Doug Hazlewood (born September 20, 1954) is an American

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artist, known primarily for inking. Hazlewood has primarily worked for

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during his career, often partnering with pencilers

Tom Grummett Thomas Grummett (born 1959) is a Canadian comic book artist and penciller. He is best known for his work as penciller on titles such as '' The New Titans'', '' The Adventures of Superman'', ''Superboy'', '' Power Company'', '' Robin'', '' New Th ...

and

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, and he occupies a particular niche as

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's "event-book" inker, working on such titles and story lines as ''

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'' (1993) and '' Superman: The Wedding Album'' (1996).

Biography

Hazlewood came out of comics

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, with one of his first published art credits being in FOOM #4 (1974), the last issue of that

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-published fan magazine to be edited by

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. His self-created character of Deathwatch was a submission to the character contest; it has not been established if the creators of the 1990s Marvel character Deathwatch were aware of this earlier usage of the name. In 1979, he was published in the fanzine ''

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''. Up through the mid-1980s he had illustration work published sporadically in the

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publications ''

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'' and ''

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''. In

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, Hazlewood was named the winner of the inking portion of the '' Marvel Try-out Book'',Shooter, Jim
"Bullpen Bulletins," Marvel Comics cover-dated Feb. 1986.
and from that point forward found regular professional inking work. At first, Hazlewood worked with

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on such titles as '' Femforce'' and ''

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''. Next, he inked the entire eight-issue run of

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' '' The Liberty Project''. Hazlewood latched on with

in 1988 as the regular inker for the new title ''

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'', written by

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. Hazlewood remained as the book's inker for two years, up through issue #24. During this period, Hazlewood worked for the British company

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, publisher of '' 2000 AD'', as a cover inker for the title '' Psi-Judge Anderson''. In the early 1990s Hazlewood freelanced for Fleetway, Eclipse, and

, and in 1991 became the regular inker on DC's '' Adventures of Superman''. Partnering with penciler

, Hazlewood inked that book until 1993. From there he and Grummett moved to ''

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'' vol. 3, which Hazlewood inked from 1994 to 1998. Moving into the 2000s, Hazlewood was regular inker on ''

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'' vol. 2 from 2000 to 2003. From there, he moved to DC's ''

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'' vol.4 (2004–2006), inking John Byrne for the book's entire 18-issue run. Next, Hazlewood collaborated with

on DC's ''

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'' from 2007 to 2008, and then on '' Secret Six'' from 2008 to 2010. In 2010, writer

Gail Simone Gail Simone (born July 29, 1974) is an American writer best known for her work in comics on DC Comics, DC's ''Birds of Prey (comics), Birds of Prey'', ''Batgirl'', Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja, and for being the longest running female write ...

from ''Secret Six'', along with Scott, and Hazlewood, moved to ''

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'' for a handful of issues, and in 2010 Scott and Hazlewood moved to ''

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'' vol. 3.

Personal life

In the late 1980s/early 1990s, Hazlewood was based in

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."Victoria Artist Due at Fair,"
''

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'' (June 15, 1989).

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