Javier Rodríguez
Javi Rodríguez at the Barcelona Comic Fair (2022).
Born	Javier Rodríguez 1972 (age 52–53) Oviedo,Asturias, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Area	Penciller,Inker,Colourist
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Javier Rodríguez is a Spanishcomic book artist working primarily as acolorist for the American market. Among his most notable works areBatgirl: Year One,Daredevil,The Amazing Spider-Man andAbsolute Martian Manhunter.

While studying at the University of Fine Arts inOviedo, Rodríguez and a group of friends (one of whom wasGermán García ofTess Tinieblas,X-Men andSuperman fame) started a comics fanzine calledFroilán.^[1] In 1996, he pencilsAnselmo Ensombras, a comic about the history of Spanish cinema for the 34thGijón International Film Festival,^[2] and self-publishes the first issue ofLove Gun, a futuristic four-issue miniseries about a group of friends with heavy social criticism on such issues as unemployment and economic independence of young people (the tagline of the comic was "in the XXI century, unemployment is still a problem..."). Only three issues were published, leaving the story unfinished, which still was enough to attract attention to the young cartoonist from the critics and the audience.^[1] In 1998, the Madrid publisherUnder Cómic relaunchedLove Gun with a new #1 and a new story.Ígor Medio helped Rodríguez with scripting and inking for the second volume. Although the title suffered from erratic publication and stopped production after four issues, leaving the story unfinished again, the series gained enough attention for the publisher to release some merchandise (posters, T-shirts, postcards), something absolutely unheard of in the independent Spanish comic book market.^[1] In 1999, Rodríguez was nominated for the "Best Newcomer" at theSalón del Cómic de Barcelona (Barcelona Comic Fair).

Rodríguez began his professional career contributing to the cult underground Spanish comics magazineEl Víbora.^[1] Besides several short stories and cover illustrations, he created seriesParaíso, Punk Rock Bar (later compiled in a single volume byKappa Entrialgo in Italy),Tenebro andComprobando la Realidad, scripted byMauro Entrialgo. Rodriguez continued to appear in the pages of El Víbora until 2002.^[3]

At the same time Rodríguez does some custom short comics likeBlue Joven (for BBVA) andLos Potaje (for the municipality of Gijón), included in a campaign to prevent alcohol abuse aimed at schools, as well as various illustrations for music bands like Manta Ray,Australian Blonde andFelpeyu. He also worked on film production and advertisements for companies such asLolaFilms,Canal Plus andMediapro, and played in a band calledKactus Jack.^[1]

In late 2002 he publishes his first full colorgraphic novelWake Up throughGlénat. 2003 marks his debut on the American market, not as a penciller but as the colorist; he debuts on the limited seriesBatgirl: Year One byDC Comics (drawn byMarcos Martín and inked byÁlvaro López, both also of Spanish origin). Since then he colored a lot of covers and interior for both DC andMarvel, occasionally pencilling for variousDaredevil andSpider-Man-related publications.^[4][5]

Rodríguez contributed to every issue of the children's magazineMister K with his seriesCrononautas, and co-createdLolita HR withDelphine Rieu forLes Humanoïdes Associés, originally serialized inShogun Mag and later compiled in manga-style volumes.^[6]

Rodríguez colors and inks over his own pencils, unless noted otherwise:

