American comics artist
This article is about the comic book artist. For the rugby union player, see
Joseph Calnan .
John Calnan (February 26, 1932 – December 27, 2016)[ 1] [ 2] comics artist best known as the co-creator ofLucius Fox with writerLen Wein .
John Calnan graduated from theSchool of Visual Arts in New York City.[ 2] Jerry Robinson .[ 3]
John Calnan's first work in the comic book industry was with fellow artistTom Gill onTheLone Ranger series.[ 4] [ 4] DC Comics in 1966 and drew a large number of stories for that publisher'shorror comics titles such asGhosts The Unexpected The Witching Hour [ 5] Our Fighting Forces [ 6] Murray Boltinoff ,Joe Orlando , andRobert Kanigher .[ 7] The Unexpected series in 1969 was put into inventory and finally published ten years later in theAPA-I fanzine .[ 8] Metamorpho " back-up feature[ 3] Action Comics World's Finest Comics [ 9] Superman andBatman team-up stories which were the main feature inWorld's Finest Comics . Soon after leaving that series, he and writerBob Rozakis introduced theQuakemaster , anenemy of the Batman inDC Special [ 10] Batman [ 5] David Vern Reed .[ 11] [ 12] Lucius Fox , asupporting cast member of the Batman mythos , inBatman #307 (Jan. 1979).[ 13] Morgan Freeman in the moviesBatman Begins The Dark Knight The Dark Knight Rises Action Comics [ 6]
Calnan retired in 1996 and died on December 27, 2016, at the age of 84.[ 2] [ 14]
Action Comics Adventure Comics All-Out War Batman The Brave and the Bold Capt. Storm DC Comics Presents DC Special Detective Comics Falling in Love #130 (1972)The Flash Ghosts G.I. Combat Girls' Love Stories House of Mystery Legion of Super-Heroes Limited Collectors' Edition Mystery in Space The New Adventures of Superboy Our Army at War Our Fighting Forces Secrets of Haunted House Secrets of Sinister House Superman The Superman Family Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane The Unexpected The Witching Hour Wonder Woman Wonder Girl back-up story) (1980)World's Finest Comics Young Love ^ Reed, Gene (December 2017). "John Calnan (1932–2016) 'An Editor's Favorite'Alter Ego 3 (151). Raleigh, North Carolina:TwoMorrows Publishing : 79. ^a b c "John Calnan" .Lambiek Comiclopedia Archived from the original on April 12, 2022.^a b Evanier, Mark (March 3, 2017)."John Calnan, R.I.P." www.newsfromme.com .Archived from the original on April 12, 2022.^a b Stroud, Bryan D. (September 13, 2011)."John Calnan Interview" .www.wtv-zone.com .Archived from the original on April 12, 2022. ^a b Bails, Jerry (n.d.)."John Calnan" .Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999 .Archived from the original on October 20, 2020.^a b John Calnan at theGrand Comics Database ^ Carmichael, Michael C. (November 1981)."DC Profile #81: John Calnan" .The Superman Family Archived from the original on April 24, 2022. ^ Wells, John (February 2020). "The 'Lost' DC Stories of the 1970s".Back Issue! ^ Stroud, Bryan (May 2013). "Metamorpho inAction Comics ".Back Issue! (64). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing:22– 27. ^ Manning, Matthew K. (2014). "1970s". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.).Batman: A Visual History . London, United Kingdom:Dorling Kindersley . p. 125.ISBN 978-1465424563 A lead feature by writer Bob Rozakis and penciller John Calnan starring Batman as Gotham City suffered earthquakes. ^ Manning "1970s" in Dougall, p. 126: "Writer David V. Reed delivered one of his most enjoyable Batman stories in this four-part saga illustrated by John Calnan." ^ Sims, Chris (June 29, 2012)."Ask Chris #112: Where Were You On The Night Batman Was Killed?" .ComicsAlliance . Archived fromthe original on September 21, 2015. ^ McAvennie, Michael (2010). "1970s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.).DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle . London, United Kingdom:Dorling Kindersley . p. 180.ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9 Batman #307 (Jan. 1979) Writer Len Wein and artist John Calnan introduced Bruce Wayne's new executive, Lucius Fox, in this issue ofBatman ^ Stroud, Bryan D. (December 2016)."In Memoriam: John Calnan" .previewsworld.com .Archived from the original on April 13, 2022.
