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Jim Valentino

Jim Valentino (born October 28, 1952) is an American writer, penciler, editor and publisher of comic books, best known for his 1990–1992 work on Guardians of the Galaxy for Marvel Comics, and for co-founding Image Comics, a company publishing creator-owned comics.

Jim Valentino

(1952-10-28) October 28, 1952
Bronx, New York, U.S.

Writer, Penciller, Inker, Editor, Publisher

Guardians of the Galaxy
normalman
ShadowHawk

Inkpot Award (1984)[1]

At Image Comics, Valentino produced books such as the superhero vigilante series ShadowHawk, and the 1997 semi-autobiographical black and white book A Touch of Silver. Valentino also served as publisher of Image from 1999 to 2003, during which he oversaw the diversification of Image's publication through his discovery of creators such as Robert Kirkman, who co-created the critically and commercially successful comic book The Walking Dead.

Early life[edit]

Valentino was born on October 28, 1952, in the Bronx, New York.[2]

#1–12, Annual #1 (writer and artist, 1984–1986)

normalman

vol. 3 #32–33 (writer, 1989)

Silver Surfer

Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 #172 (writer, 1990)

Vol. 1 #3, 5, 7, #11–12, 25, 30, 41 (writer, 1989–1992)

What If?

#1–29, Annual #1–2 (writer and penciler, 1990–1992)

Guardians of the Galaxy

#1–18 (writer and artist, 1992–1996)

ShadowHawk

The Others #0-3 (layouts and writer (#0, 3), 1995)

The Alliance #1-3 (writer and artist, 1995)

Badrock/Wolverine Vol 1 #1 (writer, 1996)

Vol. 2 #1–4 (writer, 1996–1997)

Avengers

A Touch of Silver #1–6 (writer and artist, 1997)

Vignettes: The Auto-Biographical Comix of Valentino (1997)

Altered Image #1–3 (writer and penciller, 1998)

normalman 20th Anniversary Special #1 (writer and artist, 2004)

The Return of ShadowHawk #1 (writer and artist, 2004)

ShadowHawk vol. 2 #1–15 (writer and artist (#9–15), 2005–2006)

ShadowHawk One-Shot #1 (writer and artist, 2006)

Drawing from Life #1–2 (writer and artist, 2007)

#1–3 (artist, 2009–2010)

Image United

at the Grand Comics Database

Jim Valentino

at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

Jim Valentino