series by himself for four issues. Janson began working for

in the early 1980s and inked Gene Colan's pencils on ''

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'' and ''

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, Son of Saturn''. Janson was one of the artists on ''

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'' #400 (Oct. 1984) and was one of the contributors to the ''

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'' limited series. His collaboration with Miller on ''Daredevil'' would soon be eclipsed by a second collaboration between them, on '' Batman: The Dark Knight Returns'' in 1986. Janson has frequently pencilled and inked for various Batman titles, including the first ''

Annual'' with writer

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, "

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" with

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, and "

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" with

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. In 1994, Janson drew the ''Batman-Spawn: War Devil'' intercompany crossover which was written by Moench,

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, and Alan Grant. Janson wrote a short story in the

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'' Batman: Black and White'' #3 (August 1996). Janson drew part of the "

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" crossover as well. Janson and writer

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introduced the character

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as an ally of the

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in ''

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'' #4 (November 1987). In 1993, Janson drew a three-part story featuring Electro for ''

'' #38–40. Janson inked the early issues of ''

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'' which had been written and penciled by

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. Janson's work as an inker and occasional penciler at Marvel Comics includes collaborations with

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on ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. His other work includes ''Batman: Death and the Maidens'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Logan's Run'', and '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day''. In 2010, he inked Romita Jr.'s pencils on ''The Avengers''. and in 2014 the two artists collaborated on ''Superman''. Janson was one of the artists on '' The Dark Knight III: The Master Race'' which was co-written by Frank Miller and

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. Janson has taught sequential storytelling at the

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in New York City since the 1990s and has written both ''The DC Comics Guide to Pencilling Comics'' and ''The DC Comics Guide to Inking Comics.'' Janson also holds annual seminars at Marvel for the editorial staff and their up-and-coming artists, and teaches short courses on comics storytelling for the New York-based Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art. In 2015, Janson was the Guest of Honor at the 2015 Inkwell Awards Awards Ceremony at HeroesCon.

Awards

* Golden Apple Award for Best Artist; Anglo-Saxon Comics Festival * Inkwell Awards for The Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award (2010) *

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(2012) * Inkwell Awards for Favorite Inker (2013) * Inkwell Awards Guest of Honor 2015 Awards Ceremony *

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Best Inker: ** 2010 for ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' ** 2013 for ''Captain America'' ** 2016 for ''The Dark Knight III: The Master Race''

Bibliography

Image

* ''Sacred Creatures'' #1–8 (2018)

Atlas/Seaboard Comics

* ''Wulf the Barbarian'' #1–2 (1975)

DC Comics

*'' 9-11 – The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember'' Volume 2 (2002) *''

Action Comics ''Action Comics'' is an American comic book/ magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as National Allied Publications, and later as National Comics Publications ...

'' #447, 800 (1975, 2003) *'' The Adventures of Superman'' #458, 526, 539 (1989–1996) *''

Atari Force ''Atari Force'' is the name of two comic book series published by DC Comics from 1982 to 1986. Both were loosely based on trademarks of Atari, Inc. Publication history The first ''Atari Force'' title was a series of minicomics created in 1982 t ...

'' #14 (1985) *''

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'' #30 (2002) *''

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'' #343–345, 348, 553–554, ''80-Page Giant'' #1 (1982–1998) *''

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Annual'' #1 (1994) *''

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'' #3 (1996) *''

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'' #12 (1998) *''Batman: Death and the Maidens'' #1–9 (2003–2004) *''Batman: Gordon of Gotham'' #1–4 (1998) *''Batman: Gordon's Law'' #1–4 (1996) *'' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #6–10 (1990) *'' Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #55 (1996) *'' Batman-Spawn: War Devil'' #1 (1994) *'' Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure'' #1 (2002) *'' Batman: The Dark Knight Returns'' #1–4 (1986) *''Batman 3-D Graphic Novel'' #1 (1990, one page) *''Batman: Toyman'' #1 (1998) *'' Big Book of Little Criminals'' (1996, one page) *'' Convergence Batman and Robin'' #1–2 (2015) *''Dark Days: The Casting'' #1 (2017) *''Dark Days: The Forge'' #1 (2017) *'' The Dark Knight III: The Master Race'' #1–9 (2016–2017) *''

'' #4 (1986) *'' DC Comics Presents'' #82 (

and

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) (1985) *'' DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel'' #3 (1985) (adaptation of

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's " Frost and Fire") *''DCU Holiday Bash III'' (1999) *''

'' (Batman) #510, 512, 528, 547, 553–554, 568, 681, 685–686, 720–721, 783, ''Annual'' #1, 10; (

