Marvel, Belletristik, Incredible Hulk Epic Collection: Ground Zero (Englisch, Jim Starlin, Peter David, 2024)

Peter David is one of the industry&rsquo s most prolific and versatile writers whose record-breaking stint on Incredible Hulk remains a fan-favorite to this day. His similarly long-running &mdash and critically acclaimed &mdash association with X-Factor began in the early 1990s and continued in 2005. His other Marvel work includes Captain Marvel, two lengthy stints on Spider-Man 2099, Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider and the smash-hit Symbiote Spider-Man limited series with artist Greg Land. David is also a novelist and screenwriter. Among his credits are some forty Star Trek tie-ins original novels such as Sir Apropos of Nothing, Howling Mad and Knight Life movies Trancers 4 and Trancers 5 and episodes of Babylon 5 and Crusade. He also co-created the TV show Space Cases with actor-writer Bill Mumy. After a stint on Incredible Hulk with writer Peter David, artist Todd McFarlane moved to Amazing Spider-Man, where he and writer David Michelinie introduced Venom. Achieving a devoted following with his then-experimental style of unconventional panel layouts, extreme close-ups and other innovations, McFarlane became both writer and artist on a new series, titled simply Spider-Man. He later joined several fellow industry prodigies to form Image Comics. McFarlane&rsquo s major contribution was Spawn, the demonic mercenary whose first-issue sales of 1.7 million copies remain a benchmark for an independent. His other industry credits include DC&rsquo s Infinity Inc. and &ldquo Batman: Year Two&rdquo in Detective Comics. He has earned the Inkpot Award, the National Cartoonists Society&rsquo s Award for Best Comic Book and the NFL&rsquo s Artist of the Year Award for designing the Baltimore Ravens&rsquo program covers. In addition to the Image subsidiary Todd McFarlane Productions, he heads McFarlane Toys and Todd McFarlane Entertainment, and is producer of a Spawn film and an award-winning animated series. Artist John Ridgway began his career in the 1970s &mdash providing artwork for Commando War Stories, Doctor Who and Famous Five, as well as taking part Warrior magazine&rsquo s Marvelman revival. In 1984, he began working for Marvel UK on Transformers. Ridgway later broke into American comics with his tenure on Vertigo&rsquo s Hellblazer he has gone on to illustrate The Invisibles, Swamp Thing and Marvel&rsquo s Incredible Hulk. Following stints at AC Comics and Eclipse, Erik Larsen replaced fan favorite Todd McFarlane on Amazing Spider-Man and quickly became a legend in his own right, chronicling Spidey&rsquo s cosmic-powered and powerless phases. His other Marvel credits include Defenders, Fantastic Four, Nova and Wolverine. At DC, he has penciled Doom Patrol, Outsiders, Teen Titans and others. Larsen&rsquo s greatest fame may be as creator of Savage Dragon at Image Comics, which he helped found and where he served as publisher for four years.