Alan Gordon (born June 22, 1953) is an American

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creator primarily known as an

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and

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. He is best known for his 1990s work on

DC Comics DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book seri ...

' '' Legion of Super Heroes'' and the ''

Justice League of America The Justice League, or Justice League of America (JLA), is a group of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team first appeared in '' The Brave and the Bold'' #28 (March 1960). Writer Gardner Fox conceived t ...

'',

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' ''

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'', and

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' creator-owned '' WildStar''. He is not to be confused with another Al Gordon who illustrated comics in the 1950s.

Biography

Early life and career

Gordon was born in

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California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

,Bierbaum, Tom & Mary. "Legion Outpost," ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' vol. 4, #3 (Jan. 1990). on June 22, 1953. Gordon's career began in the mid-1970s as

of the story "A Christmas Carol", starring Michael T. Gilbert's

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detective the Wraith, in '' Quack'' #6 (Dec. 1977), from the early

independent comics Alternative comics or independent comics cover a range of American comics that have appeared since the 1980s, following the underground comix movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Alternative comics present an alternative to mainstream su ...

publisher

Star Reach ''Star Reach'' (also spelled ''Star*Reach'') was an American science fiction and fantasy comics anthology published from 1974 to 1979 by Mike Friedrich. Publication history One of the first American mainstream independent comic books, ''Star*R ...

. The following year, Gordon began freelance inking for

, working with

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Bob Budiansky Bob Budiansky (; born March 15, 1954) is an American comic book writer, editor, and penciller, best known for his work on Marvel's '' Transformers'' comic. He also created the Marvel character Sleepwalker and wrote all 33 issues of that comic ...

and Steve Leialoha, respectively, on a backup story each in ''

Captain America Captain America is a superhero created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby who appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in '' Captain America Comics'' #1, published on December 20, 1940, by Timely C ...

'' #220-221 (April–May 1978). He was the regular inker on ''

Spider-Woman Spider-Woman is the code name of several fictional characters in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first major version is Jessica Drew (and later impersonated by Veranke), the second major version is Julia Carpenter, and the third m ...

'', with penciler

Carmine Infantino Carmine Infantino (; May 24, 1925 – April 4, 2013) was an American comics artist and editing, editor, primarily for DC Comics, during the late 1950s and early 1960s period known as the Silver Age of Comic Books. Among his character creations are ...

from #7-16 (Oct. 1978 - July 1979), and worked as well on at least one issue each of '' The Avengers'', ''

Ghost Rider Ghost Rider is the name of multiple superheroes or antiheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Marvel had previously used the name for a Western character whose name was later changed to Phantom Rider. The first s ...

'', ''

Iron Man Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, the character first appearan ...

'', ''

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 ser ...

'', ''

Marvel Team-Up ''Marvel Team-Up'' is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series featured two or more Marvel characters in one story. The series was originally published from March 1972 through February 1985, and featured Spider-Man as ...

'', ''

Marvel Two-in-One ''Marvel Two-in-One'' is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics featuring Fantastic Four member the Thing in a different team-up each issue. Publication history Original series The concept of teaming the Thing with a differen ...

'', ''

Master of Kung Fu Zheng Shang-Chi,. also known as the Master of Kung Fu and Brother Hand, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Jim Starlin, debuting in ''Spec ...

'', ''

Power Man and Iron Fist ''Power Man and Iron Fist'' (originally ''Luke Cage, Hero for Hire'' then ''Luke Cage, Power Man'') was an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring the superheroes Power Man and Iron Fist. Publication history ''Hero ...

'', ''

The Spectacular Spider-Man ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' is a comic book and magazine series starring Spider-Man and published by Marvel Comics. Following the success of Spider-Man's original series, ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', Marvel felt the character could support ...

'', '' Thor Annual'' and " What If..." through 1982.

1980-1990s

In 1982, Gordon left Marvel for

to ink writer-penciler-co-creator

Scott Shaw Scott Shaw (born 23 September 1958 in Los Angeles, California) is an American author, martial artist, musician, and filmmaker. Career Scott Shaw is an advanced martial artist. He has written a number of articles and books on the martial arts a ...

and fill-in penciler Stan Goldberg on the series '' Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew''. In 1983, Gordon did a year-and-a-half run at the independent

Eclipse Comics Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several independent publishers during the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1978, it published the first graphic novel intended for the newly created comic book store, comic book specialty stor ...