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) #446; (

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) #549–550 (1975–2003) *''

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'' #1 (1978) *''

'' #123, 137 (1997–1998) *'' Heroes Against Hunger'' #1 (1986, two pages) *''

, Son of Saturn'' #1–5, 7 (1984–1985) *'' JLA: Classified'' #16–18 (2006) *''

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Annual'' #2 (2014) *'' Just Imagine Stan Lee With Scott McDaniel Creating Aquaman'' (2002) *'' The Kamandi Challenge'' #7 (2017) *''Legends of the DC Universe'' #20–21, 28–29, 37–38, ''80-Page Giant'' #2 (1999–2001) *'' Legion Worlds'' #5 (2001) *'' Lobo: A Contract On Gawd'' #1 (1994) *'' New Challengers'' #1–3 (2018) *'' Orion'' #18 (2001) *''

Secret Origins ''Secret Origins'' is the title of several comic book series published by DC Comics which featured the Origin story, origin stories of the publisher's various characters. Publication history ''Secret Origins'' was first published as a One-shot ( ...

'' vol. 2 #33 (1988) *'' Showcase '93'' #7–8 (1993) *''

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'' #1 (1987) *''

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'' vol. 3 #53 (1997) *''

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'' vol. 2 #2 (1999) *''

'' #400 (1984) *''Superman'' vol. 3 #32–38, 40–41, 44 (2014–2015) *''Superman Forever'' #1 (1998) *''Superman Lex 2000'' #1 (2001) *'' Superman: The Man of Steel'' #41 (1995) *''

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/The Batman'' #1 (1998) *''Who's Who in Star Trek'' #2 (1987) *''

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Update 1993'' #1 (1992) *''Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe'' #2, 5, 7 (1985) *''

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'' #300 (1984)

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'' #25 (1974) *''

'' #209, 244, 250–251, 546, 568–573, 600, 663–664, 674–675, 680–681, 688–691, ''Annual'' #15, ''Annual 2000'' (1980–2012) *''

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'' #31, 33–35 (1974–1976) *'' The Avengers'' #172–173, 182–184, 382, ''Annual'' #15 (1978–1995) *''The Avengers'' vol. 4 #1–12, 14, 16–17 (2010–2011) *''Avengers: The Ultron Imperative'' #1 (2001) *''

'' #4–9, 11–15, 17–23 (1979–1981) *''

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'' #27 (1981) *''

'' vol. 2 #36 (2001) *''Black Panther'' vol. 3 #1–6, 10–18 (2005–2006) *''Blood and Glory:

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'' #1–3 (1992) *'' Captain Marvel #33, 37–39 (1974–1975) *''

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'' #33 (1975) *''

'' #124–132, 140, 147–152, 156–161, 163–197, 234, 500, ''Annual'' #5 (1975–1986, 2009) *''Daredevil'' vol. 2 #50 (2003) *'' Daredevil: End of Days'' #1–7 (2012–2013) *''

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'' #13, 15, 19, 35–47, 51, 55–56, 58, ''Giant-Size'' #2, ''Annual'' #1 (1974–1978) *''Defenders'' vol. 2 #1–3 (2001) *''

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'' vol. 2 #6 (1975) *'' Elektra Saga'' #1–4 (1984) *''Fall of the Hulks: Gamma'' #1 (2010) *''

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'' #296 (1986) *''Fantastic Four Roast'' #1 (1982) *''Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix'' #1–2 (1996) *''

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'' #1–4 (1993–1994) *''Gambit'' vol. 2 #1–4 (1997) *''Ghost Rider, Wolverine, Punisher: Hearts of Darkness'' #1 (1991) *'' Heroes for Hope'' #1 (1985, two pages) *''

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'' #14–21, 25–27 (1977–1978) *''Howard the Duck'' (black and white magazine) #1–2, 4 (1979–1980) *''

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'' #17–18 (

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backup stories) (1979) *''Hulk Smash'' #1–2 (2001) *''

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'' #227 (1978) *''

'' #6–12 (1973–1974) *'' Kingpin'' #1–7 (2003–2004) *''

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'' #3, 5–6 (1983–1984) *'' Logan's Run'' #1–5, 7 (1977) *''

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'' #12 (1974) *''Marc Spector: Moon Knight'' #42 (1992) *''

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Annual'' #4 (1988) *''

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'' #1–10, 165 (1988–1994) *''Marvel Double-Shot'' #4 (2003) *''Marvel Holiday Special'' #1 (1992) *''

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'' #1–6 (2000) *''

Marvel Premiere ''Marvel Premiere'' is an American comic book anthology series that was published by Marvel Comics. In concept it was a tryout book, intended to determine if a character or concept could attract enough readers to justify launching their own serie ...

