Walter "Walt" Simonson (born September 2, 1946) is an American comic book writer and artist. After studying geology at Amherst College, he transferred to the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating in 1972. His thesis project there was The Star Slammers, which was published as a black and white promotional comic book for the 1974 World Science Fiction Convention in Washington, D.C. (DisCon II). Some years later, he produced another version of the story in graphic novel form for Epic Comics, the Marvel Comics imprint that was a response to creator-owned lines of the early eighties. Simonson continued the adventures of the Star Slammers in a limited series in the mid-1990s as one of the founders of Malibu Comics' short-lived Bravura label.
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| - Walter "Walt" Simonson (born September 2, 1946) is an American comic book writer and artist. After studying geology at Amherst College, he transferred to the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating in 1972. His thesis project there was The Star Slammers, which was published as a black and white promotional comic book for the 1974 World Science Fiction Convention in Washington, D.C. (DisCon II). Some years later, he produced another version of the story in graphic novel form for Epic Comics, the Marvel Comics imprint that was a response to creator-owned lines of the early eighties. Simonson continued the adventures of the Star Slammers in a limited series in the mid-1990s as one of the founders of Malibu Comics' short-lived Bravura label.
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- He worked for several companies (including both Marvel and DC) working on titles such as Batman, The Hulk, Hercules Unbound, and Star Wars. In 1983, he began writing and drawing The Mighty Thor, a title he stayed on and won awards for over the next few years. After his successful run on Thor, he worked on Fantastic Four for a period of time, then joined his wife in writing Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown and the X-Factor series, both for Marvel. In 2000, he wrote and drew the series Orion for DC Comics and returned to DC again in 2006 to write Hawkgirl, a series illustrated by Howard Chaykin.
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- Walter "Walt" Simonson (born September 2, 1946) is a comic book creator who was a regular penciller, writer, and cover artist for the Marvel Star Wars series of comics. Simonson's early professional work was for DC Comics, illustrating war stories in the early 1970s. Soon after, he and writer Archie Goodwin co-created the critically acclaimed Manhunter backup feature in Detective Comics. Before he became the regular penciller on Star Wars, he worked on a single issue with Goodwin and they co-created the fan favorite character, Beilert Valance in The Hunter. In 1981 he took over the pencilling chores on a regular basis, and this time working with writer David Michelinie developed such characters as Shira Brie and Plif and concepts like the talking bomb. After leaving Star Wars, he began wri
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*Uncle Creepy Introduction - Creepy 76
*Hitter's Wind! - Creepy 84
*Hide and Go Mad - Creepy 85
*Killer Claw - Creepy 102
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- Simon Walterson; Simon Walterson from Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers Vol 1 1 002.jpg
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| - He is the husband of writer/editor Louise Simonson.
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| - Walter "Walt" Simonson (born September 2, 1946) is an American comic book writer and artist. After studying geology at Amherst College, he transferred to the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating in 1972. His thesis project there was The Star Slammers, which was published as a black and white promotional comic book for the 1974 World Science Fiction Convention in Washington, D.C. (DisCon II). Some years later, he produced another version of the story in graphic novel form for Epic Comics, the Marvel Comics imprint that was a response to creator-owned lines of the early eighties. Simonson continued the adventures of the Star Slammers in a limited series in the mid-1990s as one of the founders of Malibu Comics' short-lived Bravura label.
- He worked for several companies (including both Marvel and DC) working on titles such as Batman, The Hulk, Hercules Unbound, and Star Wars. In 1983, he began writing and drawing The Mighty Thor, a title he stayed on and won awards for over the next few years. After his successful run on Thor, he worked on Fantastic Four for a period of time, then joined his wife in writing Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown and the X-Factor series, both for Marvel. In 2000, he wrote and drew the series Orion for DC Comics and returned to DC again in 2006 to write Hawkgirl, a series illustrated by Howard Chaykin. He contributed two pieces of work to the Star Trek universe. The first was cover art for issue #17 of Marvel's Star Trek series "The Long Night's Dawn!". Several years later, he illustrated the article on Romulans for "Who's Who in Star Trek 2".
- Walter "Walt" Simonson (born September 2, 1946) is a comic book creator who was a regular penciller, writer, and cover artist for the Marvel Star Wars series of comics. Simonson's early professional work was for DC Comics, illustrating war stories in the early 1970s. Soon after, he and writer Archie Goodwin co-created the critically acclaimed Manhunter backup feature in Detective Comics. Before he became the regular penciller on Star Wars, he worked on a single issue with Goodwin and they co-created the fan favorite character, Beilert Valance in The Hunter. In 1981 he took over the pencilling chores on a regular basis, and this time working with writer David Michelinie developed such characters as Shira Brie and Plif and concepts like the talking bomb. After leaving Star Wars, he began writing and illustrating The Mighty Thor series for Marvel Comics, which is probably Simonson's most notable work. He also worked with his wife and writer Louise Simonson on the hit Marvel series X-Factor. The character Wald, created by Simonson for Marvel Star Wars #60, is remarkably similar to him.
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