Karl Kesel (born January 7, 1959,

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) is an

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comics writer and inker whose works have primarily been under contract for

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. He is a member of

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and is best known for his collaborations with fellow artist

Tom Grummett Thomas Grummett (born 1959) is a Canadian comic book artist and penciller. He is best known for his work as penciller on titles such as '' The New Titans'', '' The Adventures of Superman'', ''Superboy'', ''Power Company'', '' Robin'', ''New Thun ...

on '' The Adventures of Superman'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Biography

DC Comics

After a friend at college complimented his inking, Karl Kesel began submitting his portfolio to

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and

. Kesel's first work for DC Comics appeared in ''

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'' #4 (April 1984). He soon became the inker on '' Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes'' — so soon, in fact, that he suspected that he was assigned ''New Talent Showcase'' #8 as a test run to see how well he jelled with ''Tales of the Legion'' penciller Terry Shoemaker. Kesel was discouraged that inks which looked smooth and clear on his original pages appeared clunky in the printed comics, and with some guidance from

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he studied how to draw in a way that would appear better on the printed page. Kesel worked on the lighthearted '' 'Mazing Man'' series, as well as providing inks over the pencils of

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on ''

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'' and John Byrne on ''

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'' and ''

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'' vol. 2. With his then-wife

Barbara Kesel Barbara Randall Kesel (born October 2, 1960) is an American writer and editor of comic books. Her bibliography includes work for Crossgen, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, IDW Publishing, Image Comics, and Marvel Comics. Biography Barbara Kesel init ...

, he co-wrote a ''

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'' miniseries in 1988 which was drawn by

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. Kesel and artist

are the creators of the modern

character, Kon-El, who debuted in the "

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" story arc, starting from '' The Adventures of Superman'' #500 (June 1993). An ongoing ''Superboy'' series was launched by Kesel and Grummett in February 1994. In 1996, Kesel and artist

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produced '' The Final Night'' limited series. That same year, Kesel was one of the many creators who contributed to the '' Superman: The Wedding Album'' one-shot wherein the title character married

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. Kesel wrote the '' Batman and Superman: World's Finest'' ten-issue limited series (April 1999–Jan. 2000) which explored the Post-Crisis history of the two with each of the ten issues taking place one year after the other. He and artist

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launched a ''

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'' ongoing series in December 2000.

Marvel Comics

Kesel's first work for

was inking a

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story in ''

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'' #23 (Oct. 1989). He inked

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's cover art for the Japan-exclusive Super Famicom video game '' The Amazing Spider-Man: Lethal Foes'' in 1995. Kesel wrote '' Daredevil'' issues #353–364 (June 1996 – May 1997) and in 2002 wrote the story, "Remembrance of Things Past" in which it was revealed that Ben Grimm, the

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of the

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, is

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. Kesel wrote and drew a "lost" ''

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from the 1940s which was published on

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. In 2011, he scripted a

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and the

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story which had been plotted by

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and drawn by

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in the 1980s. It was published by Marvel as ''Incredible Hulk and the Human Torch: From the Marvel Vault'' #1 (August 2011).

Dark Horse Comics

Kesel worked with comic book illustrator

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on issues #6 and #13 of the comic series ''Aliens: Space Marines'' published by

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, which accompanied

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figures in the first line of Alien figures released by

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in 1992.

Gorilla Comics

In 2000, Kesel and his former ''Superboy'' collaborator Tom Grummett created ''

'' as part of the Gorilla Comics imprint at

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. Gorilla Comics was intended to be a creator owned company financed by a comics related website, eHero.com. The website proved to be a financial failure, leaving the creators to personally finance their own books. Along with the other Gorilla Comics creators, Kesel and Grummett attempted to continue the series they started, but these efforts proved to be unsuccessful. In January 2012, Kesel announced that he and Grummett would be relaunching ''Section Zero'' as a webcomic on the Mad Genius Comics website. The previously published stories were posted on the site and new material was added as it was completed. A

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campaign in 2017 will allow Kesel and Grummett to finish the story.

Personal life

For several years, he was married to fellow comics writer

(née Randall), with whom he wrote ''

''; they have since divorced.

