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James Noel Mooney (August 13, 1919 – March 30, 2008) was an
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best known for his long tenure at
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and as the signature artist of
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, as well as a
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inker and
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artist, both during what comics historians and fans call the
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and what is known as the
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. He sometimes inked under the
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Jay Noel.


Biography


Early life and career

Jim Mooney was born in
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and raised in
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. Friends with
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author
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and Californian
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fans such as Forrest J. Ackerman, he drew the cover for the first issue of ''Imagination'', an Ackerman
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that included
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's first published story, "
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, the editor of the
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for which Kuttner was writing, ''
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''. Mooney's first professional sale was an illustration for one of Kuttner's stories in that magazine. During this period, Mooney also met future
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editors
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and
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, who had come to the area to meet Kuttner. After attending art school and working as a parking valet and other odd jobs for
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, Mooney went to New York City in 1940 to enter the fledgling comic-book field. Following his first assignment, the new feature "The Moth" in
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' '' Mystery Men Comics'' #9–12 (April–July 1940), Mooney worked for the
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, one of the studios that would supply outsourced comics to publishers testing the waters of the new
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. He left voluntarily after two weeks: "I was just absolutely crestfallen when I looked at some of the guys’ work.
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... and Eisner himself. I was beginning to feel that I was way, way in beyond my depth...." Mooney went on staff at
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for approximately nine months, working on features including "Camilla" and "Suicide Smith" and becoming friends with colleagues
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, and Cardy. He began freelancing for
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, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel, working on that company's "animation" line of
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and movie-cartoon tie-in comics. As Mooney describes his being hired by editor-in-chief and art director
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: Mooney also wrote and drew a talking animal feature, "Perky Penguin and Booby Bear", in 1946 and 1947 for '' Treasure Chest'', the
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-oriented comic book distributed in
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.


Supergirl and DC

In 1946, Mooney began a 22-year association with the company that would evolve into DC. He began with the series ''
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'' as a ghost artist for credited artist
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. As Mooney recalled of coming to DC, Writer Bill Finger and Mooney introduced the Catman character in ''
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'' #311 (Jan. 1963). Mooney branched out to the series ''
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'', and such features as "
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" in ''
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'', and
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in both ''
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'' and ''
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''. He also contributed to
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, the 1950s iteration of Marvel, on at least a handful of 1953-54 issues of ''Lorna the Jungle Queen''. Most notably, Mooney drew the backup feature "
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" in ''Action Comics'' from 1959 to 1968. For much of this run on his signature character, Mooney lived in Los Angeles, managing an
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book store on
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and sometimes hiring art students to work in the store and
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backgrounds on his
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pages. By 1968, he had moved back to New York, where DC, he recalled, was


Spider-Man and Marvel

By now, however, the rates were closer, and Mooney left DC. Marvel editor
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had him work with ''
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''
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John Romita. Mooney first worked on Spider-Man by inking ''
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'' magazine's two issues. Mooney would go on to ink a run of ''Amazing Spider-Man'' (#65, 67-88; Oct. 1968, Dec. 1968 - Sept. 1970), which he recalled as "finalising it over John’s layouts". Among the new characters introduced during Mooney's run on the title were
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as a member of the supporting cast in issue #67 (Dec. 1968) and the Prowler in #78 (Nov. 1969). Mooney also embellished
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's pencils on many issues of ''
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''. As a penciler, Mooney did several issues of ''Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man'', as well as Spider-Man stories in ''
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'', and he both penciled and inked issues of writer
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's ''
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'' and the entire 10-issue run of Gerber's cult-hit ''
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'', among many other titles. Mooney named his collaborations with Gerber as being among his personal favorites. In 2010,
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ranked Gerber and Mooney's run on ''Omega the Unknown'' tenth on its list of the "Top 10 1970s Marvels".
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debuted in ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #25 (Dec. 1978) by
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and Mooney. Writer
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and Mooney introduced the
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in ''The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual'' #2 (1980). Mooney also worked on Marvel-related
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, for the child-oriented '' Spidey Super Stories'', and for a Spider-Man feature in a children's-magazine spin-off of the
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educational series ''
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'', which included segments featuring Spider-Man. On the other end of the spectrum, he drew in the late 1960s and early 1970s for Marvel publisher Martin Goodman's bawdy men's-adventure magazines comics feature entitled "Pussycat. The feature appeared in "Men's Annual," "Male Annual" and "Stag" magazines. A one shot reprint of those stories appeared in 1968's "
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": "Stan eewrote the first one I did, and then his brother Larry ieberwrote the ones that came later".Stan Lee was not the editor of this reprint, Goodman's son Chip was. In 1975, Mooney, wanting to move to Florida, negotiated a 10-year contract with Marvel to supply artwork from there. "It was a good deal. The money wasn't too great, but I was paid every couple of weeks, I had insurance, and I had a lot of security that most freelancers never had". That same year, Mooney and his wife, Anne, had a daughter, Nolle.


