Klaus Janson (born January 23, 1952) is a

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, working regularly for

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and

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and sporadically for independent companies. While he is best known as an

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, Janson has frequently worked as a penciller and colorist.

Early life

Klaus Janson was born in

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, He emigrated to the United States in 1957, settling with his family in Connecticut, where he lived in

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from 1957 to 1972. When he was young, his

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collection was thrown away by his mother. Janson then became interested in the premiering character Daredevil, who wasn't popular among Janson's friends.

Career

After a short stint as assistant to

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in the early 1970s, Janson's first credited comics artwork was published by

in ''

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'' #6 (Sept. 1973). Janson came to prominence as the inker over

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's pencils on '' The Defenders''. Since then he has freelanced on most of the major titles at Marvel and DC. In 1975 he began a long run as inker on '' Daredevil'', running from #124 (Aug. 1975) to #196 (July 1983). With #171 the series went from bi-monthly to monthly; unable to handle the increased workload, then-writer/penciler

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began increasingly relying on Janson for the artwork, sending him looser and looser pencils beginning with #173. By issue #185, Miller had virtually relinquished his role as Daredevil's artist, and was providing only rough layouts for Janson to pencil, ink, and color. After Miller's departure, Janson drew the series by himself for four issues. Janson began working for

in the early 1980s and inked

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's pencils on ''

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'' and '' Jemm, Son of Saturn''. Janson was one of the artists on ''

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'' #400 (Oct. 1984) and was one of the contributors to the ''

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'' limited series. His collaboration with Miller on ''Daredevil'' would soon be eclipsed by a second collaboration between them, on '' Batman: The Dark Knight Returns'' in 1986. Janson has frequently pencilled and inked for various Batman titles, including the first ''

Annual'' with writer

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, "

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" with

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, and "

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" with

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. In 1994, Janson drew the ''Batman-Spawn: War Devil''

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which was written by Moench,

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, and Alan Grant. Janson wrote a short story in the

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'' Batman: Black and White'' #3 (August 1996). Janson drew part of the " Cataclysm" crossover as well. Janson and writer

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introduced the character

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as an ally of the

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in ''

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'' #4 (November 1987). In 1993, Janson drew a three-part story featuring Electro for ''

'' #38–40. Janson inked the early issues of ''

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'' which had been written and penciled by

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. Janson's work as an inker and occasional penciler at Marvel Comics includes collaborations with

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on ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. His other work includes ''Batman: Death and the Maidens'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day''. In 2010, he inked Romita Jr.'s pencils on ''The

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''. and in 2014 the two artists collaborated on ''Superman''. Janson was one of the artists on '' The Dark Knight III: The Master Race'' which was co-written by Frank Miller and

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. Janson has taught sequential storytelling at the

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in New York City since the 1990s and has written both ''The DC Comics Guide to Pencilling Comics'' and ''The DC Comics Guide to Inking Comics.'' Janson also holds annual seminars at Marvel for the editorial staff and their up-and-coming artists, and teaches short courses on comics storytelling for the New York-based

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. In 2015, Janson was the Guest of Honor at the 2015

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Awards Ceremony at

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Awards

* Golden Apple Award for Best Artist; Anglo-Saxon Comics Festival *

for The Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award (2010) *

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(2012) * Inkwell Awards for Favorite Inker (2013) * Inkwell Awards Guest of Honor 2015 Awards Ceremony *

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Best Inker: ** 2010 for ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' ** 2013 for ''Captain America'' ** 2016 for ''The Dark Knight III: The Master Race''

Bibliography

Image

* ''Sacred Creatures'' #1–8 (2018)

Atlas/Seaboard Comics

* ''Wulf the Barbarian'' #1–2 (1975)

DC Comics

*'' 9-11 – The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember'' Volume 2 (2002) *''

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 ...

'' #447, 800 (1975, 2003) *'' The Adventures of Superman'' #458, 526, 539 (1989–1996) *''

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 ...

'' #14 (1985) *''

Batgirl Batgirl is the name of several superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, depicted as female counterparts and allies to the superhero Batman. Although the character Betty Kane was introduced into publication in ...

'' #30 (2002) *''

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'' #343–345, 348, 553–554, ''80-Page Giant'' #1 (1982–1998) *''

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Annual'' #1 (1994) *''

Batman Black and White ''Batman Black and White'' refers to the comic book limited series published by DC Comics featuring 8-page black and white Batman stories. Volumes 1, 4 and 5 of the series feature all-new stories (published in 1996, 2013–14, and 2020–21, res ...