Awards

Kesel was nominated for the

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for "Best Inker" in 1991 and 1992.
In 2016, he was nominated for

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Favorite Inker.

Bibliography

Comics work (as writer unless noted) includes:

Dark Horse Comics

*''

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'' #33 (1989) *'' Indiana Jones and the Sargasso Pirates'' #1–4 (1995–1996)

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 ...

'' #692–695, 701 (1993–1994) *'' The Adventures of Superman'' #500–533, 535, 537–550, 552–562, 564–567, #0, ''Annual'' #5–7 (1993–1999) *'' Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis'' #46–47 (2006–2007) *''

Atari Force ''Atari Force'' is the name of two comic book series published by DC Comics from 1982 to 1986. Both were loosely based on trademarks of Atari, Inc. Publication history The first ''Atari Force'' title was a series of minicomics created in 1982 t ...

'' #20 (1985) *'' Batman and Superman: World's Finest'' #1–10 (1999–2000) *''

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Meets

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' is an American spy fiction television series produced by MGM Television, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television and first broadcast on NBC. The series follows secret agents, played by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, who wo ...

'' #1–6 (inker) (2016) *''

Meets Wonder Woman '77'' #1–10, 12 (inker) (2016–2017) *''DCU Holiday Bash III'' (1999) *'' The Final Night'' #1–4 (1996) *''

Future Quest ''Future Quest'' is a crossover (fiction), crossover comic book series published by DC Comics, as part of the comic book initiative ''Hanna-Barbera Beyond''. The series features characters from various animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera, s ...

'' #3 (inker) (2016) *''Guardians of Metropolis'' #1–4 (1994–1995) *''

'' #1–25 (2000–2002) *''Harley Quinn: Our Worlds At War'' #1 (2001) *''

'' vol. 2 #1–5 (also inker) (1988–1989) *''Hawk and Dove'' vol. 3 #1–25, 28, ''Annual'' #1 (1989–1991) *''

Hellblazer ''John Constantine, Hellblazer'' is an American contemporary Horror fiction, horror comic-book series published by DC Comics since January 1988, and subsequently by its Vertigo Comics, Vertigo imprint since March 1993, when the imprint was introd ...

'' #9 (inker) (2017) *''

'' #1–2 (as inker) (1987) *''

'' #1–6 (as inker) (1986–1987) *''Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant'' #2 (2000) *'' 'Mazing Man'' #1–12, ''Special'' #1–3 (as inker) (1986–1990) *''

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Secret Files'' #1 (1998) *''The

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'' #68–69 (1990) *''Secret Files President Luthor'' #1 (2001) *''

Secret Origins ''Secret Origins'' is the title of several comic book series published by DC Comics which featured the origin stories of the publisher's various characters. Publication history ''Secret Origins'' was first published as a one-shot in 1961 and c ...

'' vol. 2 #43; #49 (also artist) (1989–1990) *''Secret Origins 80-Page Giant'' #1 (1998) *'' Showcase '94'' #6 (1994) *''Showcase '95'' #3 (1995) *''Showcase '96'' #8 (1996) *'' Silver Age: Challengers of the Unknown'' #1 (2000) *''Silver Age: Green Lantern'' #1 (2000) *''Sins of Youth: Superman, Jr. / Superboy, Sr.'' #1 (2000) *''

'' vol. 3 #1–10, 12–19, 21–30, 50–79, 100, #0, #1,000,000, ''Annual'' #1–2 (1994–2002) *''Superboy / Risk Double-Shot'' #1 (1998) *''Superboy / Robin: World's Finest Three'' #1–2 (1996) *''

Superboy and the Ravers ''Superboy and the Ravers'' is an American comic book series that ran for 19 issues, from September 1996 to March 1998. The comic book chronicles the adventures of Superboy (Kon-El) and a group of superhumans called the Ravers. Plot Beginning a ...

