Dale Eaglesham (born 1962) is a Canadian

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who has been working in the American industry since 1986. He is best known for his work on titles like '' Conan'', ''

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Villains United ''Villains United'' is a six-issue 2005 comic book limited series, published by DC Comics, written by Gail Simone and illustrated by Dale Eaglesham and Wade Von Grawbadger, and later by Val Semeiks and Prentis Rollins. Publication history ''Villai ...

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''. In 2008, the ''

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'' selected him as Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Artist of the year.

Career

Eaglesham has worked with ''

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'', among others. He worked exclusively for DC Comics for several years, before returning to Marvel in early 2009. There, his high-profile work includes pencilling ''

'' and'' Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier''. He also worked on '' Incredible Hulk'' for a three-issue arc with writer

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. On February 15, 2011,

announced that it was bringing back Canadian superhero team

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, with writers Fred Van Lente and

as the writing team, and Eaglesham on pencils. Speaking about the project, the Canadian artist said "I'm pretty excited to build a Canadian superteam into a force in the mainstream...there's a lot of depth to these characters and a lot of potential. If there's anything different in my approach at all, it'll be an authenticity to the locales because this is where I live." One feature of Eaglesham's work for the first two years of his return to Marvel was that his projects were uninked, in other words colored and shot directly from his finished pencils. His work on

and Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier also earned him the nickname "The Evolutionary Jack Kirby," referring to Eaglesham's ability to keep his art fresh and innovative while paying homage to classic comic book art. Previous work for DC Comics included the ''

'' series, which was written by

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. He is also known for his work inaugurating '' Batman: Gotham Knights'', as well as his two-year run on ''

'', which included the landmark issue #150 featuring

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costume. He wrapped up his award-winning run on ''

'' in December 2008, with his final issue released in April 2009.

Awards

2008

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for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Artist (for ''

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. Retrieved December 28, 2011.)

Bibliography

Acclaim

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'' #45-46 (1995) *''Eternal Warrior: Digital Alchemy'' (1997) *''Killer Instinct Special'' #1 (1996) *''

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'' #66 (1996)

DC

*'' 52'' #14, 25 (among other artists) (2006) *''

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'' #12 (2001) *''

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'' #564, 574 (1999–2000) *''

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'' #3 (2000) *''

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'' #18 (1999) *'' Batman: Gotham Knights'' #1-2, 5 (2000) *'' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #116, 126 (1999–2000) *'' Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #84, 92 (1999) *''

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'' #731, 741 (1999–2000) *''

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'', vol. 3, #11 (2005) *''

'', vol. 3, #136, 138, 141, 143-145, 147, 149-151, 153-156, 158-161 (2001–03) *'' Green Lantern: Our Worlds At War'' #1 (2001) *''

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'', vol. 4, #38 (2005) *'' H.E.R.O.'' #15-22 (2004–05) *'' JLA'', vol. 3, 80-Page Giant #3 (2000) *'' JSA'', #81 (2006) *''Justice Society of America'', vol. 3, #1-4, 6-7, 9-12, 14 (full art); #15, 18 (among other artists) (2007–08) *''The

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Challenge'' (limited series) #1 (2017) *''

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'', vol. 4, #11 (2005) *'' President Luthor: Secret Files and Origins'' #1 (2001) *''

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'' #649 (among other artists) (2006); Annual #9 (full art) (1997) *'' Shazam!'', vol. 3, #1, #3 (2018-2019) *''

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'', vol. 5, Annual #1 (among other artists) (2006) *''

'', miniseries, #1-2, 4-6 (2005) *''Villains United:

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Special'' (2006)

Marvel

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'', miniseries, #1-8 (2011-2012) *''

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'' #591 (among other artists) (2009) *''Amazing Spider-Man: Extra!'', miniseries, #3 (among other artists) (2009) *''

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'' #600 (2009) *''Captain America'', vol. 3, #6-7 (1998) *'' Conan the King'' #53 (1989) *''

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'' #122, 124-125 (1998) *''

'' #570-572, 575-578 (2008–10) *''

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'' #42, 43 (1993) *''

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'' #53-57 (2012) *'' Incredible Hulk'' #623-625 (2011) *''

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'', vol. 7, #9-12 (2013) *'' 2099 A.D. Genesis'' #1 (1996) *''

'' Annual #6 (1993) *''Punisher Back-to-School Special'' #2 (1993) *''Punisher Holiday Special'' #3 (1993) *''

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'' Annual #2 (1994) *''Punisher: Year One'', miniseries, #1-4 (1994–95) *'' Savage Sword of Conan'' (

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) #145, 149, 152, 157, 185, 215 (1988–93) *''

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'', vol. 2, Annual #4, 6 (1991–93) *'' Steve Rogers: Super Soldier'', miniseries, #1-4 (2010) *''

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'' #19 (2012) *'' What If?'' #200 (2011) *''What If?'', vol. 2, #30, 45 (1991–93)

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'' #56-58, 60-61, 63-64 (Dark Horse, 1991–92) *''

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'' #36-38, 40-42 (CrossGen, 2003–04)

Notes

References

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Dale Eaglesham
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External links

Interviews

Talking JSA with Dale Eaglesham

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, April 30, 2007
Transcript of press conference with Geoff Johns and Dale Eaglesham about Justice Society of America #1

Dale Eaglesham: At Home With the JSA

, September 19, 2005
Dc-Kingdom interview with Dale Eaglesham about Justice Society of America
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