Frank Cho, born Duk Hyun Cho, (born 1971) is a

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and

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writer and illustrator, known for his series ''

Liberty Meadows ''Liberty Meadows'' is an American comic strip and comic book series created, written and illustrated by Frank Cho. It relates the comedic activities of the staff and denizens of the eponymous animal sanctuary/rehabilitation clinic. The comic stri ...

'', as well as for books such as '' Shanna the She-Devil'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' for

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, and ''Jungle Girl'' for

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. Cho is noted for his

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, precise lines, and depiction of well-endowed women.

Early life

Frank Cho was born near

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, South Korea in 1971Nolen-Weathington, Eric. ''Modern Masters Volume 14: Frank Cho'' TwoMorrows Publishing; 2007 to Kyu Hyuk Cho and Bok Hee Cho, He has two brothers, Rino and Austin. The family moved to the

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when he was sixShin, (2010)
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in search of better economic opportunities. Cho was raised in

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. His parents had college degrees, but because they did not speak English well, they took whatever jobs they could to support the family. His mother worked in a shoe factory, and his father was a carpenter during the day and a janitor at a

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station at night. Because money was scarce, Cho, who describes his latchkey childhood as "rough", was relegated to finding his own extracurricular entertainment. When Cho was ten, his older brother, Rino, brought some

comic books A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...

home, and Cho started copying the art. When a friend saw that Cho could reproduce the artwork without tracing it, he urged Cho to illustrate comics for a living. Cho refined his abilities without formal training beyond some basic art classes. He found inspiration in

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comics such as ''

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'' and ''

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'', and in the work of artists such as

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Andrew Loomis William Andrew Loomis (June 15, 1892 – May 25, 1959) was an American illustrator, writer, and art instructor. His commercial work was featured prominently in advertising and magazines; however, Loomis is best known as the writer of a series o ...

Al Williamson Alfonso Williamson (March 21, 1931 – June 12, 2010) was an American cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator specializing in adventure, Western, science fiction and fantasy. Born in New York City, he spent much of his early childhood in ...

and

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. After graduating from

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in 1990, he attended

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and was offered a scholarship to the

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in Baltimore, which he declined because he disliked the school's academic focus. Cho's parents were not particularly supportive of Cho's interest in art, so he placated them by transferring to the

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, which he says was his parents' idea.Shin (2010)
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/ref> Cho graduated with a

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in Nursing in 1996.

Career

Cho wrote and drew a cartoon strip called "Everything but the Kitchen Sink" in the weekly

newspaper ''The Owl'', where he was also comics editor. At the

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, he drew the daily strip ''University²'' for ''

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'', the student newspaper. During his final year in college, in 1994 or 1995, Cho received his first professional comic book assignment, doing short stories for ''

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'' with Al Gross and Mark Wheatley. The trio conceived of a six-part "raunchy sci-fi fantasy romp" called "The Body", centering on an intergalactic female merchant, Katy Wyndon, who can transfer her mind into any of her "wardrobe bodies", empty mindless vessels that she occupies to best suit her negotiations with the local alien races that she encounters while traveling the galaxy trading and seeking riches. The story was never published for a number of reasons. After graduation, Cho adapted elements of this work for use in a professionally syndicated strip, ''

''. Cho signed a 15-yeer contract with

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, which he later realized was unusually long and, perhaps jokingly, blamed on having a bad lawyer. After five years of doing ''Liberty Meadows'', Cho grew weary of the arguments with his editor over the censorship of the strip, as well as the pressure of the daily deadlines, and pulled the strip from syndication in December 2001, though he continued to print it uncensored in book form. In 1999, Cho attracted controversy when, while serving as one of the jurors for the third annual

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, which are awarded to small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers, he nominated his own book ''Liberty Meadows''. Writer

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, one of the original jurors and developers of the award, criticized that year's jury for their lack of support and acknowledgment of independent works, and for allowing self-nomination. Brubaker also questioned whether the guidelines he and Expo board member Chris Oarr had developed for the Awards were provided to that year's judges. ''