, inking Will Meugniot on Will and Mark Evanier's ''

The DNAgents ''The DNAgents'' is a comic-book series created by writer Mark Evanier and artist Will Meugniot and published by Eclipse Comics from 1983. The series centers on a team of superheroes created through genetic engineering by the Matrix Corporation ...

'', as well as inking Rick Hoberg for the company's spin-off series ''Surge'' and its

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''Eclipse Monthly''. Afterward, he returned to Marvel to become the regular inker on the company's flagship series ''

'', and on the

science-fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, sp ...

adventure

limited series In the field of comic books, and particularly in the United States, a limited series is a comics series with a predetermined number of issues. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is finite and determined ...

Rocket Raccoon Rocket Raccoon is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Bill Mantlo and artist Keith Giffen, the character first appeared in ''Marvel Preview'' #7 (July 1976). He is an intelligent anthropomor ...

'' (with

Mike Mignola Michael Mignola (; born September 16, 1960) is an American comic book writer best known for creating ''Hellboy'' for Dark Horse Comics, part of a Hellboy Universe, shared universe of titles including ''B.P.R.D.'', ''Abe Sapien'', ''Lobster Johns ...

penciling). Other work around this time includes issues of '' The Eternals'' and ''

Power Pack Power Pack is a superhero team consisting of four young siblings appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Louise Simonson and artist June Brigman, they first appeared in their own series in 1984, which las ...

'', and Marvel's licensed series ''

Thundercats ''ThunderCats'' is a media franchise, featuring a fictional group of cat-like humanoid aliens. The characters were created by Tobin Wolf and featured in an animated television series named ''ThunderCats'', running from 1985 to 1989, whic ...

'' and ''

Transformers ''Transformers'' is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Tomy, Takara Tomy. It primarily follows the heroic Autobots and the villainous Decepticons, two Extraterrestrials in fiction, alien robot fac ...

''. Freelancing once again for DC, Gordon in 1987 began inking Kevin Maguire while working with plotter/thumbnail artist

Keith Giffen Keith Ian Giffen (November 30, 1952 – October 9, 2023) was an American comics artist and writer. He was known for his work for DC Comics on their ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' and ''Justice League'' titles as well as for being the co-creator of ...

on ''

Justice League International Justice League International (JLI) is a fictional DC comics superhero team that succeeded the original Justice League from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. The team enjoyed several comic books runs, the first being written by Keith Giffen and ...

''. Two years later, Gordon, this time inking Giffen, also began cowriting with Giffen and Tom and Mary Bierbaum for DC's revamped '' Legion of Super Heroes''. Gordon took over the complete writing and scripting chores for issues #21 though 24 (Aug. 1991), while continuing to ink Giffen. In 1992 he began '' WildStar'' with

Jerry Ordway Jeremiah Joseph Ordway (born November 28, 1957) is an American writer, penciller, inker and painter of comic books. He is known for his inking work on a wide variety of DC Comics titles, including the continuity-redefining ''Crisis on Infinite E ...

for

. The ''WildStar: Sky Zero'' miniseries was written, inked, edited (with the help of Billy "Bud" Shakespeare) and produced by Gordon with pencils by

. A continuing WildStar series followed with penciler Chris Marrinan. Other late 1980s and 1990s work includes issues of Marvel's '' Sensational She-Hulk'' and ''

Silver Surfer The Silver Surfer is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character also appears in a number of movies, television, and video game adaptations. The character was created by Jack Kirby and first a ...

'' and a run over penciler

Erik Larsen Erik J. Larsen (born December 8, 1962) is an American comic book artist, writer, and publisher. He currently acts as the chief financial officer of Image Comics. He gained attention in the early 1990s with his art on Spider-Man series for Marvel ...

on ''

The Amazing Spider-Man ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is an ongoing American superhero American comic book, comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its title character and main protagonist. Being in the Earth 616, mainstream continuity of t ...

