Captain America #111 (March 1969): Steranko's signature surrealism. Inking by Joe Sinnott.

James Steranko (born 5 November 1938, Reading, Pennsylvania, United States) is an American graphic artist, comic book writer-artist-historian, publisher, and film production illustrator. His most famous comic-book work was with the 1960s superspy feature "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." in Marvel Comics' Strange Tales and in the subsequent eponymous series. Steranko earned lasting acclaim for his innovations in sequential art during the Silver Age of comic books, particularly his infusion of surrealism and op art into the medium. His work has been published in many countries and his influence on the field has remained strong since his comics heyday. He was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2006. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x713, 59 KB) Summary Captain America #111, March1969, art by Jim Steranko and Joe Sinnott. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x713, 59 KB) Summary Captain America #111, March1969, art by Jim Steranko and Joe Sinnott. ... Joe Sinnott (born October 16, 1926, Saugerties, New York, United States) is an American comic book artist. ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... City of Reading seal Reading (pronounced red - ing) is the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania. ... Graphic design is the applied art of arranging image and text to communicate a message. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Look up artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A historian is someone who writes history, and history is a written accounting of the past. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... The genre of spy fiction — sometimes called political thriller or spy thriller or sometimes shortened simply to Spy-fi — arose before World War I at about the same time that the first modern intelligence agencies were formed. ... Nicholas Joseph Nick Fury is a fictional World War II army hero and present-day superspy in the Marvel Comics universe Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Fury first appeared in #1 (May 1963), a combat series that portrayed the cigar-chomping Fury as leader of an elite U... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ... Strange Tales was the name of several comic book anthology series that have been published by Marvel Comics. ... ... Showcase #4 (Oct. ... Centuries from now, any art that takes new paths toward a greater emancipation of the mind will be Surrealist. ... Op art is a term used to described certain paintings made primarily in the 1960s which exploit the fallibilty of the eye through the use of optical illusions. ... The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is given for creative achievement in comic books. ...

Early life and career

Up through his early 20s, Steranko made a living as an illusionist, escape artist, magician, and musician (including a stint with Bill Haley and his Comets) [1] in which he claims to have put the first go-go girls onstage.^[1] Magician redirects here. ... Harry Houdini, a famous escapologist and magician. ... The term magician can refer to a practitioner of either paranormal magic or illusionism. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... The original members of Bill Haley and His Comets, c. ...

He entered the comics industry through editor Joe Simon at Harvey Comics, where Steranko said he created the characters Spyman, Magicmaster and the Gladiator for the company's short-lived superhero line, Harvey Thriller. Shortly afterward, he showed his "Secret Agent X" proposal to Paramount Television's animation unit in New York City (nothing became of it), and met with Marvel Comics editor Stan Lee. Lee, impressed with Steranko's work, assigned him the "Nick Fury" feature in Strange Tales, a "split book" shared each issue with another feature. Editing is the process of preparing language, images, or sound for presentation through correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications. ... Joe Simon (born 1915) was a comic book author and cartoonist who created or co-created many memorable characters in the Golden Age. ... Casper the Friendly Ghost in Theres Good Boos To-Night (1948). ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Harvey Thriller was a comic book imprint used by Harvey Comics for their brief foray into publishing super heroes and other non-kiddie comics in the mid 1960s. ... Paramount Television (reincorporated from Desilu Productions) (a. ... Nickname: Big Apple Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Stan Lee at the 1973 San Diego comic con Stan The Man Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber on December 28, 1922, New York, New York) is an American writer, editor, Chairman Emeritus of Marvel Comics and memoirist, who — with several artist co-creators, especially Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko — introduced... Strange Tales was the name of several comic book anthology series that have been published by Marvel Comics. ...

Silver Age Steranko

Future Marvel editor-in-chief Roy Thomas, then a staff writer, recalled Steranko's arrival at Marvel: Roy Thomas (born November 22, 1940, Missouri, United States) is a comic book writer and editor, and Stan Lees first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. ...

