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Javier Pulido is a Spanish
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artist working primarily for the American market. His notable works include ''
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'', '' Robin: Year One'', '' She-Hulk'' and ''
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''.


Early life

Born in
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, Javier Pulido was a fan of comics from early childhood. He have a child called Iker Perez Leon. He moved to
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to study at the University of Fine Arts."Javier Pulido"
Lambiek's Comiclopedia.
Pulido was part of the second big wave of Spanish authors who introduced themselves on the American market in the 1990s, together with Germán García and
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(following the example of the "first wave" formed by
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some years earlier). Pulido's style is heavily influenced by
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and
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."Spanish authors: Javier Pulido"


Career

While studying at the University of Fine Arts, Pulido started getting his first professional assignments, doing covers and illustrations for Marvel Spain. In 1996, he released ''Mentat'', a four-issue miniseries which became his first and final work directly for the Spanish market. Less than a year later, he was contacted by
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and since then has been working exclusively for Marvel, DC and its
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imprint.


Bibliography

Interior comic work includes: *'' Forum Especial Salón del Comic'' '95: "Arde la ciudad" (script and art,
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, 1995) *''
Mentat Multiple organizations of the ''Dune'' universe dominate the political, religious, and social arena of the setting of Frank Herbert's ''Dune'' series of science fiction novels, and derivative works. Set tens of thousands of years in the future, ...
'' #1-4 (script and art, Planeta DeAgostini, 1996–1997) *'' Star Trek: Early Voyages'' #16-17 (with
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,
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, 1998) *''
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'' #468-469, 472-474 (with
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, Marvel, 1998–1999) *''
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'' #142: "Setting Sun" (with
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, 1999) *'' Flinch'' #13: "The Shaft" (with
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, anthology, Vertigo, 2000) *'' The Batman Chronicles'' #19: "Got a Date with an Angel" (with
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, anthology, DC Comics, 2000) *'' Robin: Year One'' #1-4 (with Scott Beatty, Chuck Dixon and Marcos Martín (#4), DC Comics, 2000–2001) *''
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'' #400: "Supreme Confessions" (with Joe Casey, among other artists, Marvel, 2001) *''
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'' (with
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, Vertigo): ** ''Human Target: Final Cut'' (
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, 2002) ** ''Human Target'' vol. 2 #1-5, 11-13, 18 (2003–2005) *''
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'' vol. 3 #17-19: "'No Easy Way Down" (with
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, DC Comics, 2003) *''
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, DC Comics, 2005) *'' Untold Tales of the New Universe:
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, Marvel, 2007) *'' All-Select Comics 70th Anniversary Special'': "Murder on Another Planet" (with
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, one-shot, Marvel, 2009) *''
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Covers only

*'' Batman: Turning Points'' #1 (
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, 2001) *''
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'' #9 (
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, 2009) *''
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'' #1 (
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, 2013) *''
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'' vol. 3 #7 (
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'' vol. 4 #41 (
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, 2015) *'' Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat!'' #1 (Marvel, 2016) *'' The Green Hornet '66 Meets the Spirit'' #1 ( Dynamite, 2017) *''
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'' vol. 6 #4 (Dynamite, 2017) *''
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'' vol. 3 #9 ( Archie Comics, 2017) *'' Quantum and Woody'' vol. 3 #6 (Valiant, 2018)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pulido, Javier 1970 births Living people Spanish comics artists People from Las Palmas 20th-century Spanish artists