''; DC's ''Valor'' and ''Timber Wolf'' (the latter of which he also wrote and thumbnailed); Hero Comics' ''Champions''; Awesome Entertainment's "Supreme" series and ''Judgment Day Alpha'' both written by

Alan Moore Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including ''Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', ''The Ballad of Halo Jones'', Swamp Thing (comic book), ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman: The Killing Joke' ...

; ''

Tom Strong ''Tom Strong'' is an American comic book series created by writer Alan Moore and artist Chris Sprouse, initially published bi-monthly by America's Best Comics, an imprint of DC Comics' WildStorm division. Tom Strong, the title character, is a ...

'' written by Alan Moore for DC's imprint

America's Best Comics America's Best Comics (ABC) was a comic book publishing brand. It was set up by Alan Moore in 1999 as an imprint of WildStorm, an idea proposed to Moore by WildStorm founder Jim Lee when it was still under Image Comics. History ''America's ...

;

' '' Freak Force'' and others.

2000s-2010s

He continued his working relationship with Ordway, inking Marvel's '' The Avengers'' vol. 2. Other 2000s work for Marvel includes '' Captain Marvel'' #25 (Sept. 2004) and ''Marvel Holiday Special'' #1 (Jan. 2006).

Other media

Outside of comics, Gordon has also done commercial and advertising art,

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advertising Advertising is the practice and techniques employed to bring attention to a Product (business), product or Service (economics), service. Advertising aims to present a product or service in terms of utility, advantages, and qualities of int ...

and commercial voice overs including audiobooks, and played in

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bands.

Awards

Gordon has received two

Eisner Awards The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are awards for creative achievement in American comic books. They are regarded as the most prestigious and significant awards in the comic industry and often referred ...

and several Eisner Award and

Harvey Award The Harvey Awards are given for achievement in comic books. Named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman, the Harvey Awards were founded by Gary Groth in 1988, president of the publisher Fantagraphics, to be a successor to the Kirby Awards, which were ...

nominations: Awards * Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story 2000 - ''Tom Strong'' #4–7 (ABC Comics), by Alan Moore, Chris Sprouse, Al Gordon, and guest artists * Eisner Award for Best Single Issue 2000 - ''

'' #1 (ABC Comics): "How Tom Strong Got Started," by

Chris Sprouse Chris Sprouse (born July 30, 1966) is an American comics artist. Sprouse has worked for multiple publishers and has won two Eisner Awards for his work on '' Tom Strong'', a series he created with writer Alan Moore. Early life Chris Sprouse was b ...

, and Al Gordon Nominations * Harvey Award for Best Inker 1988 - ''

'' #1,

* Harvey Award for Best New Series 1988 - ''Justice League International'', by

J. M. DeMatteis John Marc DeMatteis (; born December 15, 1953) is an American writer of comic books, television and novels. Biography Early career J. M. DeMatteis's earliest aspirations were to be a rock musician and comic book artist. He began playing in ban ...

, Kevin Maguire and Al Gordon, DC Comics * Eisner Award for Best Art Team 1988 - Kevin Maguire and Al Gordon, for ''Justice League International'' #1, DC Comics * Harvey Award for Best Inker 2000 - ''Tom Strong'', ABC Comics (Tom Strong also nominated for Best New Series 2000 and Best Continuing or Limited Series 2000) * Harvey Award for Best Inker 2001 - ''Tom Strong'', ABC Comics

Bibliography

Inker

* '' New Men (Image Comics)'' (1996) * ''

's Awesome Universe Handbook'' (1999) * ''

'' (1963) * ''

Ambush Bug Ambush Bug is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. His real name is supposedly Irwin Schwab, but he has mental problems that prevent him from truly understanding reality around him, so even his true identity migh ...

: Nothing Special'' (1992) * ''

'' (2004) * ''America's Best Comics Preview ''(1999) * ''America's Best Comics Primer'' (2008) * ''America's Best Comics Special'' (2001) * ''Avengers Assemble'' (2004) * '' The Avengers''(1963) * ''The Avengers'' (1998) * ''Back Issue'' (2003) * ''

Brigade A brigade is a major tactical military unit, military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements. It is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced regiment. Two or more brigades may constitute ...

