Jim Balent () is an American comics artist, writer, and publisher from Pennsylvania. He is best known for his long run on '' Catwoman'' between 1993 and 1999. Balent has also drawn ''

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'' for DC Comics, as well as some of the issues of '' Purgatori'' for the independent comic book publisher Chaos! Comics.

Career

Balent's early work for DC Comics includes backup stories in ''

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'' such as "The Deadliest Casualty" in issue #393 (October 1984) and "The Ninja" in #397 (February 1985). An Atom story drawn by Balent was published as a Bonus Book in ''Power of the Atom'' #4 (November 1988). Balent and writer Jo Duffy launched an ongoing '' Catwoman'' series in August 1993. Balent drew ''Catwoman'' through issue #77 (February 2000). He and writer

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Annual'' #6 (1993). As the artist of ''Catwoman'', Balent worked on several Batman crossover stories including " Contagion", "

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". In 1999, Balent left mainstream comics to form his own company, BroadSword Comics, which publishes '' Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose'', written and drawn by Balent himself. In an interview with

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, a comic book website, Balent spoke of his interest in both entertaining as well as educating his readers about the folklore and actual theology of Wicca and witchcraft with interviews with leading witch authors and spells from witches around the world. Balent drew a retailer exclusive variant cover for ''

'' vol. 3 #50 (September 2018) for Jetpack Comics / Forbidden Planet.

Awards

On March 1, 2009, Balent's company, BroadSword Comics, won three of the 25 categories in the inaugural

Awards and was nominated for ten other categories at the MegaCon convention. His title ''Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose'' won in the categories of "Best Title" and "Best Indy Title", and the character Raven Hex from the aforementioned title won in the category of "Best Indy Villain".

Bibliography

BroadSword Comics

* ''3 Little Kittens: Purrr-fect Weapons'' #1–3 (2002) * '' Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose'' #1–132 (2000–)

Chaos Comics

* '' Purgatori: Prelude'' #1 (1996) * ''Purgatori: The Vampires Myth'' #1–3 (1996)

Dark Horse Comics

* '' Dark Horse Presents'' #71–73 (1993)

DC Comics

* ''

'' #507 (1994) * ''Batman 80-Page Giant'' #2 (1999) * '' Batman: Batgirl'' #1 (1998) * ''Batman: Brotherhood of the Bat'' #1 (1995) * '' Catwoman'' vol. 2 #1–30, 33–77, #0, #1000000, ''Annual'' #2; #31–32 (layouts) (1993–2000) * ''Catwoman/ Vampirella: The Furies'' #1 (1997) * '' Catwoman: Guardian of Gotham'' #1–2 (1999) * '' Darkstars'' #7 (1993) * ''

'' #660, ''Annual'' #6 (1993) * ''

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Quarterly'' #4–6 (1993) * '' Green Lantern: Mosaic'' #9 (1993) * '' Legends of the Dark Claw'' #1 (1996) * '' Lobo's Big Babe Spring Break Special'' #1 (1995) * '' Power of the Atom'' #4 ( Bonus Book) (1988) * ''

'' #393, 397 (backup stories) (1984–1985) * '' Showcase '95'' #4 (Catwoman) (1995)

First Comics

* '' Evangeline'' #11–12 (1989) * '' Nexus'' #42 (1988)

Harris Comics

* '' Vampirella'' #1–3 (1992–1993)

References

External links

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