I met Jim [in 1965]; he brought his work up to Marvel then, I think, but it wasn't considered quite pro quality yet. The next year ... he came up to the office again — I presume he had an appointment — and I sent out by Sol [Brodsky] to look at his work and basically brush him off. Stan was busy and didn't want to be bothered that day. But when I saw Jim's work, which was even better than what I'd seen the previous year, on an impulse I took it in to Sol and said, "I think Stan should see this". Sol agreed, and took it in to Stan. Stan brought Steranko into his office, and Jim left with the 'S.H.I.E.L.D.' assignment. ... I think Jim's legacy to Marvel was demonstrating that there were ways in which the Kirby style could be mutated, and many artists went off increasingly in their own directions after that.[2]

A rare quiet moment for Nick Fury: Splash panel, Strange Tales #168 (May 1968). Art by Steranko and Joe Sinnott.

The 12-page "Fury" strip was initially by Lee and Jack Kirby, with the latter supplying such inventive and enduring gadgets and hardware as the Helicarrier — an airborne aircraft carrier — as well as LMDs (Life Model Decoys) and even automobile airbags. Marvel's all-purpose terrorist organization HYDRA was introduced here as well. Image File history File links Cquote1. ... Sol Brodsky (born c. ... Image File history File links Cquote2. ... Image File history File links StrangeTales168-NickFury. ... Image File history File links StrangeTales168-NickFury. ... Nicholas Joseph Nick Fury is a fictional World War II army hero and present-day superspy in the Marvel Comics universe Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Fury first appeared in #1 (May 1963), a combat series that portrayed the cigar-chomping Fury as leader of an elite U... Strange Tales was the name of several comic book anthology series that have been published by Marvel Comics. ... Joe Sinnott (born October 16, 1926, Saugerties, New York, United States) is an American comic book artist. ... Jack Kirby (August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was one of the most influential, recognizable, and prolific artists in American comic books. ... An aircraft carrier is a warship designed to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An airbag is a flexible membrane or envelope, inflatable to contain air or some other gas. ... Baron Strucker, retconned founder of HYDRA, wearing the HYDRA logo on his chest. ...

Initially penciling "finishes" over Kirby's layouts, Steranko soon took over full penciling and in short order was writing and coloring the feature as well. "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." soon became one of the creative zeniths of the Silver Age. Streranko introduced or popularized in comics such art movements of the day as psychedelia and op art; built on Kirby's longstanding work in photomontage; and in Strange Tales #167 (Jan. 1968), created comics' first four-page spread — again inspired by Kirby, who in the Golden Age had pioneered the first full-page and double-page spreads. All the while, Steranko spun outlandishly action-filled plots of intrigue, barely sublimated sensuality, and a cool-jazz hi-fi hipness. And he created his own version of Bond girls, essentially, dressed in skintight leather or green hair with matching eyeshadow and accessory whip — well pushing what was allowable under the Comics Code at the time. In producing a comic book, the penciller (or penciler) draws the comic based on the script created by the writer. ... A colorist is an artist who colors comic art reading it for production as a comic book. ... Psychedelia is a term describing a category of music, visual art, fashion, and culture that is associated originally with the high 1960s, hippies, and the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, California. ... Op art is a term used to described certain paintings made primarily in the 1960s which exploit the fallibilty of the eye through the use of optical illusions. ... Artistic photomontage showing what a complete iceberg might look like under water Photomontage is the process (and result) of making a composite picture by cutting and joining a number of photographs. ... Bond girl is slang for any actress taking a lead role in a James Bond movie or video game, or the character they play. ... The Comics Code Authority (CCA) is an organization founded in 1954 to act as a de facto censor for American comic books. ...