Harris, Claypool and DC

In Florida, Mooney co-created Adventure Publications' '' Star Rangers'' with writer Mark Ellis, and worked on ''
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'' for
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, ''
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's The Mummy'' for
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, and the ''
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''
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for Harris Comics. When Harris editor
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left to co-found Claypool Comics in 1993, Mooney produced many stories for the 166-issue run of ''
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, Mistress of the Dark'' and became the regular inker on writer
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's ''Soulsearchers and Company'', over the pencils of
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, Neil Vokes,
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, and mostly
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. Mooney also inked four covers of Howell's ''Deadbeats'' series. He continued to work for Claypool until July 2006 when the company announced that the print end of its published line would cease. Mooney's other later work included the sole issue of writer
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's ''Flaxen'', over Howell pencils; and a retro " Lady Supreme" story for
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. In 1996, Mooney was one of the many creators who contributed to the '' Superman: The Wedding Album'' one-shot wherein the title character married
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.Manning, Matthew K. "1990s" in Dolan, p. 275: " The behind-the-scenes talent on the monumental issue appropriately spanned several generations of the Man of Tomorrow's career. Written by Dan Jurgens, Karl Kesel, David Michelinie, Louise Simonson, and Roger Stern, the one-shot featured the pencils of John Byrne, Gil Kane, Stuart Immonen, Paul Ryan, Jon Bogdanove, Kieron Dwyer, Tom Grummett, Dick Giordano, Jim Mooney, Curt Swan, Nick Cardy, Al Plastino, Barry Kitson, Ron Frenz, and Dan Jurgens."


Commissions, Retirement, and Death

Throughout his later years, Mooney kept busy creating commissioned art pieces for fans. His wife Anne died in 2005. Mooney died March 30, 2008, in Florida after an extended illness.


Bibliography

Comics work (pencils or inking) includes:


DC Comics

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'' (
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) #172–196, 199–251; (
Supergirl Supergirl is the name of several fictional superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original, current, and most well known Supergirl is Supergirl (Kara Zor-El), Kara Zor-El, the cousin of superhero Superman. Th ...
) #253–342, 344–350, 353–358, 360–373 (1952–1969); (
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) #667 (among other artists) (1991) *''
Adventure Comics ''Adventure Comics'' is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1938 to 1983 and revived from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues (472 of those after the title changed from ''New Adventure Comics''), ...
'' #91, 284 (1944–1961); (
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) #328–331, 361 (1965–1967) *''Adventures of
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'' (based on TV Series) #18–20 (1991) *'' The Adventures of Superman'' #480 (among other artists) (1991) *''
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'' #38, 41, 43–44, 48–49, 53–54, 56, 59–60, 72, 76, 148, 150 (1946–1962) *''
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'' #126, 132, 134, 143, 163, 181, 296, 299, 311, 318 (1947–1963) *''
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'' vol. 2 #19 (1988) *''
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'' #2, 5–6, 10, 20, 23–24, 27, 30, 32–35, 39–40, 46–47, 49, 51, 56, 70, 83, 85, 156–170, 178 (1952–1969) *'' House of Secrets'' #1, 3–4, 9 (1956–1958) *''
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'' (
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) #74, 76–95, 97–130 (1947–1952) *'' Superboy The Comic Book'' (based on TV series) #1–8 (1990) *''
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 ...
'' #185 (1966) *''
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen ''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen'' is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from September–October 1954 until March 1974, spanning a total of 163 issues. Featuring the adventures of Superman supporting character Jimmy Olsen, it conta ...
'' #92 (1966) *'' Superman: The Wedding Album'' (among other artists) (1996) *'' Tales of the Unexpected'' #10, 17–19, 23–25, 28, 32–33, 35–37, 39–46, 48–49, 53 (1957–1960) *''
World's Finest Comics ''World's Finest Comics'' is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1941 to 1986. The series was initially titled ''World's Best Comics'' for its first issue; issue #2 (Summer 1941) switched to the more familiar name. Michael ...
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Batman Batman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on M ...
) #27, 37, 39–40, 42, 44; (
Tommy Tomorrow Tommy Tomorrow is a science fiction hero published by DC Comics in several of their titles from 1947 to 1963. He first appeared in ''Real Fact Comics'' #6 (January 1947). He was created by Jack Schiff, George Kashdan, Bernie Breslauer, Virgil Finl ...
) #102–120; (
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 ...
and Batman) #121–130, 132–134, 136–140 (1947–1964)


