Edward McGuinness is an American

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artist and

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, best known for his work on books such as ''

Superman Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, and debuted in the comic book ''Action Comics'' #1 (cover-dated June 1938 and publi ...

'', ''

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'', ''

Deadpool Deadpool is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Fabian Nicieza and artist/writer Rob Liefeld, the character first appeared in ''New Mutants'' #98 (cover-dated Feb. 1991). Initially, Deadp ...

'', and ''

Hulk The Hulk is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in the debut issue of ''The Incredible Hulk (comic book), The Incredible Hulk' ...

''. His pencil work is frequently inked by

Dexter Vines Dexter Vines is an American comic book artist and inker, known for his collaborations with pencilers such as Steve McNiven and Ed McGuinness, the latter of whom he is credited with as "eDex" team. Career Vines has worked on a multitude of titles f ...

, and as such, their cover work is known to carry the stylized signature "EdEx". McGuinness frequent collaborator, writer

Jeph Loeb Joseph "Jeph" Loeb III () is an American film and television writer, producer and comic book writer. Loeb was a producer/writer on the TV series '' Smallville'' and ''Lost'', writer for the films ''Commando'' and ''Teen Wolf'', and a writer and ...

, had characterized McGuinness' art style as incorporating elements of artists

Jack Kirby Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, writer and editor, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. He gr ...

and Arthur Adams.

Early life

McGuinness was born in

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. He is a graduate of Stoughton High School in

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Career

McGuinness first gained recognition in the comic book industry with his work on ''

'' and ''

Vampirella Vampirella () is a fictional vampire superheroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and comic book artist Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969), a sister publication of ''Creepy'' ...

''. His short run on

Wildstorm Wildstorm Productions, (stylized as WildStorm), is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee under the name "Aegis Entertainment" and expanded in subsequent years by other creators, Wilds ...

's ''

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'' resulted in work as the artist on the monthly ''Superman'' title with writer

. His run on the title included the "Emperor Joker" and "

Our Worlds at War "Our Worlds at War" was a comic book storyline, published by DC Comics in mid-2001. OWAW was a crossover storyline that spanned several different books, including several books starring Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, a ...

" crossovers. Subsequent jobs included ''

'', and the 2003

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' miniseries, '' Thundercats: Reclaiming Thundera''. The '' Superman/Batman: Public Enemies'' animated film was adapted from Loeb and McGuinness' opening story arc on the ''Superman/Batman'' title. McGuinness and inker

have teamed up on ''Superman/Batman'', ''

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'', '' Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America'', and ''

'' vol. 2 (the last two series written by another frequent collaborator, Jeph Loeb). McGuinness has also worked on titles such as ''

Wolverine The wolverine (), (''Gulo gulo''; ''Gulo'' is Latin for "gluttony, glutton"), also referred to as the glutton, carcajou, or quickhatch (from East Cree, ''kwiihkwahaacheew''), is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae. It is ...

'96'' and ''

Fighting American Fighting American is a superhero created in 1954 by the writer-artist team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Published by the Crestwood Publications imprint (trade name), imprint Prize Comics, it was, contrary to standard industry practices of the time ...

''. In May 2006, McGuinness signed an exclusive two-year contract with

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

. His first printed Marvel piece was a cover for the Marvel limited series ''

Civil War A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...

'', and featured

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in his original outfit. He also drew a variant cover for the monumental ''

Captain America Captain America is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the character First appearance, first appeared in ''#Golden Age, Captain America Comics'' #1 (cover ...

'' No. 25. McGuinness's first ongoing story under his new Marvel Contract was a 12-page ''Ultimate'' back-up featuring the

vs.

. Beginning in 2008, McGuinness drew the first six issues of a new ''Hulk'' series, during which he and writer Jeph Loeb introduced a new archenemy,

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. McGuinness would sporadically draw 11 more issues of the series until issue No. 30 (April 2011). Loeb characterized McGuinness' art style thus: "He takes a little bit of Kirby, a taste of Arthur Adams, and then adds his own unique spin and it's awesome." In 2013 he and writer

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started the series ''Amazing X-Men'' vol. 2. He illustrated Spider-Man/Deadpool in 2016–2017 with writer Joe Kelly, The comic focuses on Deadpool and Spider-Man as they team up to face various threats. In 2018 Marvel Comics relaunched a new volume of

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, with McGuinness as artist.

In other media

Ed McGuinness' Hulk wallpaper is featured in the opening title sequence of the 2010

History Channel History (formerly The History Channel from January 1, 1995 to February 15, 2008, stylized as HISTORY) is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and the Disney ...

television series, ''

Stan Lee's Superhumans ''Stan Lee's Superhumans'' is a documentary television series that debuted from August 5, 2010 to September 17, 2014 on History. It is hosted by Marvel comic book superhero creator Stan Lee and follows contortionist Daniel Browning Smith, "the ...