Fury's adventures continued in his own series, for which Steranko contributed four much-reprinted 20-page stories: "Who is Scorpio?" (issue #1); "So Shall Ye Reap...Death" (#2), inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest; "Dark Moon Rise, Hell Hound Kill" (#3), a Hound of the Baskervilles homage, repleat with a Peter Cushing manqué; and the spy-fi sequel "What Ever Happened to Scorpio?" (#5). Yet after deadline pressures forced a fill-in "origin" story by another team in issue #4, Steranko dropped the book. Decades afterward, however, their images are among comics' best known, and homages to his art have abounded — from recreations of classic covers with different heroes in place of Fury, to the Krusty the Klown parody "Krusty, Agent Of K.L.O.W.N." in Simpsons Comics #3 (March 1994). William Shakespeare (National Portrait Gallery), in the famous Chandos portrait, artist and authenticity unconfirmed. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Hound of the Baskervilles is a crime novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, originally serialised in the Strand Magazine in 1901 and 1902, which is set largely on Dartmoor. ... Peter Cushing OBE Cushing (left) in the television adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four in the winter of 1954 on BBC Television. ... Krusty the Clown, or Herschel Schmoikel Krustofski (full name: Herschel Pinkes Remochel Krustofski), is a fictional character in the cartoon The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta. ... Simpsons Comics is a monthly United States comic book series based on the animated TV show The Simpsons, published by Matt Groenings Bongo Comics group. ...

Steranko also had short runs on Captain America (three issues out of four, missing a deadline that required Kirby to draw an issue over a weekend) and X-Men, for which he designed a new cover logo. Steranko also dabbled with a romance story, as well as a horror story that precipitated a breakup with Marvel. Steranko's seven-page "At the Stroke of Midnight", published in Tower of Shadows #1 (Sept. 1969), would go on to win a 1969 Alley Award for Best Feature Story, yet led to a rift between the celebrated Steranko and editor Lee, who had rejected Steranko's cover and clashed with him over panel design, dialog, and the story title, initially "The Lurking Fear at Shadow House". According to Steranko at a 2006 panel^[3] and elsewhere, Lee disliked or did not understand the homage to horror author H.P. Lovecraft, and devised his own title for the story. After much conflict, Steranko either quit or was fired. Lee phoned him about a month later, after the two had cooled down, and Steranko would return to produce several covers for Marvel from 1972-73 before largely leaving comics thereafter. Captain America, the alter ego of Steve Rogers (in some accounts Steven Rogers), is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... This article refers to the wide variety of writing called romantic. For literature from the European Romantic movement of the 18th and 19th centuries, see Romanticism: Art and Literature. ... Horror can mean several things: Horror (emotion) Horror fiction Horror film This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Tower of Shadows #1 (Sept. ... The Alley Awards are comic book awards originally sponsored by Alter-Ego magazine, edited by Jerry Bails, Roy Thomas, Ronn Foss, and, in 1978, Mike Friedrich. ... Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy, horror and science fiction, noted for combining these three genres within single narratives. ...

Publisher and paperback-artist

The artist-historian's wraparound covers on the two-volume Steranko History of Comics

Steranko was unable to produce comics work that met his own standards at a pace sufficient to sustain himself economically. As well, he felt constrained by the Comics Code Authority, which frequently ordered changes to tone down the sensuality of his work. Seeking work illustrating book covers, he compiled a porfolio of acrylic paintings and met with Lancer Books art director Howard Winters, to whom he immediately sold a fantasy painting from among his samples. This led to a career illustrating dozens of paperback covers, popularly including those of Pyramid Books' reissues of the 1930s pulp novels of The Shadow. Image File history File links SterankoHistoryV1&2. ... Image File history File links SterankoHistoryV1&2. ... The seal of the Comics Code Authority, which appears on the covers of approved comic books. ... Lancer Books was an American publisher of paperback books, most noted for its fantasy titles published in the 1960s, particularly its Conan the Barbarian series, which marked the first appearance of all Robert E. Howards stories about his sword and sorcery hero in paperback. ... The term art director, is an overall title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games. ... haha For other meanings see Fantasy (disambiguation) Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... Categories: Stub | Books ... Harcourt Trade Publishers is a U.S. publishing firm, and one of the worlds largest publishers of textbooks. ... Flynns Detective Fiction from 1941. ... Who knows what evil lurks?—The Shadow, as seen on the cover of the July 15, 1939 issue of The Shadow Magazine. ...