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'' reacted to this by saying that this revealed some flaws in the Ignatz nomination system, but Cho defended his decision by explaining that few of the submissions he received as a judge were deserving of nomination, and that the Ignatz coordinator he consulted instructed him to use his own judgment, as there were no rules against self-nomination. Cho eventually won two Ignatz Awards that year for Outstanding Artist and Outstanding Comic, and although he did not cast the winning vote, he called his self-nomination a mistake he would not repeat.Carter, R. J
"Interview: Frank Cho: Taking Liberties"
. The Trades. January 1, 2002 As he worked on ''Liberty Meadows'', he also did occasional cover work or anthology work for other publishers. These included ''Ultimate Spider-Man Super Special'' for

in 2000, '' The Savage Dragon'' #100 and ''

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'' #46 in 2002, '' Hellboy: Weird Tales'' #6 in 2003 and ''

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'' #14 in 2004. he then began doing full interior work on other ''Spider-Man'' books for Marvel, including issues #5 and 8 of ''

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'' in 2004 and 2005, respectively, and ''The Astonishing Spider-Man'' #123, also in 2005. Marvel Comics' then-senior editor

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, who had been impressed by ''Liberty Meadows'', approached Cho about revamping the third-string character Shanna the She-Devil, a scantily clad jungle lady who first appeared in the early 1970s, as a college-educated defender of wildlife and opponent of firearms. Cho, seeing possibilities, recast Shanna in a seven-issue, 2005 miniseries as an Amazonian naïf, the product of a Nazi experiment with the power to kill dinosaurs with her bare hands but an unpredictable lack of morality. The miniseries was originally meant to feature uncensored nude drawings of the heroine, but Marvel later decided against this, and had Cho censor his already completed pages for the first five issues. However, Cho has indicated on his website that Marvel plans to release a hardcover collection under its MAX imprint which will contain the uncensored artwork. Cho then penciled issues 14 and 15 of Marvel's '' New Avengers'' in 2006, and illustrated the first six issues of

' 2007 relaunch of ''

'' with writer

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. He is the plotter and cover artist of

's ''Jungle Girl''. Cho drew issues 7–9 of ''

'', which were published in 2009. In 2010–2011, Cho illustrated writer

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's run on ''

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'' for Marvel Comics. In 2011 he worked on the miniseries ''X-Men: Schism'' with writer

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. In January 2013, as an expansion of the

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initiative, Marvel premiered ''

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'', a series written and illustrated by Cho that stars both

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and co-stars Shanna the She-Devil and

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. The "

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"–type story that comprises the first five issues is intended to evoke a "classic adventure feel", and is inspired by the ''

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'' films and the pulp horror of H.P. Lovecraft's

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. In April 2015, Cho posted on his website an image he had drawn on a sketch cover of ''

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'' of that character on all fours, with her rear end pointing upward, which mirrored a ''

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'' cover by

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that had caused a controversy the previous November. The Cho image drew criticism from ''Spider-Gwen'' writer Robbi Rodriguez, who, while expressing appreciation of Manara's work, feared that such an image might drive away prospective female readers. Sam Maggs of

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also criticized Cho because the character Spider-Gwen is a teenager. Other artists like

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and

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defended Cho. Cho parodied the controversy by drawing the character

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in the same pose on a sketch cover of that character's series. In April the following year, Cho revisited the controversy by illustrating the character

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in the same type of pose on the cover of Udon Studios' '' Street Fighter Legends'' #1. When asked if these controversies hurt his career, Cho replied that the publicity tripled the traffic on his website, increased attention given to him by convention organizers and convention attendees, and led to an increase in job offers.

