Dan Jurgens

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Dan Jurgens
Born
Nationality
Area(s)
Notable works

June 27, 1959 (age 56)

Ortonville, Minnesota
American
Penciller, inker, writer
Booster Gold
Superman
Thor
Tangent Comics

Dan Jurgens (born June 27, 1959 in Ortonville, Minnesota)[1] is an American comic
book writer and artist. He is known for creating the superhero Booster Gold, and for his
lengthy runs on the Superman titles The Adventures of Superman and Superman (vol. 2),
particularly during "The Death of Superman" storyline.

Contents

1 Career
o 1.1 1980s
o 1.2 1990s
o 1.3 2000s
o 1.4 2010s

2 Personal life

3 Bibliography
o 3.1 Dark Horse Comics
o 3.2 DC Comics
o 3.3 Marvel Comics
o 3.4 Valiant Comics

4 Awards

5 References

6 External links

Career
1980s
After graduating from Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1981, Jurgens' first
professional comic work was for DC Comics on The Warlord #63 (Nov. 1982).[2] He
was hired due to a recommendation of Warlord creator Mike Grell who was deeply
impressed by Jurgens' work after being shown his private portfolio at a convention.[3] In
1984, Jurgens was the artist for the Sun Devils limited series (July 1984 June 1985),
with writers Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas. Jurgens would make his debut as a comic
book writer with Sun Devils. He began scripting from Conway's plots with No. 8 and
fully took over the writing duties on the title with No. 10. In 1985, Jurgens created the
character Booster Gold,[4] who became a member of the Justice League. His first work
on Superman was as penciller for The Adventures of Superman Annual No. 1 (1987).[2]
In 1989, Jurgens began working full-time on the character when he took over the
writing/pencilling of the monthly The Adventures of Superman. He also had a run as
artist of Green Arrow with writer Mike Grell from 1988-1990.

1990s

The cover to Superman vol. 2, No. 75 (Jan. 1993). Art by Jurgens and Brett Breeding
Jurgens was the penciller of the 1991 limited series Armageddon 2001 and co-created
the hero Waverider with Archie Goodwin.[5] Jurgens helped writer Louise Simonson and
artist Jon Bogdanove launch a new Superman title, Superman: The Man of Steel in July
1991[6] and assumed the writing/pencilling of the main Superman comic book with issue
No. 57 (July 1991).[2] He created a supporting hero named Agent Liberty[7] in issue No.
60 (Oct. 1991) and then worked on the "Panic in the Sky" crossover in 1992.[8] During
his run on Superman, Jurgens created two major villains, Doomsday and the Cyborg
Superman. Doomsday was the main antagonist in the "The Death of Superman"
storyline which saw the iconic hero killed in an issue consisting entirely of splash pages.
[9]
The Cyborg Superman was an existing character which Jurgens reintroduced in The
Adventures of Superman #500[10] for the "Reign of the Supermen" storyline. Jurgens
wrote and drew Justice League America (#6177 April 1992 July 1993)[11] and in 1993
pencilled the Metal Men four-issue miniseries,[2] which was a retcon of their origin
story. Jurgens wrote and pencilled the crossover series Zero Hour.[12] and the
Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey miniseries, both in 1994.

Superman vs. Aliens No. 1(July 1995). Art by Jurgens and Kevin Nowlan
Jurgens scripted and provided layout art for the Superman vs. Aliens miniseries. The
story featured a battle between Superman and the aliens created by H. R. Giger (a.k.a.
the Xenomorphs), from the titular film series. It was co-published by Dark Horse
Comics and DC in 1995. In the same year, he gave up the pencilling duties on
Superman. In 1996 Jurgens and Italian artist Claudio Castellini worked on the highly
publicized crossover Marvel vs DC.[13] Jurgens was one of the many creators who
worked on the Superman: The Wedding Album one-shot in 1996 which featured the title
character's marriage to Lois Lane.[14] Jurgens developed the Tangent Comics imprint for
DC the following year.[15]