Steranko also formed his own publishing company, Supergraphics, in 1969, and the following year worked with writer-entrepreneur Byron Preiss on an anti-drug comic book, The Block, distritubted to elementary schools nationwide. In 1970 and 1972, Supergraphics published two popular, tabloid-sized volumes entitled "The Steranko History of Comics", a planned multivolume history of the American comics industry, though no further editions have appeared. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Byron Preiss (born 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, died July 9, 2005 in Long Island, New York) was an American writer, editor and publisher, and founded and served as president of Byron Preiss Visual Publications which developed projects for various publishing houses, and was also the founder of ibooks. ... The Block may refer to: The Block, a now demolished housing block in Redfern, Sydney. ... Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... An American comic book is a small magazine containing a narrative in the comics form. ...

Through Supergraphics he also published the magazine Comixscene (retitled Mediascene and finally Prevue), which began as an oversized newsprint periodical reporting on the comics field, and evolved in stages into a general-interest, standard format, popular culture magazine. It ran from 1972 through 1994, and in its later years was criticized for doing double duty as a catalog for Steranko's retailing business, particularly its erotica. A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising and/or purchase by readers. ... Popular culture, or pop culture, (literally: the culture of the people) consists of the cultural elements that prevail (at least numerically) in any given society, mainly using the more popular media, in that societys vernacular language and/or an established lingua franca. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Erotic art. ...

Occasionally returning to narrative forms, Steranko wrote, drew, and produced the illustrated novel Chandler: Red Tide (1976), published by Byron Preiss Visual Publications/Pyramid Books as part of its "Fiction Illustrated" series. Steranko also drew a comic-book adaptation of the 1981 film Outland, serialized in Heavy Metal magazine. Illustrated fiction is a hybrid narrative medium in which images and text work together to tell a story. ... Byron Preiss (born 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, died July 9, 2005 in Long Island, New York) was an American writer, editor and publisher, and founded and served as president of Byron Preiss Visual Publications which developed projects for various publishing houses, and was also the founder of ibooks. ... Fiction Illustrated, was a short-lived series of early graphic novels produced by Byron Preiss in the 1970s while he was also producing Weird Heroes. ... Outland is a 1981 science fiction movie starring Sean Connery. ... Jean-Michel Nicollets cover for the first issue. ...

For the movie industry, Steranko was the conceptual artist on Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark, designing both the look of the film and the character of Indiana Jones. He also served as project conceptualist on Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula and directed the episode "The Ties That Bind" of the DC Comics animated TV series Justice League Unlimited. Brad Bird has stated that Steranko's work was his main comic-book influence on Pixar's The Incredibles.^{[citation needed]} Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (born December 18, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American film director. ... Raiders of the Lost Ark, also known as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, is a film released by Paramount Pictures in 1981. ... Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five time Academy Award winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. ... Bram Stokers Dracula is a 1992 horror/romance film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Justice League Unlimited (or JLU) was an American animated television series produced by and aired on Cartoon Network. ... Phillip Bradley Bird (born on September 24, 1957 in Kalispell, Montana) is an American animator who is known for creating Disney/Pixars film The Incredibles (2004), and for directing Warner Bros. ... Pixar Animation Studios is an award-winning American computer animation studio based in Emeryville, California (USA). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Steranko's youthful career as an escape artist was an inspiration for the Jack Kirby character Mister Miracle, as well as for the Escapist (from Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.^{[4] [5] [6]} The lighthearted spy movie If Looks Could Kill (1991) features Roger Rees as the villain, Augustus Steranko. This article is about the study of escapology. ... Jack Kirby (August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was one of the most influential, recognizable, and prolific artists in American comic books. ... Mister Miracle is a DC Comics superhero created by Jack Kirby, originally as part of The Fourth World series of titles. ... The Escapist is a comic book character in the book The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. ... Michael Chabon (born May 24, 1963) is a modern Jewish-American author. ... The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ... The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a 2000 novel by Michael Chabon. ... Roger Rees Roger Rees (born on May 4, 1944) is a British-American actor. ...

