Dave Cockrum

David Emmett Cockrum was born en Pendleton, Oregon, on Noviembre 12, 1943. He grew up amante de comic books with the match to become a comic book creator himself, and later become a professional de cómic de illustrator who in the mid-1970s ayudado invent a dynamic new look and intrigante new characters for the moribund "X-Men" comics, paving the way for what became America's most popular comic books and a billion-dollar movie imperio. Following his school graduation, Cockrum joined the United States Navy for six years. After his discharge in the early 1970s, Señor Cockrum moved to New York, where he worked as en inker, oms refines the art of the original artist, llama a penciller. He did this for Murphy Anderson, who created the modern look de Superman, Batman, Flash and other characters at DC Comics. Clifford Meth, who has written extensively about comic-book art, said Señor Cockrum created a new look for superhéroes, con wide hombro lapels, big belt and buccaneer botas. DC made him the first artist, or penciller, en la redefinición de the DC equipo de the Legion of Super-Heroes. His costumes and style for the group persisted into the 1980s. After a disputas with DC, Señor Cockrum moved to its arch-competitor, de Marvel. Though the company contended ti ovéd him nothing because he worked as freelance, it paid him $200,000 and royalties for one character, Nightcrawler, his earliest, according to The Comics Journal. The terms were not officially revealed. While not confirming or denying the $200,000 figure, Señor Adams said Señor Cockrum deserved more. "They took his characters and made industria out of them," he said. He worked less often as his health deteriorated, and died due to complicaciones from diabetes.