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92:Best Letterer of 1974 (
82:The Dark Knight Returns
879:The Trouble with Girls
686:(with writer/penciler
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563:Legion of Super-Heroes
552:José Luis García-López
177:The Amazing Spider-Man
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823:The Death of Superman
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912:Len Kaminski
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528:Steve Gerber
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1002:, DC, 1996)
936:Matt Wagner
903:War Machine
896:Russ Miller
884:Will Jacobs
848:Jim Shooter
830:, DC, 1992)
828:Dan Jurgens
818:, DC, 1992)
764:Jim Starlin
740:Jim Starlin
714:, DC, 1987)
698:, DC, 1986)
663:Swamp Thing
636:Ernie Colón
628:Dan Mishkin
568:Paul Levitz
486:and artist
470:and editor
440:Rudy Nebres
428:Roger Stern
424:Jim Starlin
372:Barry Smith
224:Star Comics
158:G.I. Combat
132:Swamp Thing
76:Swamp Thing
49:Nationality
1192:Categories
1161:References
1086:Gen-Active
1060:Alan Grant
1000:Joe Staton
976:John Byrne
960:Ron Garney
746:, 4-issue
694:, 4-issue
668:Alan Moore
610:, 6-issue
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472:Roy Thomas
452:Tom Palmer
448:Tom Sutton
444:Al Milgrom
436:Gene Colan
400:Tom Palmer
396:Gene Colan
368:Roy Thomas
352:Jack Kirby
336:Jack Kirby
320:Jack Kirby
304:Neal Adams
254:Animaniacs
229:Heathcliff
186:Jack Kirby
149:Joe Kubert
127:Alan Moore
33:1943-08-14
1130:Wildstorm
1016:Jim Aparo
956:Mark Waid
852:Lee Weeks
816:Curt Swan
792:Jim Aparo
768:Jim Aparo
632:Gary Cohn
463:Man-Thing
288:Lettering
196:in 1978.
143:Biography
119:DC Comics
835:Predator
548:Len Wein
546:(writer
484:Len Wein
482:(writer
279:comics.
182:Stan Lee
115:letterer
53:American
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