Jesús Merino (born 1965) is a

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comic book artist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...

, best known in the

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comic industry for his collaborations with penciller

Carlos Pacheco Carlos Pacheco Perujo (14 November 1961 – 9 November 2022) was a Spanish comics penciller. After breaking into the European market doing cover work for Planeta De Agostini, he gained recognition doing work for Marvel UK, the England-based bra ...

. Merino himself raised from the ''Línea Laberinto'' of ''Planeta-DeAgostini'' Spanish publisher, where he drew three mini-series: ''Aníbal Gris'' (1996), ''Jaque Mate'' (1997) and ''Triada Vértice'' (1998). In 1998 he began to work with Pacheco, inking his layouts on titles such as ''

Avengers Forever ''Avengers Forever'' is a twelve-issue comic book limited series published from December 1998 to November 1999 by Marvel Comics. It follows the storyline of Rick Jones and his quest to build a team of Avengers from the past, present, and future. ...

'', ''

Superman/Batman ''Superman/Batman'' is a monthly comic book series published by DC Comics that features the publisher's two most popular superheroes: Superman and Batman. ''Superman/Batman'' premiered in August 2003, an update of the previous series, ''World's ...

'' and ''

Green Lantern Green Lantern is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. They fight evil with the aid of rings that grant them a variety of extraordinary powers, all of which come from imagination, fearlessness, ...

''. Merino's work on DC included art for many issues of ''

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'', vol. 3 and a ''

'' story. In September 2011, DC launched a new Superman series written by

George Pérez George Pérez (; June 9, 1954 – May 6, 2022) was an American comic book artist and writer, who worked primarily as a penciller. He came to prominence in the 1970s penciling ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four'' and ''The Avengers (co ...

with art by Pérez and Merino.''Superman'' #1 (2011) - preview images by Pérez and Jesús Merino
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Bibliography

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'' #865 (full art); #900-901 (among other artists) (2008-11) *''

'', vol. 3, #29-33, 36–40, 43 (2009–10) *''

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 ...

'', vol. 1, #669, 673, 684 (2007–09) *''Superman'', vol. 3, #1-4 (2011-12) *''

'' #79 (2011) *''

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen ''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen'' is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from September–October 1954 until March 1974, spanning a total of 163 issues. Featuring the adventures of Superman supporting character Jimmy Olsen, it co ...

'' Special #1 (among other artists) (2008)

References

External links

Interview to Merino in ''The Pulse''
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