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(May 3, 2016)
"Talking To Frank Cho, Man Of Outrage, About Attracting Women"
Bleeding Cool. In February 2016, Marvel premiered ''

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'', a series written by

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and drawn by Cho which sees teenager

become the newest incarnation of the Hulk. Cho drew the first four issues of the series, his final page of which represented the end of his 14-year exclusivity contract with Marvel. He was then hired by DC Comics to draw variant covers of the first 24 issues of ''

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'' as part of the company's

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initiative. However, Cho quit the project in July following the completion of the sixth issue's cover, due to conflicts with series writer

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, who objected to the sexualized manner in which Wonder Woman was depicted in Cho's illustrations. As of May 2016, Cho was writing and drawing ''Skybourne'' for

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, a five-issue creator-owned miniseries that Cho describes as "a cross between '' Highlander'', ''

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'', and

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." The story focuses on a god trying to find the one weapon that can kill him, the mythical sword

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, before it is found by others. At the time Cho was also writing and drawing another creator-owned book, ''World of Payne'' with his co-creator,

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, for Flesk Publications. ''World of Payne'' stars Lockwood Payne, a psychic private investigator, and modern day sorcerer from an ancient society of witches and wizards who with his urgent care expert friend Doctor Hurt, and the beautiful witch-in-training Michelle, find themselves embroiled in strange misadventures in the world of the occult. Cho describes the book part prose novel and part comic, and "a cross between

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and

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with a dash of

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." ''Skybourne'' #1 was published September 7,Johnton, Rich (September 7, 2016)
"Frank Cho's Skybourne #1 Is Out Today From Boom! – Here's All The Covers"
Bleeding Cool. while ''World of Payne'' was set to premiere in late 2016.

Personal life

Cho met his first wife, Cari Guthrie, when they served together on a student residence council at the University of Maryland. They were married in 1999. Their first child, Emily, was born in 2001, and their second, Samantha was born in 2004. They lived in

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. Cho and Cari separated in 2008 and divorced in 2009, after which Cho temporarily moved to a nearby apartment to be close to his two daughters. Cho later began dating Mara Rose, a film major he first met when she cared for his children, and who later became his intern, wife, and eventually his second ex-wife.Shin (2010)
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Cho identifies as a "life-long liberal Democrat and advocate for free speech and equal rights."

Books

*''University Squared: The Angry Years'', Insight Studios Group, 1996 (author, artist) *''Frank Cho Illustrator'', Insight Studios, 2000 (author, artist) *''Liberty Meadows, Big Book of Love'', Insight Studios, 2001 (author, artist) *''Liberty Meadows Book 1, Eden'', Image, 2003 (author, artist) *''Liberty Meadows Book 2, Creature Comforts'', Image, 2003 (author, artist) *''Liberty Meadows Book 3, Summer of Love'', Image, 2004 (author, artist) *''Liberty Meadows Book 4, Cold, Cold Heart'', Image, 2005 (author, artist) *''Women: Selected Drawings & Illustrations'', Image, 2006 (author, artist) *''Modern Masters Volume 14: Frank Cho'', TwoMorrows Publishing, 2007 *''Jungle Queens Art Book'', Brand Studio Press, 2008 (author, artist) *''Mars Maidens Art Book'', Brand Studio Press, 2008 (author, artist) *''Apes and Babes Volume 1'', Image, 2009 (author, artist) *''Liberty Meadows Sundays Book 1'', Image, 2012 (author, artist) *''Women Book 2: Selected Drawings & Illustrations'', Image, 2013 (author, artist) *''Drawing Beautiful Women: The Frank Cho Method'', Flesk Publications, 2014 (author, artist) *''Frank Cho's Savage Wolverine, Artist Edition'', IDW 2018 (author, artist) *''Ballpoint Beauties'', Flesk Publications, 2019 (author, artist) *''Marvel Monograph: The Art of Frank Cho'', Marvel, 2020 (artist) *''The Art of Frank Cho: Twenty Year Retrospective'', Flesk Publications, 2020 (author, artist) *''Outrage, Book 1'', Comic Sketch Art, 2021 (author, artist) *''Outrage, Book 2: More Outrage'', Comic Sketch Art, 2022 (author, artist) *''What Child Is This?'', HarperCollins, 2022 (artist)

