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This article is about the British writer/artist. For other uses, see Al Davis (disambiguation). Al Davis may refer to Al Davis, American football executive Al Bummy Davis, American boxer Alan Davis, British writer/artist
Alan Davis

Born June 18, 1956 (1956-06-18) (age 51)
Nationality British
Area(s) Penciller, Inker, Writer

Alan Davis (born 1956) is a British writer and artist of comic books. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative

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Biography

UK work

Amazing Heroes cover by Alan Davis.
Amazing Heroes cover by Alan Davis. Amazing Heroes is a discontinued Magazine about the Comic book medium which was published by Fantagraphics Books from 1981 to

Alan Davis was born on June 18[1], 1956, and began his career in comics onto an English fanzine. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A fanzine (see also Zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre for the pleasure His first professional work was a strip called The Crusader in Frantic Magazine for Dez Skinn's revamped Marvel UK line. Frantic Magazine is a Comic book series published by Marvel UK from 1979 to 1980. Derek "Dez" Skinn is a British Comic book and Magazine editor and author of number of books on comics Marvel UK was an Imprint of Marvel Comics formed in 1972 to reprint US produced stories for the British weekly comic market though

Davis’s big break was drawing the revamped Captain Britain story in The Mighty World Of Marvel. Captain Britain ( Brian Braddock) briefly known as Britannic is a Fictional character, a Superhero appearing in the comic books published by The Mighty World Of Marvel (commonly shortened to MWOM) was Marvel UK 's first-ever title published in 1972 and is also the name of a similar Curiously, as Davis never realised artists drew at a larger size than what was published, his art was drawn as the same size as it would be on publication.

Davis's work proved highly popular but scored greater success when Alan Moore took over writing duties on Captain Britain. Alan Moore (born November 18 1953 in Northampton) is an English Writer most famous for his influential work in Comics, including the acclaimed Davis and Moore found their feet as creators and formed a close working partnership, also creating D.R. and Quinch for 2000AD. DR and Quinch is a Comic strip created by Alan Moore and Alan Davis, which first appeared in issue 317 of the weekly Comic book Later Davis replaced Garry Leach on Marvelman in Warrior and yet again worked with Moore. Garry Leach is a British Comics artist and publisher Biography Leach studied Graphic Design at St Miracleman, originally known as Marvelman in his native United Kingdom, is a fictional Comic book Superhero created in 1954 by Warrior was a British anthology comic that ran for 26 issues between March 1982 and January 1985 He also drew the story, Harry Twenty on the High Rock in 2000AD.

Davis later fell out with Moore over creative differences on Marvelman. The two also disagreed over whether their Captain Britain work should be reprinted by Marvel Comics in the U.S.

He drew 14 issues of the monthly Captain Britain title which was later reprinted in trade paperback. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

American work

In 1985 Davis was hired by DC Comics to draw their Batman and the Outsiders title, written by Mike W. Barr. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company The Outsiders are fictional characters a DC Comics Superhero team Mike W Barr, is an American writer of Comic books and mystery, and Science fiction novels His work proved popular enough for him to be assigned artistic duties on Detective Comics, main Batman's series, in 1986, again with Barr writing. Detective Comics is an American comic book published monthly by DC Comics since 1937 best-known for introducing the iconic Superhero Batman Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created During the Batman: Year Two storyline, however, Davis encountered difficulties with his editor and left (his replacement was Todd McFarlane) midway during the storyline. Todd McFarlane (born March 16, 1961) is a Canadian Comic book artist writer toy manufacturer/designer and media Entrepreneur who is best known

In 1987 he therefore jumped to Marvel Comics. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc Here he formed a new efficacious creative team with writer Chris Claremont and, after two New Mutants annuals and three popular episodes for Uncanny X-Men, the duo launched Excalibur, one of the most popular (and amusing) US comics of 1980s. Chris Claremont (born November 30, 1950) is a writer of American Comic books known for his 16-year (1975-1991 stint on Uncanny X-Men The New Mutants is the name of two defunct Marvel Comics Superhero teams as well as the title of two series featuring those teams Uncanny X-Men, first published as simply The X-Men, is the flagship Marvel Comics Comic book series for the X-Men franchise Excalibur is a Marvel Comics Superhero group an offshoot of the X-Men, usually based in the United Kingdom. The team featured Captain Britain and Meggan together with former X-Men members Kitty Pryde, Nightcrawler and Rachel Summers. Meggan is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superheroine in the Marvel Comics universe. Katherine "Kitty" Pryde is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Nightcrawler ( Kurt Wagner) is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero in the Marvel Universe. Rachel Summers (who now calls herself Rachel Grey and Marvel Girl) is a fictional character a Marvel Comics Superheroine created by writer The stories, set in England, pivoted mainly on cross-dimensional capers (including several Lewis Carroll-ish stories featuring the Crazy Gang and the bizarre team called the Technet) based on Moore's Captain Britain stories of early 1980s. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (ˈdɒdsən (27 January 1832 &ndash 14 January 1898 better known by the Pen name Lewis Carroll (/ˈkærəl/ was an English Crazy Gang is a Fictional group of Supervillains appearing in Marvel Comics. The Technet are a group of interdimensional travelling Bounty hunters in Marvel Comics, who appeared mostly in the pages of Captain Britain and Davis' artwork showed at its best on this series, thanks to effective inks provided by Paul Neary and, later, Mark Farmer. Paul Neary is a British Comic book artist writer and editor His first work was for Warren Publishing in the 1970s before working with Dez Mark Farmer is a British Comic book Artist. He is best known as an inker often working with Alan Davis.

