Patrick Zircher () is an American comic book artist and

penciller A penciller (or penciler) is an artist who works on the creation of comic books, graphic novels, and similar visual art forms, with a focus on the initial pencil illustrations, usually in collaboration with other artists, who provide inks, colors ...

Career

Zircher's early career as an illustrator began with production of several completed works for '' Villains and Vigilantes'', ''

Champions A champion (from the late Latin ''campio'') is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition. There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, a ...

'' and other pen-and-paper role-playing games, as well as work for independent comic book publishers. He illustrated a number of projects for

Caliber Comics Caliber Comics or Caliber Press is an American comic book publisher founded in 1989 by Gary Reed. Featuring primarily creator-owned comics, Caliber published over 1,300 comics in the decade following its inception and is ranked as one of America ...

including ''Dragon Star II'', ''Jason and the Argonauts'' (under the Tome Press banner), and his own creator owned series, ''Samurai 7'' (released under Caliber's Gauntlet imprint). Following this he went on to work largely for

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

on titles including '' Iron Man'', '' Thunderbolts'' and ''

New Warriors The New Warriors is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They traditionally consisted of teenage and young adult heroes, and were often seen to serve as a junior counterpart to Avengers (comics), ...

''. He also did a considerable amount of work for DC, primarily on '' Nightwing'' and on '' Shadowman'' for

Valiant Comics Valiant Comics is an American comic books, comic book publisher. The company was founded in 1989 by former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter along with lawyer and businessman Steven Massarsky. In 1994, the company was sold to Acclaim E ...

Bibliography

DC Comics

*''

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 ...

'' #957–958, 963–964, 969–970, 973–974, 979–980, 984 (2016–2017) *''

Birds of Prey Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and other smaller birds). In addition to speed and strength, these predat ...

'' #13 (along with

Greg Land Greg Land (born 1956) is an American comic book artist, best known for his work on books such as ''Uncanny X-Men'', ''Birds of Prey'', and ''Fantastic Four''. Career Greg Land first got a job with an independent publisher as the artist for ''Stor ...

) (2000) *''

Darkstars The first Darkstars were a group of intergalactic policemen that appeared in comic books published by DC Comics. They were introduced in ''Darkstars'' #1 (October 1992), and were created by Michael Jan Friedman and Larry Stroman. The series last ...

'' #8-9 (1993) *'' Detective Comics'' #784-786 (2003) *'' The Flash'' vol. 4 #23.1, 27-28 (2013-2014) *'' Green Arrow'' vol. 4 # 41–46, 48 (2015) *''Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps'' #30-31 (2017) *''

Justice League Quarterly ''Justice League Quarterly'' (''JLQ'') was a quarterly American comic book series published by DC Comics from Winter 1990 to Winter 1994; it lasted 17 issues. It had a variable cast, pulling from the Justice League membership. The title centred o ...

'' #10 (1993) *'' Nightwing'' vol. 2 #42-44, 47, 77, 86–91, 93 (2002–04) *''Nightwing'' vol. 4 #53 (2018) *''The Silencer'' #8-10 (2018) *''

Suicide Squad The Suicide Squad is an antihero/supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first version of the Suicide Squad debuted in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #25 (September 1959) and the second and modern version, cre ...

'' vol. 3 #20-22, 24-26 (2013-2014) *'' Superman'' #584 (2000) *''

Titans In Greek mythology, the Titans ( grc, οἱ Τῑτᾶνες, ''hoi Tītânes'', , ''ho Tītân'') were the pre-Olympian gods. According to the ''Theogony'' of Hesiod, they were the twelve children of the primordial parents Uranus (Sky) and Gai ...

'' #13 (2000) *''Trinity'' vol. 2 #17-18, 21-22 (2017-2018) *''

Young Justice Young Justice is a fictional DC Comics superhero team consisting of teenaged heroes. The team was formed in 1998 when DC's usual teen hero group, the Teen Titans, had become adults and changed their name to the Titans. Like the original ''Teen ...

'' #22 (2000) *'' The New 52: Futures End'' #1, 6, 9, 13, 17, 22, 25, 29, 34, 40, 44 (2014)

Marvel Comics

*'' Avengers'', vol 3, #55 (2002) *'' Black Panther'', vol. 2, #59-60 (2003) *''

Cable & Deadpool ''Cable & Deadpool'' was a comic book series published by Marvel Comics beginning in 2004. The title characters, Cable (comics), Cable and Deadpool (comics), Deadpool, shared the focus of the book. The series was launched following the cancellat ...

'' #3-24, 50 (2004–06) *'' Captain America'', vol. 3, #23 (1999) *'' Captain Marvel'', vol. 2, #14, 35 (2001–02) *'' Civil War: The Initiative'' ( Iron Man) (2007) *'' Dr. Strange, Sorcerer Supreme'' #83 (1995) *'' Hulk'', vol. 3, #36, 42-46 (2011) *'' Iron Man'', vol 3, #6, 12, 16, 20 (1998–99) *''Iron Man'', vol. 4, #7-14 (2006–07) *''Iron Man/Captain America'' '98, one shot (1998) *''Iron Man: The Iron Age'', miniseries, #1-2 (1998) *''

Ms. Marvel Ms. Marvel is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was originally conceived as a female counterpart to Captain Marvel. Like Captain Marvel, most of the bearers of the Ms. M ...

'', vol. 2, #12 (along with Roberto de la Torre) (2007) * ''

Mystery Men ''Mystery Men'' is a 1999 American superhero comedy film directed by Kinka Usher (in his feature-length directorial debut) and written by Neil Cuthbert, loosely based on Bob Burden's '' Flaming Carrot Comics'', and starring Ben Stiller, Hank Azar ...

'', 5-issue limited series with David Liss (August–November 2011, tpb: hardcover , soft cover ) *''

'' #55-75 (1995–96) *''

Secret Avengers ''Secret Avengers'' is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics featuring a fictional black ops superhero team of the same name. The series started with Ed Brubaker on writing duties, depicting a black-ops sect of Marvel's premie ...

'' #21.1 (2012) *'' Star Trek: Early Voyages'' #1-8, 13-15 (1997–98) *''Star Trek: Telepathy War'' (1997) *'' Terror Inc.'', miniseries, #1-5 (2007–08) *''

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, an ...

: Ages of Thunder'' (along with Khari Evans) (2008) *''Thor: Man of War'' (along with Clay Mann) (2009) *''Thor: Reign of Blood'' (along with Khari Evans) (2008) *'' Thunderbolts'' #45, 49, 51–58, 60–65, 67 (2000–02) *''

Venom Venom or zootoxin is a type of toxin produced by an animal that is actively delivered through a wound by means of a bite, sting, or similar action. The toxin is delivered through a specially evolved ''venom apparatus'', such as fangs or a st ...

: Along Came a Spider'', miniseries, #1-3 (1996) *''

Web of Spider-Man ''Web of Spider-Man'' is the name of two different monthly comic book series starring Spider-Man that have been published by Marvel Comics since 1985, the first volume of which ran for 129 issues between 1985 and 1995, and the second of which ran ...

Super-Special'' ( Black Cat) #1 (1995) *'' X-Men 2: The Movie'' (2003)

Other publishers

*'' Green Hornet'' #16-17, 19, 22–24, 26–28, 31, 34-37 (NOW Comics, 1992–94) *''

Vampirella Vampirella () is a fictional vampire superheroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and comic book artist Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969), a sister publication of '' Cre ...

Monthly'' #13-14 (Harris, 1999) *'' Shadowman'' #1-6 (2012-2013)

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