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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 ...
'' #65, 67–82, 84–88, 116–118, 126, 173–175, 178, 189–190, 192–193, 196–202, 205, 211–219, 221–222, 226–227, 229–233 (1968–1982) *''
The Avengers Avenger(s) or The Avenger(s) may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Marvel Comics universe * Avengers (comics), a team of superheroes **Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a central team of protagonist superheroes of "The Infinity Sag ...
'' #86, 88, 105 (as inker); 179–180 (as penciler) (1971–1979) *''
Battlestar Galactica ''Battlestar Galactica'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Glen A. Larson. It began with the original television series in 1978, and was followed by a short-run sequel series, '' Galactica 1980'', a line of book adaptat ...
'' #14 (1980) *''Crypt of Shadows'' #3, 5, 16 (1973–1975) *''
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 ...
'' #2–9 (1973–1974) *''
The Incredible Hulk The Hulk is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in the debut issue of '' The Incredible Hulk'' (May 1962). In his comic book ...
'' vol. 2 #230 (1978) *''
Invaders ''InVader'' is the fourth album by Finnish glam metal band Reckless Love, released on 4 March 2016 through Spinefarm Records. Track listing All songs written by Olli Herman, Pepe Reckless, and Ikka Wirtanen, unless otherwise noted. Reception Wr ...
'' #16 (1977) *''
Journey into Mystery ''Journey into Mystery'' is an American comic book series initially published by Atlas Comics, then by its successor, Marvel Comics. Initially a horror comics anthology, it changed to giant-monster and science fiction stories in the late 1950s ...
'' vol. 2 #8 (1973) *''
Man-Thing The Man-Thing (Dr. Theodore "Ted" Sallis) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writers Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, and Gerry Conway and artist Gray Morrow, the character first appeared in ' ...
'' #17–22 (1975) *''Man-Thing'' vol. 2 #1–3 (1979–1980) *''
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 ...
'' #16, 73 (1989–1991) *''
Marvel Spotlight ''Marvel Spotlight'' is a comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics as a try-out book. It stood out from Marvel's other try-out books in that most of the featured characters made their first appearance in the series. The series or ...
'' #14–17, 27 (1974–1976) *''
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 ...
'' #2, 7–8, 10–11, 16, 24–31, 72, 93 (1973–1978) *'' Ms. Marvel'' #4–8, 13, 15–18 (1977–1978) *''
Omega the Unknown Omega the Unknown is an American comic book published by Marvel Comics from 1976 to 1977, featuring the eponymous fictional character. The series, written by Steve Gerber and Mary Skrenes and illustrated by Jim Mooney, ran for 10 issues before can ...
'' #1–10 (1976–1977) *''
Solarman Solarman is a fictional comic book superhero that first appeared in 1979, published by Pendulum Press, and then starred in a self-titled two-issue series from Marvel Comics in 1989. Solarman was revived as a title by Scout Comics in 2016. The cha ...
'' #1 (1989) *''
Son of Satan Daimon Hellstrom, also known as the Son of Satan and Hellstorm, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Daimon made his live action debut in the television series '' Helstrom'', portrayed by Tom Aus ...
'' #1 (1975) *''
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 ...
'' #7, 11, 21, 23, 25–26, 29–34, 36–37, 39, 41–42, 49–57, 59–63, 65–66, 68, 71, 73–79, 81–83, 85–99, 102, 125, ''Annual'' #1–2 (1977–1987) *''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' magazine #1–2 (1968) *''Spider-Man, Firestar and Iceman at the Dallas Ballet
Nutcracker A nutcracker is a tool designed to open nuts by cracking their shells. There are many designs, including levers, screws, and ratchets. The lever version is also used for cracking lobster and crab shells. A decorative version, a nutcracker doll ...
'' (1983) *'' Sub-Mariner'' #25, #65–66 (1970, 1973) *''
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 ...
'' #188, 201, 204, 214–216, 218, 322, 324–325, 327 (1971–1983) *''
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 ...
'' #1–6, 19 (1985–1988) *''
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 ...
'' #1–3, 5–6, 10 (1985–1986)


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