''.

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has released a number of

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and statues based McGuinness' rendering of its characters. These include a black and white statue of

Batman Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on ...

from the "Public Enemies" storyline that McGuinness illustrated while on ''

'', and a

Hawkman Hawkman is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Dennis Neville, the original Hawkman first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1, published by All-American ...

action figure from the same storyline. Other action figures have been released based on his artwork from the subsequent "Vengeance" storyline, including

Bizarro Bizarro () is a supervillain/anti-hero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Otto Binder and artist George Papp as a "mirror image" of Superman, and first appeared in ''Superboy'' #68 (1958) ...

Power Girl Power Girl, also known as Kara Zor-L and Karen Starr, is a superheroine appearing in American comic books by DC Comics, making her first appearance in ''All_Star_Comics#1976_revival_series, All Star Comics'' #58 (January/February 1976). Power Girl ...

, Joker and Mr. Mxyzpltk. DC has also released

Justice League of America The Justice League (also known as The Justice League of America) are a team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team first appeared in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #28 (March 1960). The team was conceived ...

figures based on McGuinness' artwork, including

, Batman,

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 ...

and

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 ...

Personal life

McGuinness lives in

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...

with his wife and four children."Ed McGuinness"
DC Comics. Retrieved July 25, 2013.

Bibliography

Interior work

Harris Comics

* ''

Strikes'' #1-2 (1995) * ''Vengeance of Vampirella'' #21, 23-24 (1995-1996)

Awesome Comics

* ''

'' (1997)

Arcana Studio

*''Hero House'' #1-4 (2013)

Boom! Studios

*''

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'' #2 (2017)

DC Comics

*''

Action Comics ''Action Comics'' is an American comic book/Comic anthology, magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as National Allied Publications, and later as National Comics ...

'' #800 (among other artists, 2003) *'' The Adventures of Superman'' #649 (among other artists, 2006) *''

DC Comics Presents ''DC Comics Presents'' is a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1978 to 1986 which ran for 97 issues and four ''Annual''s. It featured team-ups between Superman and a wide variety of other characters in the DC Universe. A recurring back ...

: The Flash'' #1 (2004) *'' JLA: Classified'' #1–3 (2004–2005) *''

'' vol. 2 #154–157, 159–168, 171-173, 175, 177-178, 181-183 (2000–2002) *''

'' #1–6, 20-26, Annual #1 (2003–2005)

Marvel Comics

* ''Amazing

X-Men The X-Men are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, first appearing in Uncanny X-Men, ''The X-Men'' #1 by artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby and writer/editor Stan Lee in 1963. Although initially cancelled in ...

'' vol. 2 #1-5, 8 (2014) * ''

Astonishing X-Men ''Astonishing X-Men'' is the name of four X-Men comic book series from Marvel Comics, the first two of which were limited series. The third volume, an ongoing series, began in 2004, with its first run written by Joss Whedon and art by John Cassada ...

'' vol. 4 #3 (2017) * ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' vol. 6 #6 (2022) * '' The Avengers'' vol. 8 #1–6, 10–12, 18-20, 27-30, 32, 38, 50 (2018-present) * '' Avengers: X-Sanction'' #1-4 (2011) * ''

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: Vs.'' #3, 6 (2012) * ''

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'' #58 (1998) * ''

'' #616 (backup story, 2011) * ''

'' #1–9 (1997) * '' Fallen Son: Death of Captain America'' #2 (2007) * ''

Guardians of The Galaxy The Guardians of the Galaxy is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It may more specifically refer to: Comic book teams * Guardians of the Galaxy (1969 team), the original 31st-century team fr ...

'' vol. 3 #18–20 (2014) * ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' vol. 4 #19 (among other artists, 2017) * ''Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex Alpha'' #1 (2015) * ''Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex Omega'' #1 (2015) * ''

'' #1–6, 10-13, 19–24, 30 (2008-2011) * ''The Incredible Hulk'' vol. 1 #470-471, 600 (1998, 2009) * ''

Marvel Legacy Marvel Legacy is a 2017–18 relaunch of a line of American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is concurrent with All-New, All-Different Marvel and Marvel NOW! 2.0. Publication history On April 22, 2017, Marvel Comics announced Marvel ...

'' #1 (various artists, 2017) * ''

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'' #1 (among other artists, 2008) * ''

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'' #1–5 (2013) * '' Spider-Man/Deadpool'' #1–5, #8–10, #13–14, #17–18 (2016–) * '' Stan Lee Meets

Dr. Doom Doctor Victor Von Doom is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and first appeared in ''The Fantastic Four'' #5 in July 1962. The monarch of the fict ...

