Justiniano (born Josue Rivera) is an American comic book artist. His work includes the ''

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'' feature in the 8-issue ''

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'' spin-off ''Countdown to Mystery'' miniseries (with the late writer

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) from DC Comics, ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' for

Chaos! Comics Chaos! Comics was a comic book publisher that operated from 1993 until 2002, mostly focusing on horror comics. Their titles included '' Lady Death'', ''Purgatori'', ''Evil Ernie'', ''Chastity'', ''Jade'', '' Bad Kitty'', and '' Lady Demon''. Chaos ...

and ''The Titans'', ''The Flash'', ''Beast Boy'', ''The Human Race'', ''

Day of Vengeance ''Day of Vengeance'' is a six-issue comic book limited series written by Bill Willingham, with art by Justiniano and Walden Wong, published in 2005 by DC Comics. Publication history ''Day of Vengeance'' is one of four limited series leading up t ...

'', '' The Creeper'' and '' 52'' for DC. He has worked with writers

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and

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. Justiniano has done artwork on such DC titles as ''The Human Race'', ''Beast Boy'' and ''Day of Vengeance''. He worked on ''Chastity'' and ''The Omen'' at Chaos Comics, as well as some issues of ''Incredible Hulk'' at Marvel. He lives and works in Connecticut.

Bibliography

Comics work (interior pencil art) includes:

DC

*'' 52'' #50, 52 (among other artists) (2007) *''

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'', miniseries, #1-4 (2000) *''

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'' vol. 2 #31 (along with Chad Hardin) (2010) *''

Countdown to Mystery ''Countdown'', also known as ''Countdown to Final Crisis'' for its last 24 issues based on the cover, was a comic book limited series published by DC Comics. It debuted on May 9, 2007, directly following the conclusion of the last issue of '' 52 ...

'', miniseries, #1-4, 6-7 (2007–08) *'' Creeper'', miniseries, #1-3, 6 (2006–07) *''

'', miniseries, #1-6 (2005) *''Day of Vengeance: Infinite Crisis Special'' #1 (2006) *'' DCU: Brave New World'' (Creeper) (2006) *''

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'' vol. 5 #4-5 (2010) *''

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'' vol. 2 #190, 219 (2002–05) *''Human Race'', miniseries, #2-4, 7 (2005) *'' JLA'' vol. 3, '' JLA: Shogun of Steel'' (2002) *''

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: JLA'' (2001) *''Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant'' #2 (Beast Boy) (2000) *''

Reign in Hell ''Reign in Hell'' is a 2008-2009 comic book miniseries written by Keith Giffen, pencilled by Thomas Derenick, inked by Bill Sienkiewicz and published by DC Comics. The title is a reference to a line spoken by Lucifer in John Milton's epic poem ''Pa ...

'', miniseries, ( Dr. Occult backup stories) #3-4 (2008) *''

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'' #26-28 (2009) *''

'' vol. 2 #3 (2010) *'' Star-Spangled War Stories'' #1 (

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) (along with Tom Derenick) (2010) *'' Superman'' vol. 2, ''80-Page Giant'' #3 (2000) *'' Teen Titans: Beast Boy & Girls'' (2005) *'' Titans'' #3-4 (1999) *'' Young Justice 80-Page Giant'' #1 (1999)

Marvel

*'' Incredible Hulk'' #434 (1995) *'' What If?'' #69 (1995) *'' X-Men: Alterniverse Visions'' (1996)

Personal life

On May 10, 2011, Justiniano was arrested on charges of first-degree possession of

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, in connection with a July 2010 incident in which he allegedly gave a

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containing child pornography to an employee of a funeral home by mistake. On November 2, 2012, Justiniano pleaded guilty to second-degree possession of child pornography, and was sentenced to a 10-year

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after he served three years in prison, followed by 10 years probation. When asked if had anything to add, he replied "I think I'm good."

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