Doug Hazlewood (born September 20, 1954) is an American

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artist, known primarily for

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. Hazlewood has primarily worked for

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during his career, often partnering with pencilers

Tom Grummett Thomas Grummett (born 1959) is a Canadian comic book artist and penciller. He is best known for his work as penciller on titles such as '' The New Titans'', '' The Adventures of Superman'', ''Superboy'', ''Power Company'', '' Robin'', ''New Thun ...

and

Nicola Scott Nicola Scott is a comics artist from Sydney, Australia whose notable works include ''Birds of Prey'' and ''Secret Six''. In 2016, she and writer Greg Rucka relaunched ''Wonder Woman'' for DC Comics Rebirth Archive requires scrolldown. and crea ...

, and he occupies a particular niche as

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's "event-book" inker, working on such titles and story lines as ''

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'' (1993) and '' Superman: The Wedding Album'' (1996).

Biography

Hazlewood came out of comics

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, with one of his first published art credits being in

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#4 (1974), the last issue of that

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-published fan magazine to be edited by

Jim Steranko James F. Steranko (; born November 5, 1938) is an American graphic artist, comic book writer/artist, comics historian, magician, publisher and film production illustrator. His most famous comic book work was with the 1960s superspy feature " ...

. His self-created character of Deathwatch was a submission to the character contest; it has not been established if the creators of the 1990s Marvel character Deathwatch were aware of this earlier usage of the name. In 1979, he was published in the fanzine ''

The Comic Reader ''The Comic Reader'' (''TCR'') was a comics news-fanzine published from 1961 to 1984. Debuting in the pre-direct market era (before the proliferation of comics retailers), ''TCR'' was the first regularly published comics industry news fanzine, and ...

''. Up through the mid-1980s he had illustration work published sporadically in the

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publications ''

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'' and ''

Amazing Heroes ''Amazing Heroes'' was a magazine about the comic book medium published by American company Fantagraphics Books from 1981 to 1992. Unlike its companion title, ''The Comics Journal'', ''Amazing Heroes'' was a hobbyist magazine rather than an analyt ...

''. In

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, Hazlewood was named the winner of the inking portion of the ''

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'',Shooter, Jim
"Bullpen Bulletins," Marvel Comics cover-dated Feb. 1986.
and from that point forward found regular professional inking work. At first, Hazlewood worked with

AC Comics AC Comics (formerly known as Paragon Publications and Americomics) is a comic book publishing company started by Bill Black.

on such titles as ''

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'' and ''

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''. Next, he inked the entire eight-issue run of

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' ''

The Liberty Project ''The Liberty Project'' is an American comic book series created by writer Kurt Busiek and artist James W. Fry. Publication history ''The Liberty Project'' was published by Eclipse Comics in 1987. It ran for eight issues until 1988 before its c ...

''. Hazlewood latched on with

in 1988 as the regular inker for the new title ''

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'', written by

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. Hazlewood remained as the book's inker for two years, up through issue #24. During this period, Hazlewood worked for the British company

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, publisher of '' 2000 AD'', as a cover inker for the title '' Psi-Judge Anderson''. In the early 1990s Hazlewood freelanced for Fleetway, Eclipse, and

, and in 1991 became the regular inker on DC's '' Adventures of Superman''. Partnering with penciler

, Hazlewood inked that book until 1993. From there he and Grummett moved to ''

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'' vol. 3, which Hazlewood inked from 1994 to 1998. Moving into the 2000s, Hazlewood was regular inker on ''

The Flash The Flash (or simply Flash) is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1 (cover date ...

'' vol. 2 from 2000 to 2003. From there, he moved to DC's ''

Doom Patrol Doom Patrol is a superhero team from DC Comics. The original Doom Patrol first appeared in ''My Greatest Adventure'' #80 (June 1963), and was created by writers Arnold Drake and Bob Haney, along with artist Bruno Premiani. Doom Patrol has appe ...

'' vol.4 (2004–2006), inking John Byrne for the book's entire 18-issue run. Next, Hazlewood collaborated with

on DC's ''

Birds of Prey Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and other smaller birds). In addition to speed and strength, these predators ...

'' from 2007 to 2008, and then on ''

Secret Six The so-called Secret Six, or the Secret Committee of Six, were a group of men who secretly funded the 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry by abolitionist John Brown. Sometimes described as "wealthy," this was true of only two. The other four were in pos ...

'' from 2008 to 2010. In 2010, writer

Gail Simone Gail Simone (aka Gladys Simonetti) is an American writer best known for her work in comics on DC's ''Birds of Prey'', ''Batgirl'', Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja, and for being the longest running female writer on Wonder Woman to date. Other ...

from ''Secret Six'', along with Scott, and Hazlewood, moved to ''

Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is a superhero created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), and artist Harry G. Peter. Marston's wife, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Elizabeth, and their life partner, Olive Byr ...

'' for a handful of issues, and in 2010 Scott and Hazlewood moved to ''

Teen Titans The Teen Titans are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, frequently in eponymous monthly series. As the group's name indicates, the members are teenage superheroes, many of whom have acted as sidekicks to DC ...

'' vol. 3.

Personal life

In the late 1980s/early 1990s, Hazlewood was based in

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."Victoria Artist Due at Fair,"
''

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'' (June 15, 1989).

References

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