'' #1 (backup story, 2006) * ''

Ultimate Hulk In the Ultimate Marvel universe, the Hulk (Bruce Banner) is a fictional character. Loosely based on the regular Marvel Universe character of the same name, he first appeared, in flashback, in Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch's ''Ultimates'' (1st series ...

Annual'' #1 (with Marko Djurdjević, 2008) * ''

'96'' (1996) * ''Wolverine'' vol. 3 #50 (backup story, 2007)

Wildstorm

* ''

'' #1–6 (1999) * '' Thundercats'' #1-2, 4-5 (2002-2003)

Cover work

*''

'' #795, #811 ( DC, 2003) *''

Ant-Man Ant-Man is the name of several superheroes appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby, Ant-Man's first appearance was in ''Tales to Astonish'' #27 (January 1962) but first appeared in costum ...

'' #1 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2015) *''

: X-Sanction'' #3 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2012) *''Avengers: 1,000,000 B.C.'' #1 (Marvel, 2022) *'' Avenging Spider-Man'' #2 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2012) * ''

All-New X-Men ''All-New X-Men'' was a comic book series published by Marvel Comics that debuted in November 2012, with the launch of Marvel NOW! The series centers on the five original X-Men, brought from the past to the present to confront their future counter ...

'' #17 (

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, 2013) * ''

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'' #1–5 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2012) * ''

The Amazing Spider-Man ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its main protagonist. Being in the Earth 616, mainstream continuity of the franchise, it began publication in 1963 as a bim ...

'' ''vol. 1'' #559 (Marvel, 2008), #612 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2009), #661–662 (Marvel, 2011), #799 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2018) * ''The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 6'' #6 (Variant Cover, Marvel, 2022) * ''Astonishing

#2-3'' (Marvel, 2011) * ''

: Gotham Knights'' #22 (DC, 2001) * ''

vol. 9'' #24 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2020) * '' Captain America and Bucky'' #620, 624 (Marvel, 2008) * '' Captain Marvel'' #1–5 (Marvel, 2008) * ''

'' #3 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2012) * '' Dark Avengers: Ares'' No. 3 (Marvel, 2009) * '' Death of Wolverine: Deadpool & Captain America '' #1 (Marvel, 2014) * '' Eternals'' Annual #1 (Marvel, 2008) * ''Gen13'' #2 (DC, 2006) * ''

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'' #3 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2013) * ''Legendary

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'' #2 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2014) * ''

'' #1 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2017) * ''

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'' Vol 2 #1 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2013) * ''

Nightwing Nightwing is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character has appeared in various incarnations; the identity was adopted by Dick Grayson when he left his role as Batman's vigilante partner Robin. Although ...

'' #62 (DC, 2001) *''

: The Man of Steel'' #104 (2000) * ''

Spider-Gwen ''Spider-Gwen'' (also titled ''Ghost-Spider'') is an ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics that began February 2015. The series revolves around Gwen Stacy of Earth-65, an alternate universe version of Gwen Stacy that debuted in ...

'' #25 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2015) * ''

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 ...

'' #13-14 (DC, 2003) * ''

Ultimate Captain America Captain America (Steven "Steve" Rogers) is a superhero appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. He appears in the Ultimate Marvel line of books, and is an alternative version of Captain America. The character first appeared in ''The Ultimat ...

'' #1 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2011) * ''

'' #1-6, #10-13, #19-30 (Marvel, 2008-2011) * ''

The Incredible Hulk The Hulk is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in the debut issue of '' The Incredible Hulk'' (May 1962). In his comic book a ...

'' #470-471 (1998) *''The Rise Of Ultraman'' #1 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2020) * '' Robin'' #148–149 (DC, 1993–1994) * ''Royals'' #3 (variant cover only,Marvel, 2017) * ''

Red She-Hulk Elizabeth "Betty" Ross (later Talbot and then Banner) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and made her first appearance in ''The Incredible ...

'' #58 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2012) * ''Fall of the Hulks:

'' #1 (Marvel, 2010) * ''

She-Hulk She-Hulk (Jennifer "Jen" Walters) is a fictional Character (arts), character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist John Buscema, she first appeared in ''The Savage She-Hulk'' #1 (cov ...

vol. 2'' #22 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2007) * ''

vol. 3'' #3 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2007) * ''

vol. 1'' #620.1 (Marvel, 2011) * ''

vol. 6'' #9 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2020) * '' What If? Fallen Son'' #1 (Marvel, 2008) * ''

'' #310 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2012) * ''Wolverine Annual'' #1 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2014) * ''

World War Hulk "World War Hulk" is a comic book crossover storyline that ran through a self-titled limited series and various titles published by Marvel Comics in 2007, featuring the Hulk. The series consists of five main issues titled ''World War Hulk'', wi ...

'' #1-3 (Marvel, 2007)

References

External links

*
Ed McGuinness Cover Gallery
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