• Anselmo Ensombras (withBoni Pérez,Ígor Medio andAndrea Parissi,one-shot,Cactus Comics, 1996)
• Love Gun (script and art):
  • Volume 1 #1-3 (of 4) (Cactus Comics, 1996–1997)
  • Volume 2 #1-4 (with Ígor Medio,Under Cómic, 1998–1999)
• El Víbora (anthology,La Cúpula):
  • Paraíso, Punk Rock Bar (script and art, in #215-233/4, 1997–1999)
  • Tenebro (script and art, in #236-247, 1999–2000)
  • Comprobando la Realidad (withMauro Entrialgo, in #248-257/8 and 260–264, 2000–2002)
• Wake Up (script and art,graphic novel,Glénat, 2002)
• Miedo (with David Muñoz andAntonio Trashorras, graphic novel, Glénat, 2003)
• Mister K #1-55: "Crononautas (Chrononauts)" (script and art, anthology,El Jueves, 2004–2006)
• Shogun Mag: "Lolita HR" (withDelphine Rieu, anthology,Les Humanoïdes Associés, 2007–2011)
• Web of Spider-Man vol. 2 (anthology,Marvel):
  • "The Irritable J. Jonah Jameson" (withTom Peyer, in #2, 2010)
  • "The Extremist" (withFred Van Lente, 2010):
    • "Part 1" (with colors byMuntsa Vicente, in #8)
    • "Part 2" (withNick Dragotta,Pat Olliffe and colors byAndres Mossa, in #9)
• The Black Cat vol. 2 #2-3 (withJen Van Meter,Javier Pulido and colors byMatt Hollingsworth, Marvel, 2010)
• The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel):
  • "Magnetic Man: The Choice" (withFrank Tieri, co-feature, in #662, 2011)
  • "Three O'Clock High!" (withClay McLeod Chapman, co-feature, in #700.4, 2014)
  • "Recapturing That Old Spark" (withDan Slott andChristos Gage, co-feature, in vol. 3 #1, 2014)
  • "What to Expect" (withDennis Hopeless and inks byÁlvaro López, co-feature, in vol. 4 #1, 2015)
• Daredevil vol. 3 #28-29 and 34, vol. 4 #1.5 and 6-7 (withMark Waid, Marvel, 2013–2014)
• Superior Spider-Man (Marvel):
  • "Hostage Crisis" (with Christos Gage, inAnnual #1, 2014)
  • "Goblin Nation: Prelude" (with Dan Slott,Humberto Ramos andMarcos Martín, in #26, 2014)
  • "Goblin Nation: Blood Ties" (with Christos Gage, inAnnual #2, 2014)
• AXIS:Hobgoblin #1-3 (withKevin Shinick and inks by Álvaro López, Marvel, 2014–2015)
• Spider-Woman (with Dennis Hopeless and inks by Álvaro López, Marvel):
  • Volume 5 #5-9 (with colors by Muntsa Vicente in #7-8, 2015)
  • Volume 6 #1-5 and 8-9 (with colors byRachelle Rosenberg in #3-5, 2016)
• Spider-Gwen vol. 2Annual #1: "8 Days a Week — Friday" (withJason Latour and inks by Álvaro López, co-feature, Marvel, 2016)
• Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme #1-4, 6-9 (withRobbie Thompson, inks by Álvaro López and colors byJordie Bellaire, Marvel, 2016–2017)
• Royals #8-12: "'Judgment Day" (withAl Ewing andKevin Libranda, inks by Álvaro López and colors by Jordie Bellaire, Marvel, 2017–2018)
• Exiles vol. 3 (withSaladin Ahmed and inks by Álvaro López, Marvel):
  • "Test of Time" (in #1-5, with colors by Jordie Bellaire (#1) andChris O'Halloran (#2-4), 2018)
  • "Trial of the Exiles" (in #9-12, with colors by Muntsa Vicente, 2018–2019)
• History of the Marvel Universe #1-6 (with Mark Waid and inks by Álvaro López, Marvel, 2019–2020)
• Marvel Comics #1000: "Professor Cold Call" (withPhil Lord and Christopher Miller and inks by Álvaro López, anthology, Marvel, 2019)
• Defenders vol. 6 #1-5 (with Al Ewing, Marvel, 2021–2022)
• Defenders Beyond #1-5 (with Al Ewing, Marvel, 2022)
• Absolute Martian Manhunter (DC, 2025)

• Spider-Woman vol. 5 #2, 10 (Marvel, 2015)
• Spider-Woman vol. 6 #6-7, 10-17 (Marvel, 2016–2017)
• Deadpool vol. 4 #17 (Marvel, 2016)
• Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme #5, 10-12 (Marvel, 2017)
• Star Wars vol. 4 #30 (Marvel, 2017)
• Secret Warriors vol. 2 #3 (Marvel, 2017)
• Star Wars: Jedi of the Republic –Mace Windu #1 (Marvel, 2017)
• Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu #126 (Marvel, 2018)
• Venom #161 (Marvel, 2018)
• Legion #1-5 (Marvel, 2018)

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