Neal Adams
| Neal Adams | |
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Adams at the
Wizard World New York Experience |
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| Born | Neal Adams June 15, 1941 Governors Island, Manhattan, New York City |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Inker, Editor, Publisher |
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Notable works
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Batman Brave and the Bold Detective Comics Green Lantern/Green Arrow Strange Adventures (Deadman) Superman vs. Muhammad Ali X-Men |
| Awards |
Alley Awards
Shazam Awards
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| http://www.nealadams.com | |
Alley Awards
Shazam Awards
Neal Adams (born June 15, 1941) is an American comic book and commercial artist known for helping to create some of the definitive modern imagery of the DC Comics characters Superman, Batman, and Green Arrow; as the co-founder of the graphic design studio Continuity Associates; and as a creators-rights advocate who helped secure a pension and recognition for Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
Adams was inducted into the Eisner Award's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1998, and the Harvey Awards' Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1999.
Neal Adams was born on Governors Island, New York City, New York, and attended the School of Industrial Art high school in Manhattan, graduating in 1959.
After graduation in 1959, he unsuccessfully attempted to find freelance work at DC Comics, and turned then to Archie Comics, where he wanted to work on the publisher's fledgling superhero line, edited by Joe Simon. At the suggestion of staffers, Adams drew "three or four pages of [the superhero] the Fly", but did not receive encouragement from Simon. Sympathetic staffers nonetheless asked Adams to draw samples for the Archie teen-humor comics themselves. While he did so, Adams said in a 2000s interview, he unknowingly broke into comics:
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