Jesús Redondo Román (born 8 August 1934)
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who has been published in many countries, including Spain, the UK, the

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, Sweden and the United States.

Biography

The son of a schoolteacher, Redondo was born in

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, Spain. He moved to

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in 1958 to work for an advertising agency, and was soon Head of Studio. His first comics work was "Profesor Woosley" for Editorial Bruguera in 1962. His Spanish work includes '' El Capitán Trueno'', ''Un Paseo por la Rioja'', ''Centauro'' and ''SOS Dossier Ecológico''. He has also drawn "Edward" for the Dutch magazine ''Tina''.Jesús Redondo
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's Comiclopedia In the mid-1960s he began working for UK publishers D. C. Thomson & Co. and

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, initially on girls' comics like ''

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'' ("Suzette of the Silver Sword") and ''

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'', later on boys' adventure comics like '' 2000 AD'', '' Starlord'', ''

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'' and '' Scream!'', including drawing

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for the ''

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'' in 1986. In the 1990s he worked on ''

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'' for

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, and ''

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'' and ''

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'' for Marvel US. In recent years he has been illustrating children's books as well as comics.

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

''2000 AD''

*'' M.A.C.H. 1'': ** "Airship" (with Nick Allen, in '' 2000 AD'' #13, 1977) ** "Spotbox" (with Nick Allen, in ''2000 AD'' #17, 1977) ** "Planet Killers" (with

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, in ''2000 AD'' #27-29, 1977) ** "The Dolphin Tapes" (with Steve MacManus/Oniano, in ''2000 AD'' #54-55, 1978) *''

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'': ** "Poacher" (with Barry Clements, in ''2000 AD'' #85, 1978) ** "The Machine" (with

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, in ''2000 AD'' #224, 1981) ** "Giant Leap" (with Kelvin Gosnell, in ''2000 AD'' #230, 1981) **"The Red House" (with Steve Moore, in ''2000 AD'' #231, 1981) ** "Love Thy Neighbour" (with Kelvin Gosnell, in ''2000 AD'' #242, 1981) **"The Lanulos Run" (with David Perry, in ''2000 AD'' #258, 1982) ** "Nigel Goes a Hunting" (with Alan Grant, in ''2000 AD'' #259, 1982) ** "The Writing on the Wall" (with

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, in ''2000 AD'' #268, 1982) ** "One Christmas During Eternity!" (with Alan Moore, in ''2000 AD'' #271, 1982) **"The Martians" (with David Perry, in ''2000 AD'' #274, 1982) ** "Sunburn" (with Alan Moore, in ''2000 AD'' #282, 1982) **"Beware the Men in Black" (with David Perry, in ''2000 AD'' #286, 1982) **"The Pioneer" (with

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, in ''2000 AD'' #302, 1983) **"Class of '65" (with Alan Hebden, in ''2000 AD'' #382, 1984) **"The Edge of Forever" (with Alan Hebden, in ''2000 AD'' #429, 1985) *'' Project Overkill'' (with Kelvin Gosnell and Ian Gibson, in ''2000 AD'' #119-126, 1979) Project Overkill
at 2000 AD online *''

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'' (with Chris Lowder, in ''2000 AD'' #148-151, 1980) *''

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'' (with

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, in ''2000 AD'' #162-175, 1980) *''

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'' (with Malcolm Shaw, in ''2000 AD'' #185-218, 1980–81) *''

Nemesis the Warlock ''Nemesis the Warlock'' is a comic series created by writer Pat Mills and artist Kevin O'Neill which appeared in the pages of the British weekly comics anthology '' 2000 AD''. The title character, a fire-breathing demonic alien, fights again ...

'' Book 2 (with

, ''2000 AD'' #246-257, 1982) *''

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'': ** "Joy Riders" (with Alan Hebden, in ''2000 AD'' #311, 1983) ** "Ring Road" (with Alan Moore, in ''2000 AD'' #320, 1983) ** "The Time Machine" (with Alan Moore, in ''2000 AD'' #324, 1983) **"The Great Infinity Inc. Foul-Up" (with Chris Lowder, in ''2000 AD'' 356-357, 1984) **"Running Out of Time" (with Chris Lowder, in ''2000 AD'' #362, 1984) *''

Rogue Trooper ''Rogue Trooper'' is a science fiction strip in the British comic book, comic ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'', created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons in 1981. It portrays the adventures of a "Supersoldier, Genetic Infantryman" named Rogue ...

'': "First of the Few" (with Alan Moore, ''2000 AD Annual 1984'', 1983) *'' Missionary Man'': "Mark of the Beast" (with

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, in ''2000 AD'' #1201-1204, 2000) *'' Tharg's Terror Tales'': "Birth of the Mazzikim" (with David Baillie, in ''2000 AD'' #1737, 2011) *'' Tharg's 3rillers'': "Rewind" (with Robert Murphy, in ''2000 AD'' #1856, 2013)

Starlord

*''Mind Wars'' (with Alan Hebden and Ian Gibson, in '' Starlord'' #2-22, 1978)

Starblazer

*"The Promised Planet" (with G. Parker, '' Starblazer'' #96, 1983) *"Pirates of the Ether Sea" (with

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, ''Starblazer'' #100) *"The Executioner" (''Starblazer'' #165) *"Ravenmaster" (with M Gately, ''Starblazer'' #257)

Eagle

*''The Amstor Computer'' **"6746 - Journey on the Junk Food Express" (with Alan Hebden, ''

'' #83, 1983) *''

'' **"Marshall" (with

, c. 1986) **"Untitled" (in ''Eagle Annual 1988'', 1987) **"Untitled" (in ''Eagle Annual 1989'', 1988)

Scream!

*''Monster'' (with Alan Moore, John Wagner, 1984)

Various

*'' El Capitán Trueno'' (in ''Adventuras bizarras'', 1987–89; ''La Revista de El Mundo'', 1999)

Marvel

*''

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'' #2-3 (with Adam Bezark, 4-issue mini-series,

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, May–June 1995) *'' Star Trek: Voyager'' #1-12 (with

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, ongoing series, Marvel Comics, November 1996 - December 1997) *''

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'' (pencils, with writer

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, 3-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, December 1997 - February 1998) *'' Spider-Man versus

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'' (with Ivan Vasquez) 2004

Notes

References

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External links

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