Awards

* 1994 Charles M. Schulz Award for Excellence in Cartooning * College Media Association for Cartooning's Scripps-Howard Award for Best College Cartoonist, * Max & Moritz Medal for Best International Comic Strip * 1999

Ignatz Award The Ignatz Awards recognize outstanding achievements in comics and cartooning by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers. They have been awarded each year at the Small Press Expo since 1997, only skipping a ...

for Outstanding Artist (for ''Liberty Meadows'' #1)

* 1999 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Comic (for ''Liberty Meadows'' #1) * 2001

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's Award for Best Comic Book * 2001 National Cartoonists Society's Award for Best Book Illustration * 2006

Haxtur Award The Haxtur Award (''Premios Haxtur'') is a Spanish award for comics published in Spain. It is awarded annually at the Salón Internacional del Cómic del Principado de Asturias (International Comics Convention of the Principality of Asturias). It ...

for Best Artist * 2006 Haxtur Award for Best In Show * 2006 Eagle Award for Best Artist (for ''Liberty Meadows'' and ''Shanna the She-Devil'') * 2006 Eagle Award for Best Artist for Best In Show (for ''Liberty Meadows'' and ''Shanna the She-Devil'') * 2008 Eagle Award for Favourite Comics Artist: Pencils * 2011 The

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for the documentary ''Creating Frank Cho's World'' * 2011 The Daily Record Influential Marylander Award for Communications * 2017 Ringo Award for Best Cover Artist

Nominations

* 2000

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for Best Cover Artist * 2006

Harvey Award The Harvey Awards are given for achievement in comic books. Named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman, the Harvey Awards were founded by Gary Groth in 1988, president of the publisher Fantagraphics, to be the successor to the Kirby Awards that were ...

for Best Artist
* 2006 Harvey Award for Best Cartoonist * 2006 Harvey Award for Best Cover Artist * 2006

for Best Cover Artist * 2006 Haxtur Award for Best Humor

Bibliography

Story and art

DC

* ''Superman and Batman: World's Funnest'', one-shot (among other artists) (2000) * ''The Many Worlds of Tesla Strong'', one-shot (among other artists) (2003)

Marvel

*''

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'' Special #1 (among other artists) (2002) *''

'' #5, 8 (artist) (2004–05) *''

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'', miniseries, #1–7 (writer, artist) (2005) *'' New Avengers'' #14–15 (artist) (2006) *''

'' #1–6 (artist) (2007–08) *''

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: Schism'', miniseries, #2 (artist) (2011) *'' X-Men: Battle of the Atom'' #1 (artist, with

Stuart Immonen Stuart Immonen () is a Canadians, Canadian comics artist. He is best known for his work on ''Nextwave'', ''Ultimate X-Men'', ''The New Avengers (comics), The New Avengers'', ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', and ''Ultimate Spider-Man''. Penciler, His pe ...

) (2013) *'' Avengers vs. X-Men'', #0 (artist) (2012) *''

'' #1–5 (writer, artist) (2013) *'' The Totally Awesome Hulk'' #1–4 (artist) (2015-16)

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'' #1–26 (writer, artist) (Insight Studios, 1999–2002) *''Liberty Meadows'' #27–37 (writer, artist) (Image Comics, 2002–2006) *'' Greyshirt: Indigo Sunset'' #6 (artist) (America's Best Comics, 2001) *'' More Fund Comics'': "Road to Home", graphic novel (writer, artist) (Sky Dog Press, 2003) *''Zombie King'' #0 (writer, artist) (Image Comics, 2005) *''50 Girls 50'' #1–4 (co-writer, designer) (Image, 2011) *''Skybourne'' #1-5 (writer, artist) (BOOM Studios, 2016-2018) *''Fight Girls'' #1-5 (writer, artist) (AWA/Upshot Studios, 2021)

Cover art

*'' Cavewoman: Jungle Tales'' #1 (

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, 1998) *'' Jingle Belle's All Star Holiday Hullabaloo'' #1 (

Oni Press Oni Press is an American independent comic book and graphic novel publisher based in Portland, Oregon. In 2019, it became an imprint label following the company's merger with Lion Forge Comics. The merged company, Oni–Lion Forge Publishing Grou ...