Quotes

Panel from Steranko's illustrated novel Chandler: Red Tide. Frank Miller would use similar patterned shading in Sin City.

Steven Ringgenberg: "Steranko's Marvel work became a benchmark of '60s pop culture, combining the traditional comic book art styles of Wallace Wood and Jack Kirby with the surrealism of Richard Powers and Salvador Dalí. Steeped in cinematic techniques picked up from that medium's masters, Jim synthesized a style he christened 'Zap Art' — an approach different from anything being done in mainstream comics, though it did include one standard attraction: lots of females in skintight, sexy costumes. Countess Valentina (Val) Allegro De Fontaine made her debut in Strange Tales #159 (Aug. 1967) by flooring Nick Fury during a training session, proving that she could take care of herself! She looked like a character who had just stepped out of a James Bond poster".^[7] Image File history File links ChanderlRedTide-panel. ... Image File history File links ChanderlRedTide-panel. ... Frank Miller in an interview about the Batman character. ... Cover of Sin City shows Marv walking through the rain. ... Wallace Wally Wood (born June 17, 1927, Menahga, Minnesota, United States; died November 2, 1981), was an American writer-artist best known for his work in EC Comics and Mad. ... Jack Kirby (August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was one of the most influential, recognizable, and prolific artists in American comic books. ... Richard Powers (born June 18, 1957) is a novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology. ... Salvador Felip Jacint Dalí Domènech (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), known popularly as Salvador Dalí, was a Catalan-Spanish artist who became one of the most important painters of the 20th century. ... Strange Tales was the name of several comic book anthology series that have been published by Marvel Comics. ...

Mark Evanier: "Jack based some of his characters (not all) on people in his life or in the news.... Big Barda's roots are not in doubt. The visual came about shortly after songstress Lainie Kazan posed for Playboy...and the characterization between Scott 'Mr. Miracle' Free and Barda was based largely — though with tongue in cheek — on the interplay betwixt Jack and his wife Roz. Of course, the whole 'escape artist' theme was inspired by an earlier career of writer-artist Jim Steranko".^[8] Mark Evanier (born March 2, 1952 in Santa Monica, California) is an American writer. ... Big Barda is a fictional character, a DC Comics superheroine created by Jack Kirby, originally for The Fourth World series of titles. ... Lainie Kazan (born Lainie Levine on May 15, 1940 in New York City) is an American actress and singer. ... Playboy is an American adult entertainment magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ... Mister Miracle is a DC Comics superhero created by Jack Kirby, originally as part of The Fourth World series of titles. ... This article is about the study of escapology. ...

The Incredible Hulk King-Size Special #1 (Oct. 1968). Cover art by Steranko.

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Bibliography: Comic books

Chronological order. Artwork for Marvel Comics unless otherwise noted. Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ...

• Spyman  1 (designed character, wrote story and illustrated hand design on cover) (Harvey Comics; Sept. 1966)
• Double Dare Adventures  1 (writing only on Glowing Gladiator) (Harvey Comics; 1966)
• Strange Tales  151-153 (over Jack Kirby layouts), 154-168, plus odd-# covers from 151 (inker over Kirby), 153-167 (Dec. 1966 - May 1968)
• Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.  1-3, 5, plus covers; covers only, 4,6-7 (June-Dec. 1968)
• The Incredible Hulk King-Size Special  cover only 1 (Oct. 1968)
• X-Men  50-51, plus covers; cover only, 49 (Oct.-Dec. 1968)
• Captain America  110-111, 113, plus covers (Feb.-March, May 1969)
• Tower of Shadows  1, story "At the Stroke of Midnight" (7pp.) (Sept. 1969)
• Eerie  cover only 25 (Warren Publishing; Jan. 1970)
• Our Love Story  5, story "My Heart Broke In Hollywood" (7pp.) (Feb. 1970)
• Doc Savage  covers only 2-3 (Dec. 1972-Feb. 1973)
• Shanna the She-Devil  covers only 1-2 (Dec. 1972-Feb. 1973)
• Supernatural Thrillers  covers only 1-2 (Dec. 1972-Feb. 1973)
• Tex Dawson, Gunslinger  cover only 1 (Jan. 1973)
• The Fantastic Four  covers only 130-132 (Jan.-Mar. 1973)
• Creatures on the Loose  covers only 21-22 (Jan.-March 1973)
• Nick Fury and His Agents of SHIELD  covers only 1-2 (Feb.-April 1973)
• Western Gunfighters  cover only 14 (March 1973)
• Marvel Comics Super Special  magazine, cover only 22 (Blade Runner; Sept. 1982)
• Heavy Metal  magazine, Vol. 5, #3-7, 10 (HM Communications; June-Oct. 1981, Jan. 1982)

