Alex RossLegend

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Comic ArtistCover ArtistPainter

Ross paints superheroes as though they were standing in the room: real light, real weight, real fabric. Marvels and Kingdom Come reframed familiar characters as monuments seen from street level, and his covers are now the images many readers picture when they think of these characters at all.

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Work and credits

Notable works

Marvels
Kingdom Come
Justice
Earth X
Uncle Sam
Superman: Peace on Earth
Batman: War on Crime
Shazam!: Power of Hope
Wonder Woman: Spirit of Truth

Publishers

DC Comics Marvel Comics

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Artists who share conventions, publishers or titles with Alex Ross.

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Romita builds figures from blocky, weighted shapes that land with real force. Across four decades he has drawn most of the Marvel line, from Amazing Spider-Man and Daredevil to Thor and Uncanny X-Men, plus Kick-Ass with Mark Millar and a run on Superman.

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Bill SienkiewiczLegend

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