'' #3 (1996) *''

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'' #12 (1998) *''Batman: Death and the Maidens'' #1–9 (2003–2004) *''Batman: Gordon of Gotham'' #1–4 (1998) *''Batman: Gordon's Law'' #1–4 (1996) *'' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #6–10 (1990) *'' Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #55 (1996) *'' Batman-Spawn: War Devil'' #1 (1994) *'' Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure'' #1 (2002) *'' Batman: The Dark Knight Returns'' #1–4 (1986) *''Batman 3-D Graphic Novel'' #1 (1990, one page) *''Batman: Toyman'' #1 (1998) *'' Big Book of Little Criminals'' (1996, one page) *'' Convergence Batman and Robin'' #1–2 (2015) *''Dark Days: The Casting'' #1 (2017) *''Dark Days: The Forge'' #1 (2017) *'' The Dark Knight III: The Master Race'' #1–9 (2016–2017) *''

'' #4 (1986) *''

DC Comics Presents ''DC Comics Presents'' is a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1978 to 1986 which ran for 97 issues and four ''Annual''s. It featured team-ups between Superman and a wide variety of other characters in the DC Universe. A recurring back ...

'' #82 (

and

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) (1985) *''

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'' #3 (1985) (adaptation of

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's " Frost and Fire") *''DCU Holiday Bash III'' (1999) *''

'' (Batman) #510, 512, 528, 547, 553–554, 568, 681, 685–686, 720–721, 783, ''Annual'' #1, 10; (

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) #446; (

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) #549–550 (1975–2003) *''

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'' #1 (1978) *''

'' #123, 137 (1997–1998) *''

Heroes Against Hunger ''Heroes Against Hunger'' is a 1986 all-star benefit comic book for African famine relief and recovery. Published by DC Comics in the form of a "comic jam" or exquisite corpse, the book starred Superman and Batman. Spearheaded by Jim Starlin and B ...

'' #1 (1986, two pages) *'' Jemm, Son of Saturn'' #1–5, 7 (1984–1985) *'' JLA: Classified'' #16–18 (2006) *''

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Annual'' #2 (2014) *'' Just Imagine Stan Lee With Scott McDaniel Creating Aquaman'' (2002) *'' The Kamandi Challenge'' #7 (2017) *''Legends of the DC Universe'' #20–21, 28–29, 37–38, ''80-Page Giant'' #2 (1999–2001) *'' Legion Worlds'' #5 (2001) *'' Lobo: A Contract On Gawd'' #1 (1994) *'' New Challengers'' #1–3 (2018) *'' Orion'' #18 (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 #33 (1988) *'' Showcase '93'' #7–8 (1993) *'' Silverblade'' #1 (1987) *''

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'' vol. 3 #53 (1997) *'' Strange Adventures'' vol. 2 #2 (1999) *''

'' #400 (1984) *''Superman'' vol. 3 #32–38, 40–41, 44 (2014–2015) *''Superman Forever'' #1 (1998) *''Superman Lex 2000'' #1 (2001) *'' Superman: The Man of Steel'' #41 (1995) *''

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/The Batman'' #1 (1998) *''Who's Who in Star Trek'' #2 (1987) *''

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Update 1993'' #1 (1992) *''Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe'' #2, 5, 7 (1985) *''

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'' #300 (1984)

Marvel Comics

*''

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'' #25 (1974) *''

'' #209, 244, 250–251, 546, 568–573, 600, 663–664, 674–675, 680–681, 688–691, ''Annual'' #15, ''Annual 2000'' (1980–2012) *''

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'' #31, 33–35 (1974–1976) *'' The Avengers'' #172–173, 182–184, 382, ''Annual'' #15 (1978–1995) *''The Avengers'' vol. 4 #1–12, 14, 16–17 (2010–2011) *''Avengers: The Ultron Imperative'' #1 (2001) *''

'' #4–9, 11–15, 17–23 (1979–1981) *''

Bizarre Adventures ''Marvel Preview'' is a black-and-white comics magazine published by Magazine Management for fourteen issues and the affiliated Marvel Comics Group for ten issues. The final issue additionally carried the imprint Marvel Magazines Group. Publica ...

'' #27 (1981) *''

'' vol. 2 #36 (2001) *''Black Panther'' vol. 3 #1–6, 10–18 (2005–2006) *''Blood and Glory:

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'' #1–3 (1992) *'' Captain Marvel #33, 37–39 (1974–1975) *''

Creatures on the Loose ''Tower of Shadows'' is a horror fiction, horror/fantasy anthology comic book published by the American company Marvel Comics under this and a subsequent name from 1969 to 1975. It featured work by writer-artists Neal Adams, Jim Steranko, Johnny ...