Serialized Outland movie adaptation

• The Fly  covers only 1-2 (Archie Comics; May-July 1983)
• Epic Illustrated  cover only 19 (Aug. 1983)
• Superman  400, story "The Exile at the End of Eternity" (10pp.) (DC Comics; Oct. 1984)
• Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D.  cover only 1 (June 1988)
• The Green Hornet  cover only, 1 (Now Comics, Nov. 1989)
• The Superman Gallery  one-shot, pinup (1p.) (DC Comics; 1993)
• Ray Bradbury Comics: Martian Chronicles  cover only, 1 (Topps/Byron Preiss, June 1994)
• Kabuki  cover only, 1 (Image, 1997)
• The Victorian  cover only, 1 (Penny-Farthing Press; March 1999)
• Selina's Big Score  gallery illustration only, 1 (DC Comics; July 2002)

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Comic-book cover gallery

Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

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Bibliography: Author

• Steranko on cards (Ireland Magic Co., 1960)
• The Steranko History of Comics 1 (Supergraphics, 1970, ISBN 0-517-50188-0; also wraparound cover)
• The Steranko History of Comics 2 (Supergraphics, 1972; also wraparound cover)
• Chandler: Red Tide (Byron Preiss Visual Publications/Pyramid Books, (1976); Dark Horse reissue, 2001; ISBN 1-56971-438-X)
• Unseen Shadows: 50 Cover Concept Illustrations (Supergraphics, 1978)
• Domino Lady: The Complete Collection (Vanguard Productions 2004, ISBN 1-887591-70-2)
• Hypertype: Creating Expressive Typography For Entertainment Media (Vanguard Productions 2006, ISBN 1-887591-77-X)

Bibliography

Books about

• Steranko: Graphic Narrative by Philip Fry & Ted Poulos; introduction and illustrations by Jim Steranko (Winnipeg Art Gallery exhibit publication, 1978)
• Steranko: Graphic Prince of Darkness by Jim Steranko, J. David Spurlock, Peter DePree (Vanguard Productions, 1997).
• Steranko Arte Noir by Jim Steranko, J. David Spurlock, Angel de la Calle (Vanguard Productions, 2001).
• Visual Theory: The Steranko Archives, Volume 1

Collected works

• Marvel Visionaries: Jim Steranko (2002; ISBN 0-7851-0944-7)
• Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2001; ISBN 0-7851-0747-9)
• Nick Fury: Scorpio (2001; ISBN 0-7851-0766-5)

