Alex Saviuk (; born August 17, 1952) is an

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primarily known for his work on the

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character

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Early life

Alex Saviuk grew up on

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, New York, graduating from

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in 1970. He attended the School of Visual Arts, where he studied with (among others)

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, graduating in 1974 with a degree in Illustration. Saviuk also studied biology at

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and York College.

Career

Saviuk's professional career began in 1977 at

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, where he illustrated such titles as '' Green Lantern'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Saviuk's first work for DC was a one-page story titled "The Victim!" in ''

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'' #255 (Nov.-Dec. 1977). His first full work for the company, ''Green Lantern'' #100 (Jan. 1978), introduced an updated version of the Air Wave character. Saviuk drew ''The Flash'' #275 (July 1979) wherein the title character's wife,

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was killed. In the early 1980s, Saviuk was the regular backup feature artist on '' Action Comics'', where he drew the exploits of Air Wave, Aquaman, and the

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in collaboration with writer Bob Rozakis. Rozakis stated in a 2014 interview that "I don't recall how we ended up with the three of them. It may have simply been that all three had names that began with 'A' and it was a backup in ''Action Comics''". Saviuk frequently drew the "Whatever Happened to...?" backup feature in ''

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''. He and writer

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introduced the

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in ''DC Comics Presents'' #46 (June 1982). In 1986, Saviuk moved to

, where he eventually established himself as a key

artist with a seven-year run on '' Web of Spider-Man'' (issues #35–116). It was the longest run of a single artist on that series. In 1989, he drew ''The Amazing Spider-Man: Parallel Lives'' graphic novel. From 1994–1997, Saviuk worked on the series ''Spider-Man Adventures'' (later retitled ''The Adventures of Spider-Man''). Beginning in 1997, Saviuk drew ''

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'' Sunday newspaper comic strip, written by

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and inked by Joe Sinnott. Starting in 2003, he inked the daily Spider-Man strip, pencilled by Lee's brother Larry Lieber. After Lieber retired from the daily strip in September 2018, Saviuk took over as penciller as well and stayed on until the cancellation of the strip in March 2019. He created variant covers for ''Symbiote Spider-Man'' #1–5 (2019). In 1997–1998, he spent a one-year stint at Topps Comics drawing ''

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'' until the end of its run. For writer and filmmaker

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, Saviuk (alternating with

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) did the artwork for the comic strip ''Feast of the Seven Fishes'', first published online and, in 2005, as a collected print edition which has been nominated for an

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as "Best Graphic Album - Reprint" in 2006. In 2018, Tinnell adapted it for an eponymous movie. In 2004, Alex Saviuk returned to The Phantom, a character he had already drawn in '' Defenders of the Earth'' in 1987, this time for European publisher

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. He has drawn numerous ''Fantomen'' ('' The Phantom'') comics since then. From 2018–2019, he pencilled and inked the first and fourth issue of the new anthology series ''The Phantom Strikes''. Some of the characters Saviuk has co-created include Arkiss Chummuck and Malet Dasim of the

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(with Bob Toomey),

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(with

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(with E. Nelson Bridwell), Tombstone (with

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), Nightwatch and the

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(both with

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). In addition to comics, Saviuk does storyboards for advertising agencies and, occasionally, film and animation studios. Among the films he storyboarded are ''

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'' and ''

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''. Saviuk lives in Florida with his wife. "Bullpen Bulletins," Marvel Comics cover-dated December 1988. They have two children.

Bibliography

DC Comics

* '' Action Comics'' #487–489, 511, 515–516, 521–540, 548–549, 559–560, 563–564, 567, 571, 573, 582 (1978–1986) * '' Batman and the Outsiders Annual'' #1 (1984) * '' Cancelled Comic Cavalcade'' #2 (1978) * ''

'' #29–33, 37–40, 46, 51, 55, 57, 63–64, 70, 72, 74, 89, 93 (1981–1986) * ''

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'' #11 (1978) * ''

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'' #489–491 (1980) * ''

'' #265–267, 273–279, 325 (1978–1983) * '' Green Lantern'' #100–105, 107, 111–116, 118–119, 130–132 (1978–1980) * ''

'' #255, 279, 287 (1977–1980) * '' New Adventures of Superboy'' #28, 45–47 (1982–1983) * ''Secret Origin of

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'' (minicomic) (1980) * ''

'' #360–361, 364, 368, 398, 403, 405–406 (1981–1985) * ''Superman Annual'' #12 (1986) * ''

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'' #195, 199–205 (1979–1981) * '' Unknown Soldier'' #216 (1978) * ''

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'' #16 (1985) * ''Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe'' #1–2, 4, 8, 18, 20 (1985–1986) * ''

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'' #261, 267–270, 272–275, 277, 279–281 (1980–1982)

Marvel Comics

* '' Adventures of Spider-Man'' #1–4, 7–12 (1996–1997) * ''

'' #292, 296–297 (1987–1988) * ''The Amazing Spider-Man and the New Mutants'' oneshot (promo) (1990) * ''The Amazing Spider-Man Exclusive Collectors' Edition'' #1 (promo) (1980) * ''The Amazing Spider-Man NACME Series'' #1–2 (promo) (1990–1991) * ''The Amazing Spider-Man: Parallel Lives'' graphic novel (1989) * ''The Amazing Spider-Man: Skating on Thin Ice'' #1 (promo) (1990) * ''

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'' #1 (promo) (1999) * ''

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Meets the Asthma Monster'' #1 (promo) (1988) * '' Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos'' #4 (1987) * '' Defenders of the Earth'' #1–4 (1987) * ''

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'' #211 (1986) * ''

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'' #13 (1998) * ''Marvel Creators' Choice

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'' #1 (promo) (1993) * ''

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'' #3 (1987) * ''Pro Action Magazine: The Amazing Spider-Man'' #1 (promo) (1994) * '' The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition'' #10 (1986) * '' Sledge Hammer!'' #1–2 (1988) * '' Spider-Man Adventures'' #1–6, 8–15 (1994–1995) * ''Spider-Man Interactive Comic Book'' oneshot (promo) (1996) * ''Spider-Man: The Scorpion Sanction'' oneshot (promo) (1994) * ''

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'' #3 (1986) * '' Web of Spider-Man'' #35–36, 38–45, 47–48, 50, 54–70, 73–80, 84–116, ''Annual'' #4, 10 (1988–1994) * '' What The--?!'' #3 (1988)

Other publishers

* ''

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'' #6 (inker) (2005) * ''

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'' (Egmont) #19/2004, #11/2005, #21/2006, #2–3/2013, #10–11/2013, #22–23/2013, #6–7/2014, #21/2014, #8/2015, #16/2015, #17/2015, #1/2016, #21/2016, #4/2017, #16/2017, #9/2018, #24/2018 * ''Feast of the Seven Fishes: The Collected Comic Strip'' (2005) * '' The Phantom: Generations'' #9 (2010) * '' The Phantom Strikes'' #1, 4 (2018–2019) * '' Stan Lee's Mighty 7'' #1–3 (2012) * ''

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'' #30–41 (1997–1998)

Newspaper comic strips