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Antonio Salvador Daniel (born 1977), known by the
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professional name Tony S. Daniel or simply Tony Daniel, is an American
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writer and artist, known for his work on various books for
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, including ''
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'', '' Flash: The Fastest Man Alive'', and ''
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'' and ''
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'' and '' Nocterra'' as well as many other books as well as many covers for both Marvel and DC Comics.


Career

Daniel worked on various titles with
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including his own creation, The Tenth. He also worked on titles for
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. He gained status at
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with his run on ''
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'' with writer
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. He finished out the short lived '' Flash: The Fastest Man Alive'' series with
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from issues #11-13, which ended with
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's death. From there, Daniel began his work for the main ''
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'' title with writer
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, beginning his run with issue #670. This issue began the '' Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul'' crossover. He and Morrison collaborated on the "
Batman R.I.P. Batman R.I.P. is an American comic book story arc published in ''Batman (comic book), Batman'' #676–681 by DC Comics. Written by Grant Morrison, penciled by Tony Daniel, and with covers by Alex Ross, the story pits the superhero Batman against t ...
" storyline during that time. After "R.I.P.", Daniel wrote and illustrated ''
Battle for the Cowl "Batman: Battle for the Cowl" is a 2009 comic book storyline published by DC Comics, consisting of an eponymous, three-issue miniseries written and penciled by Tony Daniel, as well as a number of tie-in books. The central story details the chaos ...
'', the main mini-series dealing with the story's aftermath. In 2009, after
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and
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's four-issue run on ''Batman'', Tony Daniel took over for a six-issue arc handling both writing and art duties. Daniel worked with Grant Morrison again on issue #701-702. He returned as writer and artist starting with issue #704 in November 2010 with his arc on ''Batman'' coming to an end at issue #712. Shortly after, Daniel was announced as the writer and artist of the relaunched ''
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'', which was dubbed DC's flagship series. In addition, he was announced as the writer of DC's ''
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'' series, which he would stay on until the eighth issue. Daniel stayed on ''Detective Comics'' until the twelfth issue, by which time he drew an annual for the series as well. In July 2012, as part of
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, Daniel was one of six artists who, along with DC co-publishers
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and
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, participated in the production of "Heroic Proportions", an episode of the Syfy reality television competition series '' Face Off'', in which special effects were tasked to create a new superhero, with Daniel and the other DC artists on hand to help them develop their ideas. The winning entry's character, Infernal Core by Anthony Kosar, was featured in ''
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'' #16 (March 2013), which was published January 30, 2013. The episode premiered on January 22, 2013, as the second episode of the fourth season. Daniel was announced as the artist for a two issue stint on the second volume of ''Justice League''. He was subsequently announced as the primary artist accompanying
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on ''
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'', following Grant Morrison's departure. However, after Diggle left the title after only issue #19 (Diggle was co-writer for #20 and co-plot issue #21), Daniel took on the scripting and art duties for the two following issues completing the three-part story "Hybrid", after which he too announced he would depart the series to work on a massive project for DC. This project was then announced in June 2013 to be '' Superman/Wonder Woman'', with Daniel on as the artist. After working with Charles Soule on ''Superman/Wonder Woman'', Daniel again returned to writing duties. Penciling and scripting the relaunch of the
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title, it sold out and headed off to a second printing.


Bibliography


Dark Horse

* ''Adrenalynn: Weapon of War'' #1-4 (2001) * ''Silke'', miniseries, #1-4 (writer/art) (2001) * ''The Tenth: Resurrected ''#1-4 (2001)


DC

* ''
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 ...
'' #670-674, 676–681, 700-702 (artist), #692-697, 704-707 (writer/artist), #698-699, 710-712 (writer) (2007–2011) * '' Batman: Battle for the Cowl'', miniseries, #1-3 (2009) * '' Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer – Crime Society'', one-shot (cover, 2007) * ''DC Universe #0'' (3 page interior that preludes to Batman: R.I.P.) * '' Flash: The Fastest Man Alive'' #11-13 (2007) * ''
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'' #138 (cover) * ''
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'', vol. 3, #26, 29–31, 34–37, 39–40, 43-44 (covers #26, 29–46, & 48) * ''Teen Titans and Outsiders'': Secret Files and Origins 2005 (cover and Teen Titans Hunt story) * ''
Detective Comics ''Detective Comics'' (later retitled as ''Batman Detective Comics'') is an American comic book series published by Detective Comics, later shortened to DC Comics. The first volume, published from 1937 to 2011 (and later continued in 2016), is ...
'', vol. 2, #1-9, 12 (writer/artist), #10-11, Annual #1 (writer), #0 (artist) * ''
The Savage Hawkman Hawkman is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Dennis Neville, the original Hawkman first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1, published by All-American ...
'' #1-8 (writer, 2011–12) * ''Justice League'', vol. 2, #13-14 (2013) * ''
Action Comics ''Action Comics'' is an American comic book/Comic anthology, magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as Detective Comics Inc., which later merged into National ...
'', vol. 2, #19 (art); #20-21 (writer/art) * '' Superman/Wonder Woman'' #1-6; #8 (art/cover); #10, 12 (cover) (2013–14) * ''
Deathstroke Deathstroke is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, the character first appeared in ''The New Teen Titans'' #2 (December 1980) as Deathstroke the Terminator. In his co ...
'', vol. 3, #1-8 (writer/art); #9-13 (writer) (2014–16)


Image

* ''F5'', miniseries, #1-4 (writer/art) (2000) * ''
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'' #1-5 (writer) (2004) * ''Shattered Image'' #1, 4 * ''
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'' #38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48 (1995–96) * ''Spawn: Bloodfeud'' #1-4 * '' Tales of the Witchblade'' #1 (1996) * ''The Tenth'' #1-14 (1997–99) * ''The Tenth Configuration'' (sourcebook) * ''The Tenth: Abuse of Humanity'' #1-4 * ''The Tenth'' #0 * ''The Tenth'' #1/2 * ''The Tenth Special'' (collecting 1/2 and zero) * ''The Tenth: Blackout'' TPB * ''The Tenth: Black Embrace'' #1-4 * ''The Tenth: Darkk Dawn'' #1 * ''The Tenth: Evil's Child'' #1-4 * ''The Tenth: Nightwalker'' #1-4 "Dark Horse solicitations for product shipping July, 2002"
CBR. April 1, 2002. * ''
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'' #35-36 (2003) * ''
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'' #9, 78-79 (1996–2004) * '' Nocterra'' #1-16


Marvel

* ''
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Annual ''#2 * ''X-Force ''#28, 30–36, 38-43 * '' Gambit & the X-ternals ''#1-2


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