Book covers

• Prisoners of the Sky by C. C. MacApp (pseudonym of Carroll M. Capps) (1969; science fiction)
• The Mighty Barbarians: Great Sword and Sorcery Heroes, Hans Stefan Santesson, ed. (1969)
• Ice World (1969; science fiction)
• Master Of The Dark Gate by John Jakes (1970) ISBN 0-447-75113-0
• Kelwin by Neal Barrett, Jr.(1970)
• Fletcher by Jack Bickham (1970) (Western)
• Wildcat O'Shea: A Stranger Named O'Shea (1970) by Jeff Clinton (Western)
• Lord of Blood by Dave Van Arnam (1970; sword-and-sorcery)
• The Mighty Swordsmen, Hans Stefan Santesson, ed. (1970)
• G-8 and His Battle Aces #1: The Bat Staffel by Robert J. Hogan (1970; World War I)
• G-8 and His Battle Aces: Ace of the White Death by Robert J. Hogan (1970)
• G-8 and His Battle Aces: Purple Aces by Robert J. Hogan (1970)
• Warlocks and Warrior, L. Spague de Camp, ed. (1971; sword-and-sorcery)
• Wildcat O'Shea: Bounty on Wildcat (1971) by Jeff Clinton (Western)
• Wildcat O'Shea: Wildcat's Claim To Fame (1971) by Jeff Clinton
• The Shores Of Tomorrow by David Mason (1971; science fiction)
• Infinity Two by Robert Hoskins (1971; science fiction)
• The Masters of the Pit a.k.a. Barbarians of Mars by Michael Moorcock (1971; science fiction)
• The Further Adventures of Erik John Stark: The Ginger Star by Leigh Brackett (1974; sword-and-sorcery) ISBN 0-345-31827-7
• The Further Adventures of Erik John Stark 2: The Hounds Of Skaith by Leigh Brackett (1974) ISBN ISBN 0-345-24230-0
• The Further Adventures of Erik John Stark 3: The Reavers of Skaith by Leigh Brackett (1976) ISBN 0-345-24438-9
• Police Your Planet by Lester Del Rey with Erik van Lhin (1975; [[science fiction)) ISBN 0-345-24465-6
• Weird Heroes Volume 1 (1975; pulp-inspired anthology) ISBN 0-515-03746-X
• Weird Heroes Volume 2 (1975; pulp-inspired anthology)
• Norgil the Magician by Maxwell Grant (pseudonym of Walter Gibson) (1977 reprints of pulp magazine stories) ISBN 0-89296-006-X
• Norgil: More Tales of Prestigitection by Maxwell Grant (1979 reprints of pulp magazine stories) ISBN 0-89296-042-6
• Tomorrow I Die by Mickey Spillane (1984) ISBN 0-89296-061-2
• Blade of the Guillotine (1986)
• Death Mask of Pancho Villa (1987)
• Wild Cards XVI: Deuces Down, ed. by George R.R. Martin and Melinda Snodgrass (2002)
• Swords and Deviltry 1 : Fafrd and the Gray Mouser (2003)
• Swords against Death 2 : Fafrd and the Gray Mouser (2003)
• Swords in the Mist/Swords against Wizardry 3/4 : Fafrd and the Gray Mouser (2004)

Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... John Jakes (born on March 31, 1932) is a writer of fiction. ... The Western is an American genre in literature and film. ... The Western is an American genre in literature and film. ... This article is about a fantasy sub-genre. ... Combatants Allied Powers: United Kingdom France Italy Russia United States Serbia Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Nicholas II Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Reinhard Scheer Franz Josef I Conrad von Hötzendorf İsmail Enver Ferdinand I Casualties... This article is about a fantasy sub-genre. ... The Western is an American genre in literature and film. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Michael John Moorcock (born December 18, 1939) is a prolific British writer of both science fiction and science fantasy. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Leigh Brackett (December 7, 1915 - March 18, 1978), was a writer of fantasy and science fiction, mystery novels and - best known to the general public - Hollywood screenplays, most notably The Big Sleep (1945), Rio Bravo (1959), The Long Goodbye (1973) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980). ... This article is about a fantasy sub-genre. ... Lester del Rey (Ramon Felipe Alvarez-del Rey) (June 2, 1915 - May 10, 1993) was an American science fiction author and editor. ... Frank Morrison Spillane (March 9, 1918 – July 17, 2006), better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American author of crime novels. ...

Pyramid Books

The Shadow (reprints of pulp-magazine stories)
By Maxwell Grant (pseudonym of Walter Gibson) Maxwell Grant was a pen name used by the authors of The Shadow. ...