, 2000) *'' Hammer of the Gods'' #1 (Insight Studios, 2001) *''Blue Line Pro's Sketch'' #12 (Blue Line Pro, 2001) *'' Codename: Knockout'' #1 (

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, 2001) *'' Cavewoman: Pangaean Sea'' #1 (Basement, 2001) *''Footman 15: Fairy Fire'' #1 (Bald Guy Studios, 2002) *'' The Amazing Spider-Man v2'' #46–48 (

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, 2002–2003) *''Opposite Forces'' #4 (Funny Pages Press, 2003) *'' PvP'' #1–2, 16 (

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, 2003–2005) *''

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'' #1 (Marvel, 2003) *'' Hellboy: Weird Tales'' #6 (

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'' #14 (Image, 2004) *'' Even More Fund Comics'' (Sky Dog Press, 2004) *''

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, 2004) *''

Marvel Knights 4 ''Marvel Knights 4'' is the name of a comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero team, the Fantastic Four. The series was launched as part of the company's Marvel Knights imprint, and ran for 30 issues (Apr. 2004 – Aug. 2006). All ...

'' #13 (Marvel, 2005) *''

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'' #3, 8, 18 (Marvel, 2005–2006) *''

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'' #461 (Marvel, 2005) *''

Nodwick ''Nodwick'' is a comic strip created by Aaron Williams, based around the conventions of fantasy role-playing games, in particular ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D''). It debuted in '' Dragon'' magazine issue No. 246 (April 1998), first with short ...

'' #30 (Henchman], 2005) *''Image Holiday Special '05'' (Image, 2005) *''

Ms. Marvel Ms. Marvel is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was originally conceived as a female counterpart to Captain Marvel. Like Captain Marvel, most of the bearers of the Ms. M ...

'' #1–5 (Marvel, 2006) *''

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, 2006) *'' Savage Red Sonja: Queen of the Frozen Wastes'' #1–4 (Dynamite, 2006) *'' Fear Agent: The Last Goodbye'' #1 (Dark Horse, 2007) *'' The Irredeemable Ant-Man'' #7 (Marvel, 2007) *''Jungle Girl'' #0–5 (Dynamite, 2007–2008) *''Killing Girl'' #1 (Image, 2007) *''

Ultimates 3 ''The Ultimates 3'' was a five-issue, monthly comic book miniseries published in 2008 by Marvel Comics in the Ultimate Marvel imprint. Written by Jeph Loeb, and illustrated by Joe Madureira, it is a sequel to ''The Ultimates'' and '' The Ultimates ...

'' #3 (Marvel, 2008) *'' Conan the Cimmerian'' #1–9 (Dark Horse, 2008–2009) *''

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'' #41 (Marvel, 2008) *''

Secret Invasion "Secret Invasion" is a comic book crossover storyline that ran through a self-titled eight-issue limited series and several tie-in books published by Marvel Comics from April through December 2008. The story involves a subversive, long-term in ...

'' #6 (Marvel, 2008) *''Jungle Girl Season 2'' #1–5 (Dynamite, 2008–2009) *''

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'' #561 (Marvel, 2009) *'' Masquerade'' #1 (Dynamite, 2009) *''

Jennifer's Body ''Jennifer's Body'' is a 2009 American horror-comedy film written by Diablo Cody and directed by Karyn Kusama. The film stars Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, and Adam Brody. Fox portrays a demonically possessed high school girl ...

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The Astounding Wolf-Man ''The Astounding Wolf-Man'' is a comic book series launched by American company Image Comics on May 5, 2007. It ran until its final 25th issue in 2010. A spin-off of Robert Kirkman's ''Invincible'', the series was created and written by Kirkma ...

'' #18 (Image, 2009) *''

War Heroes ''War Heroes'' is a compilation album by American guitarist Jimi Hendrix. Released in the UK on October 1, 1972, and in December 1972 in the US, it was the third album of mostly unreleased studio recordings to be issued after Hendrix's death. ...