Cover to Teen Titans vol. 2, No. 5 (Feb. 1997), featuring the 199698 team. Art by
Jurgens and George Prez
In January 1996, Jurgens was writer and penciller of the new Spider-Man series, The
Sensational Spider-Man, at Marvel Comics.[2][16] The title was initially conceived to be
the flagship showcase for the new Ben Reilly Spider-Man. The initial seven issues (#0
6, JanuaryJuly 1996) were written and pencilled by Jurgens. Jurgens pushed strongly
for the restoration of Peter Parker as the true Spider-Man and plans were made to enact
this soon, but Bob Harras, the new Editor-in-chief, demanded the story be deferred until
after the Onslaught crossover. Jurgens had by this stage become disillusioned with the
immense amount of group planning and constant changes of ideas and directions and
took this as the last straw, resigning from the title. In a past interview several years after
his Spider-Man run, Jurgens stated that he would like to have another chance on the
character, since his run was with the Ben Reilly character during the Spider-Man Clone
Saga, and not Peter Parker. Jurgens wrote and pencilled Teen Titans (vol. 2) for its entire
two-year, 24 issue run (October 1996 September 1998). George Prez, the co-creator
of The New Teen Titans served as inker for the series' first 15 issues. After 10 years
working on the Superman character, Jurgens ended his run as writer with Superman
(vol. 2) No. 150 (Nov. 1999). Also in 1999, Jurgens was writer and layout artist for the
tabloid-sized graphic novel Superman/Fantastic Four, with finished art by his former
The Adventures of Superman inker Art Thibert.[17] Jurgens worked with Marvel Comics
as writer on Thor (vol. 2) with pencilling by John Romita, Jr.[18] and as writer/artist on
Captain America (vol. 3). In 1995 he was writer/penciller on Solar No. 46 from Valiant
Comics wherein he worked with inker Dick Giordano and with penciller Tom Grindberg
joining in with issues #5154 after Jurgens relinquished penciller duties with issue No.
50. Jurgens was the debut writer of the Tomb Raider: The Series comic book series
licensed to Top Cow Productions and Image Comics, which in 1999. The debut issue of
Tomb Raider was the number one selling comic book of that year. Jurgens was writer of
the series until issue No. 21.

2000s
In 2000, he was the writer and provided layouts for the four issue prestige miniseries
Titans/Legion of Super-Heroes: Universe Ablaze, with finishes provided by Phil
Jimenez. Jurgens wrote Aquaman (vol. 3) from issue No. 63 (Jan. 2000) until its
cancellation with issue No. 75 (Jan. 2001). In November 2002, he wrote and pencilled
the four-issue weekly miniseries Superman: Day of Doom (Jan. 2003), which marked
the 10 year anniversary of "The Death of Superman" event from 1992. After a hiatus
from comics, he returned to DC Comics, providing layouts for the lead story in the
Infinite Crisis Secret Files 2006 special (April 2006) and provided art for the weekly
series 52 and to the six issue limited series Crisis Aftermath: The Battle For Bldhaven
written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Grey. Jurgens collaborated with writer/creator
Marv Wolfman on the Nightwing series for issues 125128. On Metamorpho: Year One,
Jurgens was writer and penciller for the first two issues with Mike Norton drawing
issues 36. Jurgens was writer and artist of the "History of the Multiverse" back-up
stories in the weekly Countdown which appeared in issues No. 49 through No. 38. At
the Los Angeles Comic Con in March 2007, DC announced a new, ongoing Booster
Gold series written by Geoff Johns, pencilled by Jurgens, and inked by Norm Rapmund
to begin shortly after the end of 52.[19] He was the writer of Tangent: Superman's Reign
limited series in 2008, revisiting the Tangent Comics characters and wrote and
illustrated an issue of The Brave and the Bold vol. 2 No. 23 (July 2009), which featured
Booster Gold and Magog.[2]

2010s
He was amongst the creative talent of DC Comics' The New 52 relaunch in 2011,
becoming the writer of the new Justice League International series with artist Aaron
Lopresti[20] and the artist of the new Green Arrow series with writer J. T. Krul and inker
George Prez. He became co-writer of Green Arrow with Keith Giffen on issues #36.
DC announced in October 2011 that Jurgens would return to Superman, co-writing and
drawing, the self-titled Superman series with Giffen. Their first issue was No. 7 (cover
dated May 2012).[21] During 20122013, Jurgens was writer and artist of Fury of the
Firestorms: The Nuclear Men from issues #1320, where the series was canceled. In
2014, he and Giffen together with Jeff Lemire and Brian Azzarello co-wrote The New
52: Futures End.[22]

Personal life
Jurgens is married with two children, Quinn Jurgens and Seth Jurgens.[23]

Bibliography
Comics work includes:

Dark Horse Comics

Superman vs. Aliens (1995 limited series; story and layout art)

DC Comics

52 #211, 24, 35, 43 (20062007)

Action Comics No. 650, 667 (19901991)

The Adventures of Superman #452470, 472478, 480, 492, 500 (writer and
penciller, 19891993); Annual No. 1 (pencils, 1987)

