Luke McDonnell (born July 19, 1959) is an

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whose early career was spent specialising in

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Career

Comic books

Luke McDonnell began his career as a

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in 1980 and illustrated a wide variety of comics including long runs on ''

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'', ''

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'' and''

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''. He made his

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debut with the story "Eclipse of Reason" in ''

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'' #12 (March 1981). In 1983, McDonnell and writer

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began a storyline in which the character James Rhodes replaced Tony Stark in the role of Iron Man. McDonnell moved to

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in 1985 and became the regular artist on ''

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'' with issue #245 (Dec. 1985). He drew the title through its final storyline (#258–261) which was written by

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. McDonnell was one of the contributors to the '' DC Challenge'' limited series and then moved over to the ''Suicide Squad '' series written by

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. ''Suicide Squad'' #23 (Jan. 1989) written by Ostrander and

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and drawn by McDonnell, featured

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, the former Batgirl, making her debut as Oracle. The Ostrander, Yale, and McDonnell team produced a ''

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'' limited series as well. In 1995, McDonnell drew the final two issues of an '' Argus'' limited series after which his comics work has appeared only occasionally.

Yoe! Studio

McDonnell mainly works as a toy designer and illustrator at

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's Yoe! Studio.

Bibliography

DC Comics

* '' Argus'' #5–6 (1995) * '' Armageddon: Inferno'' #1–4 (1992) * '' Atom Special'' #2 (1995) * '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #115 (1999) * ''

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'' #45 (1990) * '' DC Challenge'' #12 (1986) * ''

'' #1–4 (1988–1989) * ''

Detective Comics ''Detective Comics'' is an American comic book series published by Detective Comics, later shortened to DC Comics. The first volume, published from 1937 to 2011 (and later continued in 2016), is best known for introducing the superhero Batman i ...

'' #634 (1991) * '' Eclipso'' #4–6 (1993) * '' Green Lantern: Mosaic'' #14, 16–18 (1993) * '' Hawkman'' vol. 3 #7–8, 12 (1994) * ''

Hawkworld ''Hawkworld'' is a comic book series published by American company DC Comics from 1989 to 1993. The initial storyline was published as a three-issue mini-series and then, based on the high sales and interest level generated by this limited serie ...

Annual'' #3 (1992) * ''

'' #245–261 (1985–1987) * ''Justice League of America'' #0 (2006) * ''Outlaws'' #1–8 (1991–1992) * ''

'' vol. 2 #1–13 (1989–1990) * '' Secret Origins'' vol. 2 #11 ( Hawkman), #14 (Suicide Squad) (1987) * ''

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Strikes! Annual'' #1 (1989) * ''

'' #1–24, 35, 38–39, 44, 46, 49–51 (1987–1991) * ''

Weird War Tales ''Weird War Tales'' was a war comic book title with supernatural overtones published by DC Comics. It was published from September–October 1971 to June 1983. Publication history The original title ran for 12 years and 124 issues. It was ...

'' #102 (1981) * ''

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'' #1, 3, 9 (1990–1991) * ''Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe'' #9, 11–12, 14, 18, 22, 25 (1985–1987) * ''Who's Who: Update '87'' #1, 3–5 (1987) * ''Who's Who Update '88'' #1, 3–4 (1988)

First Comics

* ''Crossroads'' #5 (

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, Dreadstar, and Nexus) (1988) * ''

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'' #33–40 (1987–1989) * ''

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'' #68 (1990)

Marvel Comics

* ''

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'' #219 (1981) * '' Daredevil'' #202, 204 (1984) * ''

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'' #146 (1985) * ''

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'' #12, 20 (1983–1984) * ''

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'' #63 (1981) * ''

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'' #2–3 (1982) * ''

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Summer Vacation Spectacular'' #1 (1990) * ''

'' #151, 161, 163–187, 189–195, ''Annual'' #6–7 (1981–1985) * ''

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'' #5 (

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) (1982) * ''

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'' #46 (1982) * ''

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'' #1, 4–5, 12–14 (1983–1984) * ''Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition'' #16 (1987) * '' Savage Sword of Conan'' #86, 153, 177 (1983–1990) * ''

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'' #55, 68, 105–106 (1981–1985) * ''

'' #12, 14, 16 (1981) * ''

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'' #78 (1983) * '' Team America'' #3–4, 7 (1982) * '' Thor Annual'' #9 (1981) * ''

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'' vol. 2 #18, 26, 44 (1990–1992)

YOE Studio!

* '' Big Boy Magazine'' #529–533 (2007–2008)

References

External links

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Luke McDonnell
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators {{DEFAULTSORT:McDonnell, Luke 1959 births 20th-century American artists American comics artists DC Comics people Living people Marvel Comics people Palo Alto High School alumni