Davis left with #24, but returned with issue #42, this time also as writer, showing a passion for creating new, pleasant characters of his own, which included Feron, Cerise, Micromax and Kylun. Feron is a Marvel Comics character a former member of the Superhero group Excalibur. Cerise is a Fictional character, a Superheroine in the Marvel Comics universe. Micromax ( Scott Wright) is a Fictional character, a mutant Superhero of the Marvel universe. Kylun ( Colin McKay) is a Fictional Comic book Superhero in the Marvel Universe. Davis confirmed this in creating a complete new series of characters maintaining some of the English-mythology related Excalibur themes, the unlucky ClanDestine team of 1994. The ClanDestine (also known simply as ClanDestine) is a Comic book series about the Destines a secret family of long-lived Superhuman Created for Marvel UK and written and drawn by Davis, it ended with N°12 (last four numbers not by Davis) but was briefly revamped by Davis for a cross-over with X-Men.

Davis created ClanDestine for Marvel UK, but the series achieved little success despite critical praise.
Davis created ClanDestine for Marvel UK, but the series achieved little success despite critical praise.

During much of the 1990s Davis drew many of Marvel and DC Comics major characters and titles including JLA: The Nail, The Avengers and Killraven. JLA The Nail is a three-issue Comic book mini-series published by DC Comics. The Avengers is a team of fictional Superhero characters in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Jonathan Raven, best known as Killraven, the " Warrior of the Worlds " is a fictional Freedom fighter in a post-apocalyptic He was also commissioned to write both main X-Men series in 1999 (providing art for X-Men as well), but he left the following year.

Starting in October 2002 he wrote and drew for Marvel a six-issues miniseries revamping a famous comics character of 1970s, Killraven. After a return to Uncanny X-Men, working again with Claremont, Davis wrote and drew in 2006-2007 a six-issue Fantastic Four: The End limited series for Marvel Comics, not to be confused with a similar one-shot due to be written by Stan Lee and drawn by John Romita Jr. Fantastic Four The End is a six-issue Comic book Limited series published by Marvel Comics, depicting a possible future for the members of the A limited series is a term originated by Marvel Comics referring to a Comic book series with a set number of issues In the American Comic book industry the term one-shot is used to denote a pilot comic or a stand-alone story created to last as one issue Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber; December 28, 1922) is an American Writer, editor, creator of comic book characters John Salvatore Romita Jr (born August 17, 1956) is an American Comic book artist best known for his extensive work for Marvel Comics In February 2008, Davis will write and draw a new ClanDestine regular series for Marvel. The ClanDestine (also known simply as ClanDestine) is a Comic book series about the Destines a secret family of long-lived Superhuman

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

Notes

  1. ^ The Fred Hembeck Show #72: THe Mark Gruenwald Show. Jonathan Raven, best known as Killraven, the " Warrior of the Worlds " is a fictional Freedom fighter in a post-apocalyptic Fantastic Four The End is a six-issue Comic book Limited series published by Marvel Comics, depicting a possible future for the members of the Mark Farmer is a British Comic book Artist. He is best known as an inker often working with Alan Davis. The ClanDestine (also known simply as ClanDestine) is a Comic book series about the Destines a secret family of long-lived Superhuman Mark Farmer is a British Comic book Artist. He is best known as an inker often working with Alan Davis. In Comics, a trade paperback ( TPB or simply trade) refers to a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format Young Avengers is an American Comic book published by Marvel Comics. Accessed March 20, 2008
  2. ^ DC profile for The Nail

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Preceded by
Scott Lobdell		 Excalibur writer
1991–1993		 Succeeded by
Scott Lobdell
Preceded by
Steve Seagle		 Uncanny X-Men writer
1999–2000		 Succeeded by
Chris Claremont
Preceded by
Joe Kelly		 X-Men (vol. 2) writer
1999–2000		 Succeeded by
Chris Claremont
Scott Lobdell (born 1963 is an American Comic book writer He is mostly known for his work throughout the 1990s on Marvel Comics ' X-Men-related titles Excalibur is a Marvel Comics Superhero group an offshoot of the X-Men, usually based in the United Kingdom. Scott Lobdell (born 1963 is an American Comic book writer He is mostly known for his work throughout the 1990s on Marvel Comics ' X-Men-related titles Steven T Seagle (born on March 31 1965) is an American writer who works in the Comic book, Television, Film, Live theater Uncanny X-Men, first published as simply The X-Men, is the flagship Marvel Comics Comic book series for the X-Men franchise Chris Claremont (born November 30, 1950) is a writer of American Comic books known for his 16-year (1975-1991 stint on Uncanny X-Men Joseph "Joey" Kelly is an American Comic book Writer who has written such titles as Uncanny X-Men, Action Comics X-Men Legacy is a Marvel Comics series featuring the eponymous group of mutant Superheroes The title began its publication Chris Claremont (born November 30, 1950) is a writer of American Comic books known for his 16-year (1975-1991 stint on Uncanny X-Men
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