'' (1993) * ''

'' (1968) * ''Captain America'' (1998) * ''Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!'' (1982) * ''Captain Carrot and the Final Ark'' (2007) * ''Captain Marvel'' (2002) * ''Comics Feature'' (1980) * ''

Countdown A countdown is a sequence of backward counting to indicate the time remaining before an event is scheduled to occur. NASA commonly employs the terms "L-minus" and "T-minus" during the preparation for and anticipation of a rocket launch, and eve ...

'' (2000) * ''Cover Run: The DC Comics Art of

Adam Hughes Adam Hughes (born May 5, 1967) is an American comics artist and illustrator best known to American comic book readers for his renderings of pinup-style female characters, and his cover work on titles such as ''Wonder Woman'' and ''Catwoman''. ...

'' (2010) * ''

Danny Fingeroth Daniel Fingeroth (; born September 17) is an American comic book writer and editor, best known for a long stint as group editor of the Spider-Man books at Marvel Comics. Early life Fingeroth was born in New York City, New York. Career As a write ...

's Write Now!'' (2002) * ''

Defenders Defender(s) or The Defender(s) may refer to: * Defense (military) * Defense (sports) ** Defender (association football) Arts and entertainment Film, television, and theatre Film * ''The Defender'' (1989 film), a Canadian documentary * ''The D ...

'' (2001) * ''

Detective Comics ''Detective Comics'' (later retitled as ''Batman Detective Comics'') is an American comic book series published by Detective Comics, later shortened to DC Comics. The first volume, published from 1937 to 2011 (and later continued in 2016), is ...

'' (1937) * '' DNAgents'' (1983) * ''DNAgents'' (2004) * ''

Doom Patrol Doom Patrol is a superhero team from DC Comics. The original Doom Patrol first appeared in ''My Greatest Adventure'' #80 (June 1963), and was created by writers Arnold Drake and Bob Haney, along with artist Bruno Premiani. Doom Patrol has appear ...

'' (1987) * ''Eclipse Monthly'' (1983) * ''Essential Marvel Team-Up'' (2002) * ''Essential Marvel Two-In-One'' (2005) * ''Essential Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man'' (2005) * ''Essential Spider-Woman'' (2005) * ''Essential

X-Factor ''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for '' Pop Idol'' (2001–200 ...

'' (2005) * ''Essential X-Men'' (1999) * '' Eternals'' (1985) * ''Excalibur Visionaries:

Alan Davis Alan Davis (born 18 June 1956) is an English comic book writer and artist, known for his work on ''Captain Britain'', ''The Uncanny X-Men'', ''The ClanDestine, ClanDestine'', ''Detective Comics'', ''Excalibur (comic book), Excalibur'', ''JLA: ...

'' (2009) * ''Excalibur: Air Apparent'' (1991) * ''Excalibur: XX Crossing'' (1992) * ''

'' (1961) * ''Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne'' (2005) * ''Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comics Magazine'' (2001) * ''

Farscape ''Farscape'' is an Australian-American Science fiction on television, science fiction television series conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by The Jim Henson Company and Hallmark Entertainment, originally for the Nine Network. It prem ...

: War Torn'' (2002) * ''

The Flash The Flash is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1 (cover date, cover-dated Jan ...

'' (1987) * '' Freak Force'' (1993) * '' Gen13'' (1995) * ''Giant Size Spider-Man'' (1998) * ''Glory'' (1995) * ''Glory'' (1996) * ''Glory'' (1999) * ''

Green Lantern Corps The Green Lantern Corps is a intergalactic Peacekeeping, peace keeping agency appearing in comics published by DC Comics. They patrol the farthest reaches of the DC Universe at the behest of the Guardians, a race of immortals residing on the plan ...

Quarterly'' (1992) * ''Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps Secret Files'' (2008) * ''Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men'' (1985) * ''Highbrow Entertainment'' (1994) * ''Infinity Inc.'' (1984) * ''Invasion!'' (1988) * ''The Invincible Iron Man DVD-ROM'' (2007) * ''The Invincible Iron Man'' (2007) * ''

'' (1968) * ''Judgment Day'' (1997) * ''Judgment Day Sourcebook'' (1997) * ''

Justice League The Justice League, or Justice League of America (JLA), is a group of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team first appeared in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #28 (March 1960). Writer Gardner Fox conceived the ...