• The Shadow #1: The Living Shadow (1974) ISBN 0-515-03597-1
• The Shadow #2: The Black Master (1974) ISBN 0-515-03478-9
• The Shadow #4: Hands in the Dark (1974)
• The Shadow #5: Double Z (1975)
• The Shadow #6: The Crime Cult (1975) ISBN 0-515-03699-4
• The Shadow #9: The Romanoff Jewels (1975) ISBN 0-515-03877-6
• The Shadow #10: The Silent Seven (1975) ISBN 0-515-03966-7
• The Shadow #11: Kings of Crime (1976)
• The Shadow #12: Shadowed Millions (1976) ISBN 0-515-03968-3
• The Shadow #13: Green Eyes (1977) ISBN 0-515-04205-6
• The Shadow #14: The Creeping Death (1977) ISBN 0-515-04206-4
• The Shadow #16: The Shadow's Shadow (1977) ISBN 515042781
• The Shadow #17: Fingers Of Death (1977) ISBN 0-515-04279-X
• The Shadow #18: Murder Trail (1977) ISBN 0-515-04280-3
• The Shadow #19: Zemba (1977) ISBN 0-515-04285-4
• The Shadow #20: Charg, Monster ISBN 0-515-04284-6
• The Shadow #21: The Wealth Seeker (1978) ISBN 0-515-04283-8
• The Shadow #22: The Silent Death (1978)
• The Shadow #23: The Death Giver (1978)
• The Shadow #1: The Living Shadow (1978) (Different from 1974 edition)
• The Shadow #9: The Romanoff Jewels (1978) (Different from 1975 edition)
• The Shadow #11: Kings of Crime (1978) (Different from 1976 edition)
• The Shadow #12: Shadowed Millions (1978) (Different from 1976 edition)

Other

• The Revenge of the Hound: The New Sherlock Holmes Novel by Michael Hardwick (1987; mystery) ISBN 0-394-55653-4
• Palladium Books Presents: Mystic China by Erick Wujcik (1995) ISBN 0-916211-77-0
• The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler (1997)
• Heroes Unlimited: Second Edition (1998)
• Captain America: Liberty's Torch (1998)
• The Bride Wore Black (2001)
• Phantom Lady (2001)
• Rear Window (2001)
• Night and the City (2001)
• Visual Storytelling: The Art and Technique by Tony C. Caputo; introduction by Harlan Ellison (2003) ISBN 0-8230-0317-5
• Compliments of the Domino Lady by Lars Anderson (2004 reprints of pulp-magazine stories) ISBN 0-9712246-6-8
• The Edge (2004)
• Domino Lady: The Complete Collection by Lars Anderson (2004) ISBN 1-887591-69-9
• Domino Lady: The Complete Collection Deluxe by Lars Anderson (2004; signed limited edition) ISBN 1-887591-70-2

Dates Unknown Sherlock Holmes as imagined by the seminal Holmesian artist, Sidney Paget, in The Strand magazine. ... Mystery fiction is a distinct subgenre of detective fiction that entails the occurrence of an unknown event which requires the protagonist to make known (or solve). ... Harlan Ellison Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, essays, and criticism. ...

• Why Isn't a Nice Girl Like You Married? or How to Get Most Out of Life While You're Single by Rebecca Greer (self-help)

Though the term self-help can refer to any case whereby an individual or a group betters themselves economically, intellectually or emotionally, the connotations of the phrase have come to apply particularly to psychological or psychotherapeutic nostrums, often purveyed through the popular genre of the self-help book. ...

Footnotes

Mark Evanier (born March 2, 1952 in Santa Monica, California) is an American writer. ...

References

• Steranko.com
• Tony Robertson's Steranko site
• Jim Steranko biography
• Steranko escape artistry illustrations collected by Michael Chabon
• Jim Steranko Cover Art (paperback covers)
• Betty Pages Magazine #4 (Spring 1989): 'A Life Long Love Affair With The Pop Culture Pin Up!" by Steven Ringgenberg
• POV Online: "The Jack FAQ"

External links

• Vanguard Steranko Page
• WellredPress: "The Inescapable Truth", by Adam Messano
• "Bill Koenig Remembers: 'Don't Yield, Back S.H.I.E.L.D.'"