Scott McDaniel (born 1965) is an American

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who has drawn numerous books, including

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' " Fall from Grace" storyline for the '' Daredevil'' series. Notable artwork for

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include a long run on '' Batman'' as regular penciller, '' Nightwing'', ''

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'', and most recently '' Green Arrow''.

Biography

Early life and career

McDaniel was born in 1965 in the city of

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. He was an avid fan of superheroes, and his mother would buy him stacks of comics from flea markets. He learned to draw from all those old comics. McDaniel graduated from the Penn Hills Senior High School in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania. After graduation Scott wanted to be a surgeon, and attended Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where his father's heart surgeon studied. He was enrolled as a Pre-Med student until the day he walked into Inorganic Chemistry and saw a 4-foot-long Schrödinger Wave equation scrawled on the chalk board. At that moment he knew Pre-Med was not for him. Next he became a chemistry major, and then a chemical engineering major. In freshman year at Bucknell he met Glenn Herdling, a friendship that would last for quite some time. After graduating from Bucknell, Glenn took his double major (English and Psychology) and went on to work with

. Scott took his BS in electrical engineering and went to work with the Kearfott Division of the Singer Company. He married his high school girlfriend and had a son, who he named Alex. He worked as an electrical engineer during the day, and worked on his art in the evenings. His friend Glenn would take his art into

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to get critiques by other editors and artists. After several years of that critiquing, McDaniel began to get small penciling jobs from Marvel. McDaniel relocated to Pittsburgh (in the suburb Monroeville), and continued working as an electrical engineer with the Loftus Division of the Eichleay Corporation. About a year later, McDaniel was getting more assignments from

. When the call came with an opportunity to work on Daredevil, he quit his engineering job and began his career as a comic book artist.

Art style

McDaniel's work tends to feature bold, bright colors against stark black, with a greater than average attention to fight scenes.

Bibliography

DC Comics

*'' 52'' #42 ("Origin of Green Arrow" backup story, 2007) *'' Batman'' #575-586, 588-602, 604-607 (2000-2002) *'' Batman and Robin'' #17-19 (2011) *''

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'' #22-25, 29-30 (2008-2009) *'' The Batman Chronicles'' #5 (1996) *''

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'' #125 (2009) *''Birds of Prey'' vol. 3 #21-34 (breakdowns, 2013-2014) *''Birds of Prey:

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'' #1 (breakdowns, 2014) *''

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'' vol. 8 #15 (2013) *''

Catwoman Catwoman is a fictional character created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman. Debuting as "the Cat" in ''Batman'' #1 (spring 1940), she is ...

'' vol. 4 #22-23 (breakdowns, 2013) *''

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'' #29 ("Origin of Penguin" backup story, 2009)* *''Countdown: Arena'' #1-4 (2008) *''

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'' #1 (2004) *''DC Universe Presents'' #0 (among other artists, 2012) *'' Detective Comics'' #766, 867-870 (2002, 2010) *''Earth 2: World's End'' #9-25 (breakdowns, 2015) *'' The Flash'' vol. 5 #37 (2018) *''The Great Ten'' #1-9 (2010) *'' Green Arrow'' vol. 6 #60-75 (2006-2007) *''

'' vol. 5 #36-37 (breakdowns, 2014) *'' Green Lantern Corps: Edge of Oblivion'' #5-6 (breakdowns, 2016) *''

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'' #17-18 (2006) *'' Just Imagine Stan Lee with Scott McDaniel Creating Aquaman'' #1 (2002) *'' Nightwing'' vol. 2 #1-40, 101-106, #1,000,000, #1/2 (1996-2005) *''Nightwing: Target'' #1 (2001) *'' Outsiders'' vol. 3 Annual #1 (2007) *''

'' #1-12 (2004-2005) *'' Robin'' vol. 2 #139-147 (2005-2006) *'' Robin 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular'' #1 (among other artists, 2020) *'' Robin: Son of Batman'' #7 (2016) *''

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'' #1-8 (2011-2012) *'' Strange Adventures'' vol. 3 #6-8 (2009) *'' Superman'' vol. 2 #190-200 (2003-2004) *''Superman: The Ten Cent Adventure'' #1 (2003) *''

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'' #1, 4, 6, 8-10, 15, 17-18, 21-22, 24, 26-27, 31, 33, 36-37, 40, 42, 45-46, 48, 50, 52 (among other artists, 2008-2009)

Marvel Comics

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'' Annual #26 (1992) *'' Daredevil'' #305-315, 317-327, 329-332, 334, 336, Annual #9 (1992-1995) *'' Elektra: Root of Evil'' #1-4 (1995) *''

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'' #1-4, 6-7, 9-10 (1995-1996) *''The Lethal Foes of Spider-Man'' #1-2 (1993) *''

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'' Annual #9, 12 (1989-1992) *'' Spider-Man'' #19-20 (backup stories, 1992) *'' Spider-Man/

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/ Sabretooth: Designer Genes'' #1 (1993) *''

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'' Annual #8 (1992) *'' What If?'' vol. 2 #31 (1991)

Marvel Comics/DC Comics

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'' #1 (1996) *'' Daredevil/Batman'' #1 (1997)

References

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:McDaniel, Scott Living people 1965 births American comics artists Bucknell University alumni Artists from Pittsburgh