After beginning his writing career on DC horror titles, David
Michelinie moved to Marvel. He and co-writer/inker Bob Layton
established Iron Man's battle with alcoholism, use of specialized
armor variants and vendetta against Doctor Doom, as well as other
aspects of the character that endure to this day. Michelinie's
unique blend of action, suspense and humor distinguished not only
Iron Man, but also Amazing Spider-Man. With artist Todd McFarlane,
he introduced the vicious vigilante Venom; he also wrote the first
Venom limited series, Lethal Protector. Michelinie's run as Amazing
writer was second in length only to that of Stan Lee himself, while
he also authored tie-in titles Spectacular Spider-Man, Web of
Spider-Man and Spider-Man. He moved from Marvel's flagship
character to DC's with a stint on Superman's Action Comics, later
returning to the world of Tony Stark for writing collaborations
with Bob Layton on Iron Man- Legacy of Doom and Iron Man- The
End.
After early assignments on Kickers Inc. and Cloak and Dagger, Terry
Kavanagh wrote Web of Spider-Man for years - spinning a hero he
introduced in those pages, Nightwatch, into his own title. In
addition to runs on Marc Spector- Moon Knight, X-Man and various
mutant titles, he wrote Avengers, Iron Man and several tie-in
one-shots during the controversial "Crossing" storyline. His
miniseries work includes Before the Fantastic Four- The Storms,
Fury/Agent 13, Black Cat and Rise of Apocalypse. He teamed Marvel
heroes with UItraverse heroes in Exiles vs. X-Men and
Ultraforce/Avengers Prelude.
Hired on the strength of his Official Marvel Tryout penciling
submission, Mark Bagley rose to prominence as the artist of 1990s
sleeper hit New Warriors. Following an acclaimed run on Amazing
Spider-Man, he worked with writer Kurt Busiek on Thunderbolts. When
Marvel launched its Ultimate line, Bagley and Brian Michael Bendis
led the way with Ultimate Spider-Man, whose years of success made
the pair the longest-running creative team in Marvel history.
Bendis and Bagley have also collaborated on Avengers Assemble and
the creator-owned Brilliant. His subsequent credits include
Fantastic Four, Cataclysm- The Ultimates' Last Stand, Hulk, All-New
X-Men and Venom.
Alex Saviuk established himself as a major Marvel artist with a
seven-year run on Web of Spider-Man. He also worked on the
animated-series tie-in Spider-Man Adventures and drew the Amazing
Spider-Man comic strip from scripts by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber.
At DC, he penciled and inked Flash, Green Lantern, Superman and
other titles.
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