'' (1987) * ''

'' (1987) * ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' (1984) * ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' (1989) * '' Lobo's Greatest Hits'' (1991) * ''Marvel Age'' (1983) * ''

Marvel Comics Presents ''Marvel Comics Presents'' is an American comic book anthology title that was published in three series by Marvel Comics: from 1988 to 1995; 2007 to 2008; and in 2019. Volume 1 The first volume was released on a bi-weekly basis and lasted for ...

'' (1988) * ''Marvel Holiday Special'' (1991) * ''Marvel Premiere'' (1972) * ''

'' (1972) * ''Marvel Two-In-One'' (1974) * ''

'' (1974) * ''Mek'' (2003) * ''Miracleman'' (1985) * ''New Men'' (1994) * ''Orion'' (2000) * ''Phantom Force'' (1993) * ''Power Man and Iron Fist'' (1978) * ''

'' (1984) * ''Powerline'' (1988) * ''Quack!'' (1976) * ''Reload/Mek'' (2004) * ''

'' (1985) * ''Sabretooth Classic'' (1994) * '' The Savage Dragon'' (1993) * '' The Savage Sword of Conan'' (1974) * ''Secret Origins'' (1986) * '' The Sensational She-Hulk'' (1989) * ''

'' (1987) * ''Soulsearchers and Company'' (1993) * ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' (1976) * ''Spider-Man Comics Weekly'' (UK) (1973) * ''Spider-Man Visionaries:

Roger Stern Roger Stern (born September 17, 1950) is an American comic book author and novelist. Biography Early career In the early 1970s, Stern and Bob Layton published the fanzine ''CPL'' (''Contemporary Pictorial Literature''), one of the first platfo ...

'' (2007) * ''Spider-Man: Birth of

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 sti ...

'' (2007) * ''Spider-Man: The Cosmic Adventures'' (1993) * ''Spider-Woman'' (1978) * ''

Superman Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, which first appeared in the comic book ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1, published in the United States on April 18, 1938.The copyright date of ''Action Comics ...

Savage Dragon The Savage Dragon is the name of two superheroes created by Erik Larsen, published by Image Comics and taking place in the Image Universe. The comic initially follows the adventures of a superheroic police officer named the Dragon. The character ...

: Chicago'' (2002) * '' Supreme'' (1992) * ''Supreme'' (1997) * ''Supreme: The New Adventures'' (1996) * ''Supreme: The Return'' (1999) * ''Surge'' (1984) * ''Tales Of The

New Gods The New Gods are a fictional extraterrestrial race appearing in the eponymous comic book series published by DC Comics, as well as selected other DC titles. Created and designed by Jack Kirby, they first appeared in February 1971 in ''New Gods'' ...

'' (2008) * ''Tales of the

Teen Titans The Teen Titans are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, frequently in eponymous monthly series. As the group's name indicates, the members are teenage superheroes, many of whom have acted as sidekicks to DC ...

'' (1984) * ''

Thor Thor (from ) is a prominent list of thunder gods, god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding æsir, god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology, sacred g ...

'' (1966) * ''Thundercats'' (1985) * ''Timber Wolf'' (1992) * ''

'' (1999) * ''

The Transformers ''Transformers'' is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Tomy, Takara Tomy. It primarily follows the heroic Autobots and the villainous Decepticons, two Extraterrestrials in fiction, alien robot fac ...

'' (UK) (1984) * ''The Transformers'' (1984) * ''The Transformers: Generations'' (2006) * ''

Uncanny X-Men ''Uncanny X-Men'', originally published as ''The X-Men'', is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics since 1963, and is the longest-running series in the List of X-Men comics, X-Men comics franchise. It features a team of super ...

'' (1963) * '' Valor'' (1992) * ''

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 ...

'' (1985) * '' What If?'' (1977) * ''

What The--?! ''What The--?!'' is a Marvel Comics comic book series self-parodying the Marvel Universe as well as characters from the DC Comics Universe. Similar in vein to the 1960s series '' Not Brand Echh'', it was billed as "The Marvel mag of mirth and mayh ...