'' #3 (Image, 2009) *'' Dark Reign: The List -

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'' #1 (Marvel, 2009) *''Dark Reign: The List – Daredevil'' #1 (Marvel, 2009) *''Dark Reign: The List –

'' #1 (Marvel, 2009) *''Dark Reign: The List –

Punisher The Punisher (Francis "Frank" Castle, born Castiglione) is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru. The Punisher made ...

'' #1 (Marvel, 2009) *''Dark Reign: The List –

Secret Warriors Secret Warriors may refer to: * ''Secret Warriors'' (comic book) ** Secret Warriors (Team White) Secret Warriors is an alias for the fictional group Team White created by Nick Fury, a team of superpowered agents appearing in American comic boo ...

'' #1 (Marvel, 2009) *''Dark Reign: The List –

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

Hit-Monkey Hit-Monkey is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history Created by writer Daniel Way and artist Dalibor Talajić, Hit-Monkey first appeared in ''Hit-Monkey'' #1 (April 2010), a digi ...

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

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

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 ...

'' #608 (Marvel, 2010) *'' Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine'' #1 (Marvel, 2010) *'' Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates'' #1, 3, 5 (Marvel, 2011) *''50 Girls 50'' #1–4 (Image, 2011) *''The Incredible Hulks'' #629 (Marvel, 2011) *''

'' #663–664 (Marvel, 2011) *''

'' #159 (Marvel, 2011) *'' X-Men: Schism'' #1, 3–5 (Marvel, 2011) *'' Wolverine & the X-Men'' #1 (Marvel, 2011) *'' Uncanny X-Men v2'' #1 (Marvel, 2011) *'' Miracleman'' #2 (Marvel, 2015) *''

'' #1-6 (DC, 2016) *''

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'' #2 (DC, 2016) *''Harley and Her Gang of Harleys'' #4-6 (DC, 2016) *''Harley Quinn: Harley Loves Joker'' #1-2 (DC, 2018) *''

'' #8-56, 60-75 (DC, 2017-2020) *''

Dejah Thoris Dejah Thoris is a fictional character and princess of the Martian city-state/empire of Helium in Edgar Rice Burroughs' series of Martian novels. She is the daughter of Mors Kajak, Jed (chieftain) of Lesser Helium, and the granddaughter of Tardo ...

'' #1 (Dynamite Entertainment, 2018) *''

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 ...

'' #799-800 (Marvel, 2018) *''

'' #717 (Marvel, 2018) *''

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'' #48,50,71 (DC, 2018, 2019) *''

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'' #2 (Marvel, 2018) *''

'' #1 (Marvel, 2018) *''

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'' #7 (Marvel, 2018) *'' The War of the Realms '' #1 (Marvel, 2019) *''

'' #1 (Dynamite Entertainment, 2019) *''

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'' ...

'' #1 (Dynamite Entertainment, 2019) *''

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'' #3 (Marvel, 2019) *'' Catwoman: 80th Anniversary'' (DC, 2020) *''Action Comics'' #1026 (Wonder Woman 1984 variant) (DC, 2020) *''

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'' #1 (DC, 2020) *''

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'' #5 (Marvel, 2021) *'' Eternals'' #1 (Marvel, 2021) *'' Wonder Woman Black & Gold'' #1 (DC, 2021) *''ET:ER'' #2 (Upshot/AWA Studios, 2022) *''Redemption'' #1 (Upshot/AWA Studios, 2022) *'' Moon Knight:Black White & Blood'' #1 (Marvel, 2022) *'' She-Hulk Omnibus'' #3 (Marvel, 2022) *''Absolution'' #1 (Upshot/AWA Studios, 2022) *''Ascencia'' #13 (Wake Entertainment, 2022) *'' Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special'' #1 (DC, 2022) *''Poison Ivy'' #1 (DC, 2022)

References

External links

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Frank's entry in Lambiek Comiclopedia"Creating Frank Cho's World"
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