Terry Austin is an American comic book artist, working primarily as an inker. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Artist is a subjective term which describes a person creative in, innovative in, or adept at, their endeavors. ... The inker is one of the two line artists in a traditional comic book, or graphic novel. ...

Austin got his start as an assistant to Dick Giordano, before coming to prominence inking Marshall Rogers' pencils on a celebrated run of Batman stories for DC Comics in the mid-1970s (collaborating with writer Steve Englehart). Austin then moved to Marvel Comics, where he and penciller John Byrne became the new art team on Uncanny X-Men in 1977. With writer Chris Claremont, they produced a series of stories - particularly The Dark Phoenix Saga - that turned the title into the top-selling American comic. Richard Joseph Dick Giordano (July 20, 1932 - ) is a United States comic book artist and editor. ... The comic book character Batman, originally and still sometimes referred to as the rasict, (and occasionally as stjigii binka), is a fictional character and superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... The current DC Comics logo, adopted in May 2005. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... Steve Englehart (April 22, 1947 - ) is an American comic book writer, known for his work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, particularly in the 1970s. ... Marvel Comics NYSE: MVL, (AKA Marvel Entertainment Group, Marvel Characters, Inc. ... Uncanny X-Men #135 (1980), cover by Byrne John Lindley Byrne (born July 6, 1950) is a British-born now naturalised American author and artist of comic books. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Chris Claremont. ... Phoenix debuts on the cover of Uncanny X-Men #101. ...

Austin decided to leave Uncanny X-Men in 1981, after learning of Byrne's departure, and has since has worked on a variety of titles for both Marvel and DC, including Doctor Strange (over the pencils of Rogers, Paul Smith and Dan Green), Superman (over Byrne), Justice League America (over Kevin Maguire) and Green Lantern (over Darryl Banks). 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Doctor Strange, a fictional character, is a sorcerer featured in Marvel Comics. ... Paul Smith is an American comic book artist, working primarily as a penciller. ... Dan Green (III) (born 7 February 1975 in San Rafael, California, USA) is an American voice actor who does and did the voices of various characters in multiple cartoons and anime shows such as Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! to name a few. ... Superman, nicknamed The Man of Steel, is a fictional character and superhero who first appeared in Action Comics #1 in June of 1938 and eventually became one of the most popular and well-known comic book icons of all time. ... The Justice League of America, featuring the Flash, Superman, Aquaman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Martian Manhunter, and Green Lantern. ... Kevin Maguire is an American comic book artist and penciller, best known for his work on the Justice League series in the late 1980s for DC Comics. ... Cover to Green Lantern: Rebirth #6, art by Ethan Van Sciver. ...

Austin's extremely smooth yet precise style has been highly influential on the inkers that have followed him, such as Andy Lanning, Scott Williams and Art Thibert. Andy Lanning is a British comic book writer and inker. ... Scott Williams is an American comic book artist and inker. ... Arthur Art Thibert is a comic book artist, inker and penciller. ...

He has also worked as a writer, primarily for Marvel's X-Men titles and a short run on the Bill Mantlo/Ed Hannigan-created characters Cloak and Dagger. The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... Bill Mantlo was a lawyer and prolific writer of comic books for Marvel and (to a lesser extent) DC, for over 20 years. ... For general cloak and dagger activities, see espionage and assassination. ...

His rare pencilling jobs by Austin can be seen in the 1991 Marvel one-shot Last of the Dragons, as well as the covers of Uncanny X-Men Nos. 123 and 142. 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...