David Finch is a

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known for his work on

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' '' Cyberforce'', as well as numerous subsequent titles for

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and

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, such as '' The New Avengers'', '' Moon Knight'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He has provided album cover art for the band

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, and done concept art for films such as ''

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''.

Career

David Finch started his comics career drawing

' '' Cyberforce'', after series creator and studio founder

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ceased his run as writer/artist on that book. Finch co-created '' Ascension'' with Matt "Batt" Banning. He later worked on the first three issues of '' Aphrodite IX'' with David Wohl. In 2003, Finch returned to comics for a year-long arc on ''

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'' with writer Brian Michael Bendis. Following that, the duo moved on to '' The Avengers'', where they destroyed Marvel's premiere superhero team and then relaunched it as '' The New Avengers'' featuring a radically different cast. On Avengers, David's presence doubled sales with starting with his first issue.''Batman: The Dark Knight Vol. 1 - Knight Terrors (The New 52)'' 2013.

Finch worked on the revamped '' Moon Knight'' series with novelist

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His run on Moon Knight skyrocketed this title into the main Marvel universe and saw it sell over five times the titles previous releases. he then illustrated '' Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America'' #4, featuring Spider-Man. This was followed by the ''

'' limited series for the

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line. In addition to interior comics work, he has drawn several covers including those of "

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"; ''

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'' #200 and the " X-Men: Messiah Complex" storyline; and the ''

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'' miniseries. Finch illustrated the cover to

's 2008 album, '' Indestructible'', as well as doing concept design for the film adaptation of

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's ''

''. In January 2010, Finch left Marvel and became a

exclusive artist. Finch collaborated with

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on '' Batman'' #700 (Aug. 2010) an oversized anniversary issue. In July 2010 DC announced that Finch would be writing and drawing a new ongoing series entitled '' Batman: The Dark Knight'', the first story arc of which deals with the detective's more supernatural cases. The series launched with a January 2011 cover date, but was relaunched in November of that same year as part of the company-wide reboot

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. In July 2012, as part of the

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, Finch was one of six artists who, along with DC co-publishers

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and Dan DiDio, participated in the production of "Heroic Proportions", an episode of the Syfy reality television competition series '' Face Off'', in which special effects were tasked to create a new superhero, with Finch and the other DC artists on hand to help them develop their ideas. The winning entry's character, Infernal Core by Anthony Kosar, was featured in ''

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'' #16 (March 2013), which was published January 30, 2013. The episode premiered on January 22, 2013, as the second episode of the fourth season. Finch and

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launched a new ''

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of America'' series and the ''

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'' limited series in 2013. Finch and his wife, Meredith Finch, took over the creative duties on ''

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'' beginning with issue #36 (Jan. 2015), their first collaborative effort. As part of the

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relaunch of DC's titles, Finch teamed with writer Tom King to launch the ''Batman'' vol. 3 series in June 2016. In 2020, Finch drew the 1950s variant cover for The Joker 80th anniversary 100-page super spectacular #1 (June 2020). That July, Marvel Comics announced that it had acquired the publishing rights to the ''

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'' and ''

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'' franchises, for which Finch created two teaser posters.

Influences

Finch was influenced by illustrator

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Personal life

Finch lives in

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. He has a wife named Meredith, and three sons.

Awards

Finch won the

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for Outstanding Artist in 2009. In 2017, Finch and Tom King won an Eisner Award for the Best Short Story "Good Boy" in '' Batman Annual'' #1.

Bibliography

Interior work

DC Comics

* '' Batman'' #700 (2010) * ''Batman'' vol. 3 #1–5, 16–20, 24, 50 (2016–2018) * '' Batman: The Return'' #1 (2010) * '' Batman: The Dark Knight'' #1–5 (2010–2011) * ''Batman: The Dark Knight'' vol. 2 #1–7, 9–15 (2011–2013) * ''

'' #1–7 (2013–2014) * ''

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'' vol. 3 #1–3 (2013) * '' Superman: War of the Supermen'' #0 (among other artists) (2010) * ''

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'' #75 (2010) * ''

'' vol. 4 #36–42, 44–46, 48–50, ''Annual'' #1 (2014–2016)

Image Comics

* '' Aphrodite IX'' (full pencils): #0–2; (with Clarence Lansang): #3 (2000–2001) * '' Ascension'' (full pencils): #1–5; (among other artists): #6–11 (1997–1999) * '' Codename: Strikeforce'' #7 (1994) * '' Cyberforce'' #15–22, 24–29, 31, ''Annual'' #1 (1994–1997) * ''

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'' (pencil assists): #20–21; (full pencils): #39 (1999–2001) * ''Ripclaw'' (Wizard special edition) #½ (1995) * ''Tales of the

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'' (with

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) #2 (1997)

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/ Batman'' (1997)

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/ Elektra'' (1997)

Marvel Comics

*'' The Avengers'' #500–503 (2004) *'' Call of Duty: The Brotherhood'' #1–6 (2002) *'' Daredevil'' vol. 2 #65 (2004) *'' Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America: Spider-Man'' (2007) *''Legion of Monsters: Morbius'' ( Dracula/

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) #14 (2007) *'' Moon Knight'' vol. 5 #1–8 (2006–2007) *'' New Avengers'' #1–6, 11–13 (2005) *''

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'' vol. 2 #14 (2006) * '' Star Trek/

'' (1996) *''

'' #27–28, 30, 34–45 (2003–2004) *''

'' miniseries #1–5 (2008–2009) *''

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'' ("Call of Duty") #406 (2002) *''

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'' vol. 2 (

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) #173, ("Call of Duty") #176 (2002) *''Wolverine'' #900 (2010) *'' X-Men: Second Coming'' #1 (2010) *''

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'' #35, 40 (2002–2003)

Cover work

Marvel Comics

*''X-Men Unlimited'' #46 (2003) *'' The New Avengers'' #7 (2005) *''

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'' #549,572 (variant cover) (2008) *''

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'' #1- (2019-) *''Non-Stop Spider-Man'' #1 (2020)

DC Comics

*''

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'' #890, 900 (2011) *''

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'' #3-12 (2011-2012) *''Batman'' #72,82 (2019) *''

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'' #17 (2019) *'' Dark Nights: Death Metal'' #1- (variant cover) (2020-) *''DCeased: Dead Planet*'' #1 (2020) *''The Joker 80th anniversary 100-page super spectacular'' #1 (variant cover) (2020) *''Batman/Catwoman'' #1(variant cover) (2020)

References

External links

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David Finch
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators {{DEFAULTSORT:Finch, David 20th-century Canadian artists 21st-century Canadian artists Album-cover and concert-poster artists Canadian comics artists Canadian comics writers DC Comics people Joe Shuster Award winners for Outstanding Artist Living people Marvel Comics people Place of birth missing (living people) 1971 births