Buckler and Roy Thomas then created the World War II superhero team the All-Star Squadron in a special insert in Justice League of America #193 (Aug. A Justice League story by Conway and Buckler originally intended for All-New Collectors’ Edition saw print in Justice League of America #210-212 (Jan.-Mach 1983). He drew the newspaper comic strip The Incredible Hulk for approximately six months in 1979. Shazam!” story published in All-New Collectors’ Edition #C-58 (April 1978). Also during this period, Buckler hired the young George Pérez as his studio assistant.īuckler collaborated with writer Gerry Conway on a “Superman vs. During this period, Buckler created the cyborg antihero Deathlok, which starred in an ongoing feature debuting in Astonishing Tales #25 (Aug.

He fulfilled a decade-long dream in 1974 when assigned to draw Marvel’s flagship series, Fantastic Four, on which he stayed for two years. 1974), a run that Comics Bulletin in 2010 ranked third on its list of the “Top 10 1970s Marvels”.

1971 – April 1972).īuckler drew the first three issues of writer Don McGregor’s Black Panther series in Jungle Action vol. At DC Comics, he drew the “Rose and the Thorn” backup stories in Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane #117-121 (Dec. Buckler has drawn virtually every major character at Marvel and DC, often as a cover artist.Īs a teenager in Detroit, Buckler attended the initial iterations of the Detroit Triple Fan Fair, eventually running the convention along with originator Robert Brosch in 1969–1970.īuckler’s first comics work was as a teenager with the four-page historical story “Freedom Fighters: Washington Attacks Trenton” in the King Features comic book Flash Gordon #10 (cover-dated Nov. Rich Buckler (born February 6, 1949) is an American comic book artist and penciller, best known for his work on Marvel Comics’ Fantastic Four in the mid-1970s and for creating the character Deathlok in Astonishing Tales #25. Here is his Wikipedia entry (note his death had yet to make the page): I was very sad to hear of the death of comic book artist Rich Buckler today. … and on Gardner Fox’s 106th birthday, I also honor a Golden & Silver Age great!

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