Alan Weiss (comics)
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Alan Weiss
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| Born | Alan Lee Weiss March 7, 1948 Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Inker |
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Notable works
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Warlock, Avengers, KISS, Captain America and Spider-Man |
| Spouse(s) | Pauline Bigornia Weiss |
Alan Weiss (born March 7, 1948, Chicago Illinois)[1] is an American comic book artist and writer known for his work for DC Comics and Marvel Comics.
Career
Alan Weiss began his comics career at DC Comics in 1971. Later that year, he began working for Marvel Comics as well where he drew Avengers, Captain America, Daredevil, Sub-Mariner and Spider-Man.[2][3]
Weiss recalled in a 2006 interview there was a "lost" Adam Warlock story, which if completed would have been reminiscent of the Jonathan Swift novel Gulliver's Travels.[4] Portions of it were printed in the second volume of Marvel Masterworks: Warlock. The remainder of the artwork was lost in a New York City taxicab in 1976.[5]
In 1977, Weiss was one of the artists on the first issue of Marvel Comics Super Special which featured the rock band Kiss in a 40-page fictional adventure written by Steve Gerber.[6][7] Kiss reappeared in an occult adventure in issue #5 (1978) which was written by Weiss. In April 1978, Weiss and writer E. Nelson Bridwell revamped the Captain Marvel character for DC with Weiss providing more realistic art for the series.[8] Dennis O'Neil and Weiss created the character Calypso in The Amazing Spider-Man #209 (Oct. 1980).[9]
Weiss created the Steelgrip Starkey and the All-Purpose Power Tool limited series for Marvel Comics' Epic Comics comics line in 1986 and War Dancer for Defiant Comics in 1994. Weiss has worked on DC Comics' alternate universe series Elseworlds, co-writing and pencilling the Batman graphic novel The Blue, the Grey and the Bat as well as Paradox Press' The Big Book Of series, doing many pages on a variety of historical topics. From 2002 to 2005, he contributed work to Tom Strong's Terrific Tales published by America's Best Comics.[2]
His work has appeared in the comic books The Human Drama, Big Apple Comix, Twilight Zone, Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery and Our Love Story; in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror-comics magazines Creepy and Eerie; and the satirical magazines National Lampoon and Blast.[2]
Inker Joe Rubinstein called Weiss "the most difficult guy in the business to ink, without exception." He added that this also made him one of his favorite artists to ink, because Weiss's work was so intricate that he couldn't tell what the final art would look like until he had finished inking it.[10]
Bibliography
DC Comics
- All-Star Western #5, 7 (El Diablo) (1971)
- Armageddon: Alien Agenda #3 (1992)
- Batman: The Blue, the Grey, and the Bat #1 (1993)
- Heroes Against Hunger #1 (Superman and Batman) (1986)
- House of Mystery #205 (1972)
- House of Secrets #92, 94 (1971)
- Korak, Son of Tarzan #46 (1972)
- Mystery in Space #112 (1980)
- Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter #2 (1975)
- Secret Origins #34 (Captain Atom); #50 (1988–1990)
- Shazam #34 (1978)
- The Superman Family #186 (Supergirl) (1977)
- Super-Team Family #11 (The Flash and Supergirl) (1977)
- Tom Strong #8 (2000)
- Tom Strong's Terrific Tales #1–12 (2002–2005)
- Weird Worlds #1–3 (1972)
Marvel Comics
- Amazing High Adventure #2 (1985)
- The Amazing Spider-Man #209 (1980)
- Avengers #96 (inker); #215–216 (1972–1982)
- Captain America #164 (1973)
- Cat #4 (1973)
- Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #2 (1974)
- Dracula Lives #1, 3 (1973)
- Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men #1 (1985)
- Iron Man #136 (1980)
- John Carter, Warlord of Mars Annual #3 (1979)
- Kull and the Barbarians #2–3 (Solomon Kane) (1975)
- Marvel Comics Super Special #1 (penciller), 5 (writer) (Kiss) (1977–1978)
- Marvel Fanfare #14 (Inhumans); #49 (Doctor Strange) (1984–1990)
- Our Love Story #15–17 (1972)
- Power Man and Iron Fist #69 (1981)
- The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #3 (1981)
- Steelgrip Starkey #1–6 (1986–1987)
- Sub-Mariner #54 (1972)
- What If...? #37 (Beast) (1983)
References
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External links
- Alan Weiss at the Comic Book DB
- Surreal Deal Studios Alan Weiss art commissions web site.
- Alan Weiss at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Alan Weiss at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