'' #31 (1976) *''

Marvel Preview ''Marvel Preview'' is a black-and-white comics magazine published by Magazine Management for fourteen issues and the affiliated Marvel Comics Group for ten issues. The final issue additionally carried the imprint Marvel Magazines Group. Publica ...

'' #13 (1978) *''

Marvel Spotlight ''Marvel Spotlight'' is a comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics as a try-out book. It stood out from Marvel's other try-out books in that most of the featured characters made their first appearance in the series. The series origin ...

'' #33 (1977) *'' Marvel Super Special'' #3–4, 15, 18 (1978–1981) *'' Marvel Treasury Edition'' #12 (1977) *'' Marvel Two-in-One'' #10 (1975) *'' Master of Kung Fu'' #23 (1974) *''

Midnight Sons The Midnight Sons is a fictional team of supernatural superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Including Ghost Riders Danny Ketch and Johnny Blaze, Blade, and Morbius, the original team first formed as part of ...

Unlimited'' #1 (1993) *''

The Mighty Avengers ''The Mighty Avengers'' is a comic book series that was published by Marvel Comics. Originally written by Brian Michael Bendis, also the writer of '' New Avengers'', the title first featured an officially sanctioned Avengers team of registered ...

'' #15 (2008) *'' Monsters Unleashed'' #3 (1973) *''

'' #4–7 (1981) *''

Nova A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", which is Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. Causes of the dramat ...

'' #25 (1979) *'' Power Man'' #39 (1977) *''

'' vol. 2 #1–5 (1987–1988) *'' The Punisher War Journal'' #11 (1989) *''

The Punisher War Zone ''The Punisher War Zone'' or ''Punisher War Zone'' is a comic book spin-off title featuring the Punisher, a fictional character published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The first installment of the series ran for 41 issues and two 64-page ...

'' #1–7 (1992) *''

Savage Sword of Conan ''The Savage Sword of Conan'' was a black-and-white magazine-format comic book series published beginning in 1974 by Curtis Magazines, an imprint of American company Marvel Comics, and then later by Marvel itself. ''Savage Sword of Conan'' starre ...

'' #48 (1980) *''

'' #0, 1–6 (1996) *'' Silver Surfer Annual '97'' #1 (1997) *''

'' #26, 38–40, 49 (1992–1994) *''

Spider-Man Unlimited ''Spider-Man Unlimited'' is an American animated series by Saban Entertainment which features the Marvel comic book superhero Spider-Man, intended as a loose sequel series to the previous '' Spider-Man: The Animated Series'', which ran from 19 ...

'' vol. 2 #15 (2006) *''Spider-Man: The Lost Years'' #1–3 (1995) *'' St. George'' #1–6 (1988–1989) *''

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into vari ...

'' #4–7, 10 (1980–1981) *'' Star Wars Annual'' #3 (1983) *'' Supernatural Thrillers'' #12 (1975) *'' Supreme Power: Hyperion'' #1–5 (2005–2006) *''Tales of the Marvel Universe'' #1 (1997) *''

Tarzan Tarzan (John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adv ...

'' #14–19 (1978) *'' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' #1 (1991) *''

Thor Thor (; from non, Þórr ) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of humankind, hallowing, ...

'' #240, ''Annual'' #6 (1975–1977) *''Thor'' vol. 2 #1–8, 10–13, 15–17, 19–22, 26–27, ''Annual 1999'' (1998–2000) *''

The Tomb of Dracula ''The Tomb of Dracula'' is an American horror comic book series published by Marvel Comics from April 1972 to August 1979. The 70-issue series featured a group of vampire hunters who fought Count Dracula and other supernatural menaces. On rare ...

'' vol. 2 #4 (1980) *'' Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction'' #3 (1975) *'' Vampire Tales'' #2–3 (1973–1974) *'' What If...?'' #3, 28 (1977–1981) *''What If...?'' vol. 2 #100 (1997) *''

'' vol. 2 #2, 17–22 (1988–1990) *''Wolverine'' vol. 3 #20–31 (2004–2005) *''

'' #1–5 (2007–2008) *''X-Men Chronicles'' #1 (1995) *'' X-Men: Legacy'' #208 (2008)

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Klaus Janson
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators {{DEFAULTSORT:Janson, Klaus 1952 births American comics artists American art educators Artists from Bridgeport, Connecticut Comics inkers German emigrants to the United States Inkpot Award winners Living people Marvel Comics people People from Coburg School of Visual Arts faculty