'' (1988) * ''Who's Who in

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the Star Trek: The Original Series, series of the same name and became a worldwide Popular culture, pop-culture Cultural influence of ...

'' (1987) * ''Who's Who in the

DC Universe The DC Universe (DCU) is the shared universe in which most stories in American comic book titles published by DC Comics take place. In context, the term "DC Universe" usually refers to the main DC Continuity (fiction), continuity. It contains v ...

'' (1990) * ''Who's Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes'' (1988) * ''Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe'' (1985) * ''Who's Who: Update '87'' (1987) * ''Who's Who: Update '88'' (1988) * ''Who's Who: Update '93'' (1992) * ''Wildstar'' (1995) * ''Wildstar: Sky Zero'' (1993) * ''Women of Marvel'' (2006) * ''

X-Men The X-Men are a superhero team in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, the team first appeared in Uncanny X-Men, ''The X-Men'' #1 (September 1963). Although initial ...

: Mutant Massacre'' (1999) * ''X-Men: The Asgardian Wars'' (1989) * '' Youngblood Super Special'' (1997)

Writer

* ''

Legion of Super-Heroes The Legion of Super-Heroes is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino, the Legion is a group of superpowered beings living in the 30th and 31st centuries of t ...

'' (1989) * ''Timber Wolf'' (1992) * ''Who's Who: Update '93'' (1992) * ''Wildstar: Sky Zero'' (1993) * '' WildStar'' (1995) * "

Tarzan Tarzan (John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, a 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 adventurer. Creat ...

" feature in ''

Dark Horse Presents ''Dark Horse Presents'' was a comic book published by Dark Horse Comics from 1986 in comics, 1986. Their first published series, it was their flagship title until its September 2000 in comics, 2000 cancellation. The second incarnation was publishe ...

'' (2012) * "The Once and Future

" (2012)

Penciller

* ''The DC Comics Encyclopedia'' (2004) * ''Judgment Day'' (2003) * ''

'' (1985) * '' What If?'' (1977)

Cover artist

* ''The Adventures of The New Men'' (1996) * ''Amazing Heroes'' (1981) * ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (1963) * ''Ambush Bug Nothing Special'' (1992) * ''America's Best Comics Preview'' (1999) * ''America's Best Comics Primer'' (2008) * ''DNAgents'' (1983) * ''Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme'' (1988) * ''Doom Patrol'' (1987) * '' Freak Force'' (1993) * ''

'' (1973) * '' Infinity Inc.'' (1984) * ''

'' (1987) * ''L.E.G.I.O.N.'' (1989) * ''League of Champions'' (1990) * ''

'' (1989) * ''Legion: Secret Files'' (1998) * '' Legionnaires'' (1993) * ''The Malibu Sun'' (1992) * ''

'' (1988) * ''The New DNAgents'' (1985) * '' New Men'' (1994) * ''

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

'' (1999) * ''The Official

Index'' (1985) * ''The Outsiders'' (1985) * ''Rocket Raccoon'' (1985) * '' The Savage Dragon'' (1993) * ''

Secret Origins ''Secret Origins'' is the title of several comic book series published by DC Comics which featured the origin stories of the publisher's various characters. Publication history ''Secret Origins'' was first published as a one-shot in 1961 and c ...

'' (1986) * ''Shadow Reavers'' (2001) * ''Surge'' (1984) * ''Timber Wolf'' (1992) * ''

'' (1999) * ''The Trouble with Girls'' (1989) * ''Valor'' (1992) * ''Who's Who in the DC Universe'' (1990) * ''Wildstar'' (1995) * ''Wildstar: Sky Zero'' (1993) * '' Youngblood'' (1998) * ''Youngblood Super Special'' (1997)

Editor

* '' WildStar: Sky Zero'' * '' WildStar'' * '' WildStar: Sky Zero'' (The Collected Trade Paperback). * '' Fred Hembeck's The Near Complete Essential Hembeck Archives Omnibus.'' "Official Unofficial Editor." * '' Timespirits'' (The Collected Trade Paperback).

References

External links

Al Gordon's Facebook page
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Al Artists from San Francisco People from Pacifica, California Living people 1953 births American comics artists