Talent Caldwell is a

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best known for his work on the

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character

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. He has also drawn for

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and

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characters.

Career

Talent Caldwell came to the attention of artist Michael Turner of

and was signed to work with that comic book company. He made his professional debut drawing backgrounds on Turner's ''

''. Caldwell went on to draw the ''Fathom''

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''Killian's Tide''. When Turner and some other Top Cow employees broke off to form Aspen Comics, Talent joined them. After a lawsuit between Aspen and Top Cow, Talent's ''Fathom: Dawn of War'' miniseries, which he co-wrote and drew, was released in 2004. Talent then left Aspen and began doing freelance work for

and

. In the mid-2000s, he drew

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's '' Gen¹³'' series."Bringing The Kids Back: Talent Caldwell on Gen13"

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. July 25, 2006

Bibliography

*''

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'' #812-813 *'' Adventures of Superman'' #625 - 626 *'' Aspen Sketchbook'' #1 *''

'' #11-14 (background assists] *''Fathom: Dawn of War'' #0-3 *'' Fathom (comics), Fathom: Dawn of War Beginnings'' #1 *'' Fathom: Killians Tide'' #1-4 *'' Gen¹³'' vol. 4, #1-3, 5-6 *'' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero: Cobra Reborn'' #1 *''

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'' vol. 2, #21-22 *''

'' vol. 2, #202-203 *'' Tom Judge: End of Days Special'' (pinup) *''

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'' (with

Robbie Morrison Robbie Morrison is a Scottish comic book writer known for his work in the weekly anthology '' 2000 AD'', where he co-created the long-running serial '' Nikolai Dante'' with artist Simon Fraser. Career Morrison began his career in '' 2000 ADs ...

, 9-issue

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, tpb, 208 pages, 2006, )) * "

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" (with

Christos Gage Christos N. Gage is an American screenwriter and comic book writer. He is known for his work on the TV series ''Daredevil (TV series), Daredevil'', ''Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series), Hawaii Five-0'', ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''Numbers ...

, Wildstorm, January 2008) * '' X-Men: Age of Apocalypse'' ( one-shot, Marvel)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Caldwell, Talent Living people American comics artists Year of birth missing (living people)