Norm Rapmund

Norm Rapmund is an American comic book inker.

Career

Image Comics and Marvel

Rapmund's career began with Image Comics' ''Brigade'' #1 in 1992. He worked on the series concurrently with Image titles '' Bloodstrike'' and '' Team Youngblood'' until 1994, when he moved from ''Brigade'' to '' Supreme''. Rapmund worked on several series under the Image banner (including the Extreme Studios and Maximum Press imprints), and in 1997 inked several issues of Alan Moore's '' Supreme: The New Adventures'' as well as issue #3 of Alan Moore's ''Judgment Day'' limited series. Work on a pair of 1997 Image/Marvel Comics crossover titles, ''Spider-Man/Badrock'' and ''Silver Surfer/ Weapon Zero'', led to more jobs with Marvel on ''Avengers'', ''Iron Man'', and ''Fantastic Four''.

DC Comics

Rapmund began working primarily on DC Comics titles, starting in April 1998 with ''Teen Titans'' (vol. 2) #19; at the time the series was being written and pencilled by Dan Jurgens, who had written ''Spider-Man/Badrock''. After the ''Titans'' series was canceled in September 1998 (issue #24), Rapmund inked various DC titles, including ''Superman'', ''Superboy'', ''Young Justice'', and ''Action Comics''. He worked on ''Aquaman'' vol. 5 from issue #50-75 (Dec. 1998 - Jan. 2001)

Starting in September 2000, Rapmund also inked issues of Marvel's ''Wolverine'' vol. 2 and ''X-Men'', staying with these series after ''Aquaman'' ended in 2001. His work on ''Wolverine'' ended with the issue #179 cover (September 2002), and Rapmund continued inking various Marvel and DC titles, as well as Image Comics' ''Masters of the Universe'', a series which coincided with the 2002-2003 revival of the 1980s He-Man franchise. Transitioning primarily to Marvel's ''Black Panther'' and ''Fantastic Four'' in late 2003, Rapmund worked heavily on ''X-Treme X-Men'' in early 2004 as well as returning to the ''Teen Titans'', whose latest series was being written by Geoff Johns. This was followed by a stint with Marvel's '' Rogue'' from 2004 to 2005 and various other Marvel and DC titles, culminating with DC's ''Supergirl'' and ''Infinite Crisis'' from 2005 to 2006. Among his next titles were the DC limited series '' 52'' and ''Countdown to Final Crisis'' in 2007, with Rapmund then on contract with DC Comics.

DC began a new ''Booster Gold'' series in October 2007, with art by Jurgens (who had created the character in 1986), Rapmund and (initial) co-writers Geoff Johns and Jeff Katz. He and Jurgens briefly left the title to work on '' Time Masters: Vanishing Point''. At the conclusion of that series, it was announced that he would return to ''Booster Gold'', along with Dan Jurgens, in May 2011 with Issue #44. Rapmund also worked on various other DC titles concurrently and has worked on several Flash comic books.

Awards

Rapmund won the Inkwell Awards Favorite Inker Award in 2014. In 2016, Rapmund was nominated for the Inkwell Awards Most Adaptable award.Inkwell Awards 2016 Winners
/ref> In 2021, he won the Inkwell Awards Most Adaptable Inker. In 2022, he was awarded the Inkwell Awards Most Adaptable Inker again.

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Living people
American comics artists
Year of birth missing (living people)