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Ron Wilson is an American
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known for his work on comic books starring the
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character The Thing, including the titles ''
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'' and '' The Thing''. Wilson spent eleven years, from 1975 to 1986, chronicling The Thing's adventures through different comic titles. He co-created the '' Wolfpack'' characters with writer
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as well as D-Man (Dennis Dunphy) with writer
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.


Early life

Ron Wilson was born in
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, New York and grew up in the
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neighborhood.


Career

Wilson entered the comics industry in the early 1970s at
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where he produced both cover illustrations and interior artwork. He was the regular artist on ''
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'' from 1975 to 1978 and again from 1980 to 1983; while additionally working on titles such as '' Black Goliath'', ''
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'', '' The Hulk!'' and ''
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''. In the 1980s, after the cancellation of ''Marvel Two-in-One'', Wilson teamed with writer John Byrne on ''The Thing'' (1983–1986). In 1983 he plotted and drew "Super Boxers" ('' Marvel Graphic Novel'' #8). He drew the entire run of Marvel's ''
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'' (1986–1988) and the '' Wolfpack'' limited series (1988–1989). Wilson's work also appeared in '' The Avengers'', ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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''. He also worked as cover artist for Marvel, pencilling not only covers for comic issues he worked on, but also for titles like ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''
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''. In 1990, Wilson illustrated an issue of '' Urth 4'' for Continuity Comics and then returned to Marvel to draw '' WCW World Championship Wrestling'' in 1992–1993. His work appeared regularly in ''
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'' in 1992–1994. Wilson contributed to DC Comics
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imprint providing character design work and pencilled issues of ''
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'' and ''
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'' (1994) as well as the DC universe mini-series '' Arion the Immortal'' in 1992. In 2008, he provided a cover for the second issue of the pro wrestling-themed mini-series '' Headlocked'' published by Visionary Comics. As of 2012, Wilson was preparing a new creator-owned project: ''Battle Rappers''. In 2022, he penciled an 8-page story for DC Comics' '' Milestones in History'' oneshot. His iconic cover for ''Captain America'' #230 (inked by
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) was used as inspiration for one of the official movie posters for '' Captain America: Brave New World'' (2025) The film also features the character Dennis Dunphy, which Wilson co-created. He received a "Special Thanks" in the film's credits.


Bibliography


Continuity Comics

* '' Urth 4'' #4 (1990)


DC Comics

* '' Arion the Immortal'' #1–6 (1992) * ''
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'' #14 (1994) * ''
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'' #11 (1994) * ''Milestones in History'' #1 (2022) * '' Who's Who in the DC Universe Update 1993'' #2 (Arion entry) (1993) * ''Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe'' #17 ( Persuader entry) (1986)


Marvel Comics

* '' Avengers Annual'' #18 (1989) * ''
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'' #383, ''Annual'' #6 (1982, 1991) * ''
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'' #7 (1973) * '' Crazy Magazine'' #68 (1980) * ''
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'' #27, 29 (1976) * ''
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'' #178–179, 181 (1977) * ''Fantastic Four Roast'' #1 (1982) * ''Giant-Size Chillers'' #2 (1975) * '' Giant-Size Man-Thing'' #4 (1975) * '' Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu'' #1 (1974) * '' The Hulk!'' #10–15, 17–18, 20, 22 (1978–1980) * ''
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'' #11, 21, 23, 27, 49, 52, 85, 87, 94, 97, 113–118, 128–130, 140–141, 147–148 (1989–1994) * ''
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'' #48 (
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backup story) (1989) * '' Marvel Graphic Novel'' #8 ("Super Boxers") (1984) * ''Marvel Graphic Novel: Wolfpack'' (1987) * ''
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'' #55 (
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) (1980) * '' Marvel Super-Heroes'' vol. 2 #4–5, 9, 14 (1990–1993) * ''
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'' #47 (1976) * ''
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'' #12–13, 16, 18, 21–23, 25–29, 31–34, 37–41, 67–69, 71–73, 77–87, 91–94, 96–98, 100, ''Annual'' #6–7 (1975–1983) * ''
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'' #21, 28 (1974–1975) * ''
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'' #1–13 (1986–1988) * ''My Love'' #20 (1972) * ''
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'' #1–2, 4–6, 10–11, 13 (1983–1984) * ''Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition'' #1, 6, 13, 18 (1985–1987) * ''Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89'' #8 (1989) * ''
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'' #21–23, 25, 37 (1974–1976) * ''
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'' #3 (1985) * '' Savage Sword of Conan'' #95 (1983) * ''
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'' #18–20 ( Hawkeye) (1989) * ''
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Annual'' #11 (1991) * ''
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'' #8–9 (1974–1975) * '' The Thing'' #1–33 (1983–1986) * '' WCW World Championship Wrestling'' #1–7, 9–12 (1992–1993) * ''
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'' #82 (1991) * '' What If...?'' #23, 27–30, 39, 45 (1980–1984) * ''What If...?'' vol. 2 #1, 19, 28–29 (1989–1991) * '' Wolfpack'' #1–12 (1988–1989)


Marvel UK

* ''
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'' #31–39 (1977) * '' Spider-Man and Captain Britain'' #231–247 (weekly) (1977)


Thrilling Nostalgia

* ''The Liberty Brigade: The Hero Files'' oneshot (one page) (2020)


References


External links

*
Ron Wilson
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Ron 20th-century American artists 21st-century American artists African-American comics artists American comics artists Artists from Brooklyn Inkpot Award winners Living people Marvel Comics people People from Canarsie, Brooklyn Year of birth missing (living people)