'' #33 (1975) *'' Daredevil'' #124–132, 140, 147–152, 156–161, 163–197, 234, 500, ''Annual'' #5 (1975–1986, 2009) *''Daredevil'' vol. 2 #50 (2003) *'' Daredevil: End of Days'' #1–7 (2012–2013) *''

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'' #13, 15, 19, 35–47, 51, 55–56, 58, ''Giant-Size'' #2, ''Annual'' #1 (1974–1978) *''Defenders'' vol. 2 #1–3 (2001) *''

Doctor Strange Doctor Stephen Strange is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in ''Strange Tales'' #110 (cover-dated July 1963). Doctor Strange serves as Sorce ...

'' vol. 2 #6 (1975) *'' Elektra Saga'' #1–4 (1984) *''Fall of the Hulks: Gamma'' #1 (2010) *''

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'' #296 (1986) *''Fantastic Four Roast'' #1 (1982) *''Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix'' #1–2 (1996) *''

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'' #1–4 (1993–1994) *''Gambit'' vol. 2 #1–4 (1997) *''Ghost Rider, Wolverine, Punisher: Hearts of Darkness'' #1 (1991) *''

Heroes for Hope ''Heroes for Hope: Starring the X-Men'' is a 1985 Marvel comic book designed to raise awareness about hunger in Africa. Proceeds from the comic went to the American Friends Service Committee, to assist in their work on behalf of African famine r ...

'' #1 (1985, two pages) *''

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'' #14–21, 25–27 (1977–1978) *''Howard the Duck'' (black and white magazine) #1–2, 4 (1979–1980) *''

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'' #17–18 (

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backup stories) (1979) *''Hulk Smash'' #1–2 (2001) *''

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'' #227 (1978) *''

'' #6–12 (1973–1974) *'' Kingpin'' #1–7 (2003–2004) *''

Kull the Conqueror ''Kull the Conqueror'' is a 1997 fantasy film about the Robert E. Howard character Kull starring Kevin Sorbo. It is a film adaptation of Howard's Conan novel ''The Hour of the Dragon'', with the protagonist changed to the author's other barbari ...

'' #3, 5–6 (1983–1984) *''

'' #1–5, 7 (1977) *''

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'' #12 (1974) *''Marc Spector: Moon Knight'' #42 (1992) *''

Marvel Age ''Marvel Age'' was a promotional comic book-sized magazine from Marvel Comics published from 1983 to 1994. Basically a comic-length edition of the Bullpen Bulletins page, ''Marvel Age'' contained previews of upcoming Marvel comics, as well as in ...

Annual'' #4 (1988) *''

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'' #1–10, 165 (1988–1994) *''Marvel Double-Shot'' #4 (2003) *''Marvel Holiday Special'' #1 (1992) *''

Marvel Knights Marvel Knights is an imprint of Marvel Comics that contained standalone material taking place inside the Marvel Universe (Earth-616). The imprint originated in 1998 when Marvel outsourced four titles (''Black Panther'', ''Punisher'', '' Daredevil ...

'' #1–6 (2000) *''

Marvel Premiere ''Marvel Premiere'' is an American comic book anthology series that was published by Marvel Comics. In concept it was a tryout book, intended to determine if a character or concept could attract enough readers to justify launching their own seri ...

'' #31 (1976) *''

Marvel Preview ''Marvel Preview'' is a black-and-white comics magazine published by Magazine Management for fourteen issues and the affiliated Marvel Comics Group for ten issues. The final issue additionally carried the imprint Marvel Magazines Group. Publica ...

'' #13 (1978) *''

Marvel Spotlight ''Marvel Spotlight'' is a comic book comics anthology, anthology series published by Marvel Comics as a try-out book. It stood out from Marvel's other try-out books in that most of the featured characters made their first appearance in the series. ...

'' #33 (1977) *''

Marvel Super Special ''Marvel Comics Super Special'' was a 41-issue series of one-shot comic-magazines published by Marvel Comics from 1977 to 1986. They were cover-priced $1.50 to $2.50, while regular color comics were priced 30 cents to 60 cents, Beginning with issue ...

'' #3–4, 15, 18 (1978–1981) *''

Marvel Treasury Edition ''Marvel Treasury Edition'' is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics from 1974 to 1981. It usually featured reprints of previously published stories but a few issues contained new material. The series was published in an oversiz ...

