Leonard Kirk is an American-born

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artist living in Canada. He has worked on such properties as ''

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'', '' JSA'', '' Star Trek'', '' Batman'', and ''

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''. Currently Kirk is exclusively signed for

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.Richards, Dave (May 26, 2006)
"The Weight of the World on his Pencil: Leonard Kirk talks "Agents ..."

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Career

Kirk first broke into the comics field pencilling issue #5 of the

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title '' Dinosaurs for Hire'' and issue #1 of '' Captain Canuck'' vol.2. He then went on to pencil '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' comics for Malibu. In 1995, he began working with Marvel, penciling the ''

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'' miniseries. In 1997, he began a long association with

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, beginning with a nearly 60-issue run on the

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written ''Supergirl'' series. Following that, he penciled the

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written ''

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'', which was canceled within a year. He penciled the Fred Van Lente written

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story in the Marvel anthology title '' Amazing Fantasy''. Following that, he illustrated the miniseries, ''

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'', written by Seth Green and Hugh Sterbakov, for

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. He returned for a year to work at DC, filling in on ''

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'' and doing the layouts in '' Detective Comics "

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" storyline '' Face the Face'' that ran through both '' Batman'' and ''Detective Comics''. Later in 2006, Kirk signed an exclusive deal with Marvel Comics, his first project being a six issue Jeff Parker written ''

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'' miniseries, which included Wakandan-born S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Derek Khanata from the Scorpion story he penciled in ''Amazing Fantasy''. Marvel has proceeded to assign him to pencil ''

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: The Avengers'' (from issue #13 onwards), ''

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'', and a fill-in for the ''

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'' storyline in ''

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'' #108. In 2008 Kirk provided the art for '' Captain Britain and MI: 13'', written by

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, which began in May of that year."EXCLUSIVE: Captain Britain and MI:13 #1 Preview"
Comic Book Resources. April 28, 2008. In 2011 Kirk began a run on '' X-Factor'', reuniting him with his ''Supergirl'' collaborator, Peter David, penciling issues 225 - 228. Kirk would return to that title with issue 233, and remained the regular penciller on it until it ended in mid-2013 with issue 256. David has named Kirk one of the three artists whose art has mostly closely matched the visuals he conceived when writing comic book scripts (the others being

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and Dale Keown).

Bibliography

DC Comics

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'' #33-38 (2005-2006) *'' Batman'' #651-654 (2006) *''Bloodhound'' #1-8, 10 (2004-2005) *'' Deadman: Dead Again'' #1, 3, 5 (2001) *'' Detective Comics'' #817-820 (2006) *'' H.E.R.O.'' #12-14 (with writer

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, 2004) *'' JSA'' #33-37, 40-45, 48-51, 74-75 (2002-2005) *'' Legion of Super Heroes'' (vol. 4) #4 *''

'' (vol. 3) #10, 13-31, 34-65, 68-70, 72-74 (1997-2002)

Marvel Comics

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'' #1-3 *''

'' #1-6 (2006) *'' Amazing Fantasy'' #7-12 (2005) *'' World War Hulk Aftersmash: Warbound'' #1-4 (2008) * '' Captain Britain and MI: 13'' #1-4, 6-15 (with

, May 2008-July 2009): ** ''Secret Invasion'' (collects ''Captain Britain and MI: 13'' #1-4, 104 pages,

Panini Comics Panini Comics is an Italian comic book publisher. A division of Panini Group, which also produces collectable stickers, it is headquartered in Modena, Italy. The company publishes comic books in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, Hung ...

, January 2009, , Marvel Comics, March 2009, ) **''Hell Comes To Birmingham'' (collects ''Captain Britain and MI: 13'' #5-9, 120 pages, Panini Comics, June 2009, , Marvel Comics, July 2009, ) **''Vampire State'' (collects ''Captain Britain and MI: 13'' #10-15 + annual #1, 184 pages, Marvel Comics, October 2009, ) *'' All-New Savage She-Hulk'' #4 (2009) * '' Dark X-Men: The Beginning'' #1-3 (with Paul Cornell, September–October 2009, hardcover, December 2009, ) * ''Dark X-Men'' (with Paul Cornell, #1-5 (limited series), January 2010-ongoing, premiere hardcover, June 2010, ) *''

Uncanny X-Men ''Uncanny X-Men'', originally published as ''The X-Men'', is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics since 1963, and is the longest-running series in the X-Men comics franchise. It features a team of superheroes called the X- ...

'' #527 (2010) *'' Avengers vs. Atlas'' #3 (2010) *''

New Mutants The New Mutants are a group of fictional mutant superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, generally in association with the X-Men. Originally depicted as the teenaged junior class at the Xavier Institute, subs ...

'' v3 #17-21 (2010-2011) *''

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'' #1-4 (2011) *'' X-Factor v2'' #225-228, 233-236, 241-245, 249-256 (2011-2013) *''

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'' #1-4 (2013) *'' Fantastic Four'' v5 1-8, 11-14, 642-645 (2014-2015) *''

Squadron Supreme The Squadron Supreme is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, of which there are several notable alternate versions. The original team was created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema, derived from the previous ...

'' v4 1-8, 10-14 (2016-2017) *'' All-New_Wolverine'' #19-25 (2017) *'' Black Panther'' #166-172 (2017-2018) *''Marvel Zombies Resurrection'' #1-4 (limited series) *'' Captain America'' v9 #25-30 (2021) *'' Sabretooth'' #1-5 (2022) *'' Sabretooth & The Exiles'' #1-ongoing (2022-present)

Other publishers

*'' Dinosaurs for Hire'' #5-12 (Malibu Comics) *''

'' #1-6 (Image Comics) *'' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' #9-25, 28, 31 (Malibu Comics) *''Switchblade'' (Silverline) #1-2 *''

'' #71 (Image Comics)

References

External links

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Leonard Kirk's Blog
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