Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox comics creator Adrian Gonzales (1937 – October 23, 1998)[1] was a Filipino comics artist best known for his work on All-Star Squadron, Arak, Son of Thunder, and Super Powers for DC Comics.
Career
Adrian Gonzales began his career as a comic book artist in the 1960s working for such Philippine comics publications as Hiwaga Komiks and Tagalog Klasiks.[1][2] He made his debut in the US comics market with the story "The Young Wolves" in Our Army at War #252 (Dec. 1972) published by DC Comics.[3] He only did sporadic work for US publishers until 1981 when he became the penciler on the All-Star Squadron series. Editor Len Wein hired Gonzales as a replacement for the previous artist Rich Buckler and notified the title's creator/writer Roy Thomas with a note stating "You're going to like Adrian Gonzales".[4] He drew the series for 13 issues[3] which included a crossover with the Justice League of America[5][6] and then became the artist on the Arak, Son of Thunder title.[4] DC Comics produced several Superman stories for the German comics market in the early 1980s[7] and Gonzales drew one of them.[8][9] In addition, he contributed to Archie Comics' 1983 revival of the Mighty Crusaders series.[3] A New Teen Titans drug awareness comic book sponsored by IBM and drawn by Gonzales was published in cooperation with The President's Drug Awareness Campaign in 1984.[10][11] That same year, he penciled the Super Powers limited series which tied-in with the Kenner Products toyline of the same name.[12] After a brief stint working on the Sgt. Rock series,[3] Gonzales left the comics industry in 1985 and became a storyboard artist for several animation studios including Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears.[1]
Bibliography
Archie Comics
- Blue Ribbon Comics #6 (1984)
- The Fly #2, 4 (1983)
- Lancelot Strong, the Shield #1 (1983)
- Mighty Crusaders #4–5, 8 (1983–1984)
DC Comics
- All-Star Squadron #6–18, Annual #1 (1982–1983)
- Arak, Son of Thunder #15–25, Annual #1 (1982–1984)
- Batman #340–341, 351 (1981–1982)
- The Brave and the Bold #185 (Batman and Green Arrow) (1982)
- Detective Comics #530, 532 (Green Arrow backup stories) (1983)
- The Flash #303 (Firestorm backup story) (1981)
- Ghosts #103, 105–108, 110 (1981–1982)
- G.I. Combat #273 (1985)
- House of Mystery #294–295, 298–304, 306–313, 321 (1981–1983)
- New Teen Titans (The President's Drug Awareness Campaign) #3 (1984)
- Our Army at War #252 (1972)
- Secrets of Haunted House #41–44 (1981–1982)
- Sgt. Rock #391, 394, 397, 399–401, 405–406 (1984–1985)
- Superman Spectacular #1 (1982)
- Super Powers #1–4 (1984)
- The Unexpected #214–216 (1981)
- Unknown Soldier #257–259 (1981–1982)
- Weird War Tales #105, 113 (1982)
- The Witching Hour #27–28, 30–31 (1973)
- Wonder Woman #293 (1982)
- World's Finest Comics #273–274, 288–291, 293 (Superman and Batman) (1981–1983)
Marvel Comics
- Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #4, Annual #1 (1975–1976)
Western Publishing
- Gremlins #11365 (1984)
References
External links
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- Adrian Gonzales at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Adrian Gonzales at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
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- ↑ Template:Cite book Justice League of America #207–209 (Oct.–Dec. 1982) and All-Star Squadron #14–15 (Oct.–Nov. 1982)
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- ↑ Superman Spectacular at the Grand Comics Database
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- ↑ The New Teen Titans (IBM) #3 at the Grand Comics Database
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- ↑ Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 208: In association with the toy company Kenner, DC released a line of toys called Super Powers...DC soon debuted a five-issue Super Powers miniseries plotted by comic book legend Jack 'King' Kirby, scripted by Joey Cavalieri, and with pencils by Adrian Gonzales.