'' #1–10, 13–19 (1996–1998) *'' Supergirl Annual'' #1 (1996) *''

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'' vol. 7 #24 (inker) (2017) *''

'' vol. 2 #4–16, 18, 20 (as inker); #54–56 (as writer and inker) (1987–1991) *''Superman &

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: Metropolis'' #1 (1999) *''Superman /

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'' #1 (1996) *''Superman Forever'' #1 (1998) *''

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'' #1 (1998) *''Superman Secret Files'' #1 (1998) *''Superman: King of the World'' #1 (1999) *''Superman: The Legacy of Superman'' #1 (1993) *'' Superman: The Man of Steel'' #69, #1,000,000 (1997–1998) *'' Superman: The Wedding Album'' #1 (1996) *'' Tangent Comics / The Joker'' #1 (1997) *''Tangent Comics / The Joker's Wild'' #1 (1998) *''Team Superman Secret Files'' #1 (1998) *''

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'' #2–4, 6 (1990–1991)

DC Comics and Marvel Comics

*''Challengers of the Fantastic'' #1 (1997) *''Spider-Boy Team-Up'' #1 (1997)

Image Comics

*''George Pérez's Crimson Plague'' #1 (''Section Zero'' preview) (2000) *''

'' #1–3 (2000)

Marvel Comics

*''All Winners Comics 70th Anniversary Special'' #1 (2009) *''

Amazing Fantasy ''Amazing Adult Fantasy'', retitled ''Amazing Fantasy'' in its final issue, is an American comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics from 1961 through 1962, with the latter title revived with superhero features in 1995 and in the 2000 ...

'' vol. 2 #13–14 (2005) *''

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 ...

Annual'' #37 (2010) *''

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'' #1 (2008) *'' The Avengers'' vol. 8 #11–12 (inker) (2019) *''

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'98'' (1998) *''Captain America: Patriot'' #1–4 (2010–2011) *''Captain America The 1940s Newspaper Strip'' #1–3 (also artist) (2010) *'' Daredevil'' #353–364 (1996–1997) *''

'' vol. 3 #51–56 (2002) *''Fantastic Four'' #514–516, 525–526 (writer); #642–644 (inker); #645 (writer/inker) (2004–2005, 2015) *''Fantastic Four / Fantastic 4 '98'' (1998) *''

Fantastic Four 2099 ''Fantastic Four 2099'' was a comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring the adventures of the Fantastic Four in the alternate future of Marvel 2099 (Earth-928). It ran for eight issues in 1996. Plot In the year 2099, Mister Fantas ...

'' #1–5 (1996) *''

'' #1–12 (2003–2004) *''

Marvel Apes ''Marvel Apes'' is a four-issue limited series by comics publisher Marvel Comics which started publication in October 2008. The series is written by Karl Kesel with art by Ramon Bachs and covers by John Watson. The Marvel Apes reality is designa ...

'' #1–4 (2008–2009) *''Marvel Holiday Special '96'' (1996) *''Marvels Comics: Fantastic Four'' #1 (2000) *''Spider-Man Family'' #7 (2008) *''

Ultimate X-Men ''Ultimate X-Men'' is a superhero comic book series, which was published by Marvel Comics, from 2001 to 2009. The series is a modernized re-imagining of Marvel's long-running X-Men comic book franchise as part of the Ultimate Marvel imprint. The U ...

'' #72 (2006) *''

Web of Spider-Man ''Web of Spider-Man'' is the name of two different monthly comic book series starring Spider-Man that have been published by Marvel Comics since 1985, the first volume of which ran for 129 issues between 1985 and 1995, and the second of which ran ...

Super Special'' #1 (1995) *'' What If Doctor Doom Had Become the Thing?'' #1 (2005) *''

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 ...

'' #187 (2006) *''

X-Men Unlimited ''X-Men Unlimited'' was the title of three comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The purpose of this title was to run stories that fit between the main X-Men comics. The stories included all characters (heroes and villains) from the X-tit ...

'' #34 (2002)

Marvel Comics and DC Comics

*''Spider-Boy'' #1 (1996) *''

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'' #1–4 (1997–1998)

References

External links

Karl Kesel
at Periscope Studio *
Karl Kesel
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
Karl Kesel interview at Fantastic Four Headquarters
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