Agent Liberty Special # 1 (writer and cover artist, 1992)

Aquaman vol. 3 #6375 (writer, 20002001)

Aquaman and The Others (writer, 2014-2015)

Armageddon 2001 #12 (artist, 1991)

Batman No. 359, 568 (1983, 1999) Annual No. 9 (1985) (pencils)

Batman Beyond #1-current (2015-)(writer)

Booster Gold #125 (artist, 198688)

Booster Gold vol. 2 #112, 1519, 2131, 4447 (artist, 20072008;

writer/artist, 20092010, 2011)

The Brave and the Bold vol. 2 No. 23 (writer/artist, 2009)

Countdown (writer and artist of the "History of the Multiverse" back-up stories
in issues No. 49 through #38)

Crisis Aftermath: The Battle For Bldhaven (2006 mini-series) (pencils)

DC Universe: Legacies #78 (2011)

Firestorm: The Nuclear Man vol. 3 No. 33 (April 2007) (layouts only)

Flash Gordon #19 (miniseries) (writer/artist, 1989)

Fury of the Firestorms: The Nuclear Men #1320 (writer and pencils 2012
2013)

Green Arrow #13-14, 17-18, 21-24, 27-30, 33-34 (pencils) (1988-1990)

Green Arrow vol. 4 #15 (pencils); #36 (co-writer) (2011-2012)

Infinite Crisis Secret Files 2006 (2006) (layouts for lead story)

Justice League America #6177 (19921993)

Justice League International #112 (writer, 20112012)

Metal Men (limited series, 1993) (layouts)

Metamorpho: Year One #16 (writer; artist for issues 1 and 2 only, 2007)

The New Teen Titans vol. 2 No. 6 (pencils, 1984)

Nightwing

Sun Devils (writer and artist, 1984)

Superman vol. 2 (writer: 19911999; pencils: 19911995)

Superman vol. 3 #712 (writer and pencils 2012)

Superman 80-Page Giant #1 (1999) (cover artist pencils and writer for 10-page
short story)

Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey (limited series; story and layouts) #14

(1994)

Superman: The Doomsday Wars #13 (19981999)

Superman: Day of Doom #14 (2003)

Superman: Secret Files (1998) (writer and layout art for lead story; plus pencil
art for character profiles)

Superman/Fantastic Four (1999) (writer and layout art, with finished art by Art
Thibert)

Tangent: Superman's Reign #112 (20082009) (writer)

Teen Titans vol. 2 #124 (19961998)

Time Masters: Vanishing Point #16 (2010 mini series) (writer/artist)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #319325 (1985)

Titans/Legion of Super-Heroes: Universe Ablaze #14 (prestige miniseries.

writer and layouts, with finishes by Phil Jimenez) (2000)

The Warlord #6388, 91 (artist) (19821985)

Zero Hour #04 (1994)

Marvel Comics

Daredevil No. 224 (penciller)

Captain America vol. 3 #2550 (writer), #3350 (penciller); Annual 2000;

Annual 2001

The Sensational Spider-Man #06 (JanuaryJuly 1996) (writer and penciller)

Thor vol. 2 #179 (writer); Annual 1999; Annual 2000; Annual 2001

Valiant Comics

Solar # 4654 (July 1995 December 1995) Writer/Penciller on #4650; writer

only from #5154

Awards
His work has earned him several awards over the years, including the 1994 National
Cartoonists Society Award for Best Comic Book.[24]

References
1.

Jump up ^ Worden, Mark (November 15, 1983), "Dan Jurgens: On

Warlord, Mike Grell, And Comics In General", Amazing Heroes (35): 4858

2.

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3.

Jump up ^ "Dan Jurgens". Lambiek Comiclopedia. December 14, 2006.

Archived from the original on January 5, 2014.

4.

Jump up ^ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1980s".

DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 218.
ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. The DC Universe gained one of its most peculiar
stars in the first issue of writer/artist Dan Jurgens' Booster Gold series.

5.

Jump up ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 250: "Armageddon 2001 was

the DC Comics event of the summer...Written by Archie Goodwin and Denny
O'Neil, and drawn by penciler Dan Jurgens, Armageddon 2001 chronicled the
birth of time-traveling hero Waverider."

6.

Jump up ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 250: "DC editorial saw the

chance to give their hero a fourth ongoing monthly book, Superman: The Man

of Steel was born, with the first issue written by Louise Simonson and with art
by Jon Bogdanove, Tom Grummett, Bob McLeod, and Dan Jurgens."
7.