'' #12 (1977) *'' Marvel Two-in-One'' #10 (1975) *'' Master of Kung Fu'' #23 (1974) *''

Midnight Sons The Midnight Sons is a fictional team of supernatural superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Including Ghost Riders Danny Ketch and Johnny Blaze, Blade, and Morbius, the original team first formed as part of ...

Unlimited'' #1 (1993) *''

The Mighty Avengers ''The Mighty Avengers'' is a comic book series that was published by Marvel Comics. Originally written by Brian Michael Bendis, also the writer of '' New Avengers'', the title first featured an officially sanctioned Avengers team of registered ...

'' #15 (2008) *'' Monsters Unleashed'' #3 (1973) *''

'' #4–7 (1981) *''

Nova A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", which is Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. Causes of the dramati ...

'' #25 (1979) *'' Power Man'' #39 (1977) *''

'' vol. 2 #1–5 (1987–1988) *''

The Punisher War Journal ''The Punisher War Journal'' or ''Punisher War Journal'' is the title of two Marvel Comics comic book series featuring the character Frank Castle, also known as the Punisher. The first volume, published from 1988 to 1995, was spun off of a self-ti ...

'' #11 (1989) *''

The Punisher War Zone ''The Punisher War Zone'' or ''Punisher War Zone'' is a comic book spin-off title featuring the Punisher, a fictional character published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The first installment of the series ran for 41 issues and two 64-pa ...

'' #1–7 (1992) *''

Savage Sword of Conan ''The Savage Sword of Conan'' was a black-and-white magazine-format comic book series published beginning in 1974 by Curtis Magazines, an imprint of American company Marvel Comics, and then later by Marvel itself. ''Savage Sword of Conan'' starred ...

'' #48 (1980) *''

'' #0, 1–6 (1996) *'' Silver Surfer Annual '97'' #1 (1997) *''

'' #26, 38–40, 49 (1992–1994) *''

Spider-Man Unlimited ''Spider-Man Unlimited'' is an American animated series by Saban Entertainment which features the Marvel comic book superhero Spider-Man, intended as a loose sequel series to the previous '' Spider-Man: The Animated Series'', which ran from 199 ...

'' vol. 2 #15 (2006) *''Spider-Man: The Lost Years'' #1–3 (1995) *''

St. George Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldier ...

'' #1–6 (1988–1989) *''

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into vari ...

'' #4–7, 10 (1980–1981) *'' Star Wars Annual'' #3 (1983) *''

Supernatural Thrillers ''Supernatural Thrillers'' was an American horror fiction comic book published by Marvel Comics in the 1970s that adapted classic stories of that genre, including works by Robert Louis Stevenson and H. G. Wells, before becoming a vehicle for a su ...

'' #12 (1975) *'' Supreme Power: Hyperion'' #1–5 (2005–2006) *''Tales of the Marvel Universe'' #1 (1997) *''

Tarzan Tarzan (John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adv ...

'' #14–19 (1978) *'' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' #1 (1991) *''

Thor Thor (; from non, Þórr ) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding æsir, god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology, sacred groves ...

'' #240, ''Annual'' #6 (1975–1977) *''Thor'' vol. 2 #1–8, 10–13, 15–17, 19–22, 26–27, ''Annual 1999'' (1998–2000) *''

The Tomb of Dracula ''The Tomb of Dracula'' is an American horror comic book series published by Marvel Comics from April 1972 to August 1979. The 70-issue series featured a group of vampire hunters who fought Count Dracula and other supernatural menaces. On rare ...

'' vol. 2 #4 (1980) *''

Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction ''Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction'' was a 1970s American black-and-white, science fiction comics magazine published by Marvel Comics' parent company, Magazine Management. The anthology title featured original stories and literary adaptations ...

'' #3 (1975) *''

Vampire Tales ''Vampire Tales'' was an American black-and-white horror comics magazine published by Magazine Management, a corporate sibling of Marvel Comics. The series ran 11 issues and one annual publication from 1973 to 1975, and featuring vampires as both ...

'' #2–3 (1973–1974) *'' What If...?'' #3, 28 (1977–1981) *''What If...?'' vol. 2 #100 (1997) *''

'' vol. 2 #2, 17–22 (1988–1990) *''Wolverine'' vol. 3 #20–31 (2004–2005) *''

'' #1–5 (2007–2008) *''X-Men Chronicles'' #1 (1995) *'' X-Men: Legacy'' #208 (2008)

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Klaus Janson
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators {{DEFAULTSORT:Janson, Klaus 1952 births American comics artists American art educators Artists from Bridgeport, Connecticut Comics inkers German emigrants to the United States Inkpot Award winners Living people Marvel Comics people People from Coburg School of Visual Arts faculty