Jump up ^ Jurgens, Dan (w), Jurgens, Dan (p), Barreto,

Eduardo (i). "Intergang --No More!" Superman v2, 60 (October 1991), DC
Comics

8.

Jump up ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 253: "In this seven-part

adventure...writers Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, Roger Stern, and Louise
Simonson, with artists Brett Breeding, Tom Grummett, Jon Bogdanove, and Bob
McLeod assembled many of DC's favorite characters to defend the world."

9.

Jump up ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 258: "In Superman #75...DC

had killed their icon...in a dramatic finale delivered in splash images and written
and drawn by artist Dan Jurgens, with finishes by Brett Breeding."

10.

Jump up ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 259: "The issue also featured

four teaser comics that introduced a group of contenders all vying for the
Superman name...A Cyborg Superman claimed he was the real Man of Steel in a
short by storyteller Dan Jurgens."

11.

Jump up ^ Schweier, Philip (August 2012). "Justice League, Then and

Now with Gerry Conway and Dan Jurgens". Back Issue! (TwoMorrows
Publishing) (58): 7072.

12.

Jump up ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 266: "In DC's newest summer

blockbuster Zero Hour, writer/artist Dan Jurgens and finisher Jerry Ordway
crafted a five-issue story that began with issue No. 4, and counted backward to
zero."

13.

Jump up ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 272: "Written by Peter David

and Ron Marz with art by Dan Jurgens and Claudio Castellini, this four-issue
miniseries event consisted of five major battles voted on in advance by reader
ballots distributed to comic stores."

14.

Jump up ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 275: " The behind-the-scenes

talent on the monumental issue appropriately spanned several generations of the
Man of Tomorrow's career. Written by Dan Jurgens, Karl Kesel, David
Michelinie, Louise Simonson, and Roger Stern, the one-shot featured the pencils
of John Byrne, Gil Kane, Stuart Immonen, Paul Ryan, Jon Bogdanove, Kieron
Dwyer, Tom Grummett, Dick Giordano, Jim Mooney, Curt Swan, Nick Cardy,
Al Plastino, Barry Kitson, Ron Frenz, and Dan Jurgens."

15.

Jump up ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 281: "A series of nine oneshots springing from the imagination of writer/artist Dan Jurgens, the Tangent
Comics imprint introduced an entirely new universe of heroes."

16.

Jump up ^ Cowsill, Alan; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2012). "1990s". SpiderMan Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging. Dorling Kindersley.
p. 224. ISBN 978-0756692360. The new Spidey title felt fresh and

exciting...Issue No. 0, written and penciled by Dan Jurgens, with Klaus Janson
inking, provided a quick recap for newcomers.
17.

Jump up ^ Greenberg, Glenn (December 2012). "Tabloid Team-Ups The

Giant-Size DC-Marvel Crossovers". Back Issue! (TwoMorrows Publishing)
(61): 3340.

18.

Jump up ^ Manning, Matthew K.; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2008). "1990s".

Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. Dorling Kindersley. p. 289.
ISBN 978-0756641238. Thor thundered into his new ongoing series by writer
Dan Jurgens and artist John Romita, Jr.

19.

Jump up ^ Piccione, Sebastian (August 30, 2008). "The Gold Standard:

Dan Jurgens Interview Part I". Project Fanboy. Archived from the original on
February 26, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2012.

20.

Jump up ^ Rogers, Vaneta (August 17, 2011). "The DCnU Take 2:

Justice League International". Newsarama. Archived from the original on
February 26, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2012.

21.

Jump up ^ Burlingame, Russ (October 16, 2011). "Dan of Steel: Dan

Jurgens on Joining Team Superman". ComicBook.com. Archived from the
original on February 26, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2012. Superman editor
Matt Idelson contacted Keith and me and basically said, "Hey! How would you
guys like to co-write, conspire and Dan draw Superman? We started batting
around different ideas, thoughts and notes and had a "go" a day or two later.

22.

Jump up ^ Moore, Matt (December 11, 2013). "DC Readies Weekly

Weekly Series, Futures End for Spring". Associated Press. Archived from the
original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2013.

23.

Jump up ^ Velez, Edward (April 4, 1993), "Kidsday Talking With Dan

Jurgens", Newsday: 1

24.

Jump up ^ "Division Awards: Comic Books". National Cartoonists

Society. 2013. Archived from the original on June 23, 2013. Retrieved June 23,
2013.

External links

Dan Jurgens at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

Dan Jurgens at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators

Interview with b-independent.com (1998)

Interview with Comic Book Resources, April 30, 2006

Comic Geek Speak Podcast interview (July 2009)

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