Óscar Jiménez is a Spanish

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artist,

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and

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Career

Jimenez started out in 1993 inking Carlos Pacheco's pencils at

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and rapidly became well known in the American comic industry for his art on titles such as '' The Flash'', ''

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'' and ''

Contest of Champions II ''Contest of Champions II'' is a five-issue comic book limited series published from September to November 1999 by Marvel Comics. The series was written by Chris Claremont and pencilled by Oscar Jimenez and Michael Ryan. The series is unrelated t ...

''. He commenced work on '' Avataars: Covenant of the Shield'' but, according to editor

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, "Oscar Jimenez fell apart halfway through the project, requiring us to bring in other diverse hands to finsih it up." The artist has recently returned to mainstream American comics work under the pseudonym Juan Barranco, filling in on '' Squadron Supreme''. He is currently doing work on

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's ''

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'' series as well as ''

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: The Last Battle'', a mini-series being written by

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Bibliography

*'' Motormouth & Killpower'' #12 (inks, with writer

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and pencils by Carlos Pacheco,

, May 1993) *'' Dark Guard'' (inks, with writer Dan Abnett and pencils by Carlos Pacheco, 4-issue mini-series, Marvel UK, October 1993 - January 1994) *'' The Flash'' #100-102, 106-116 (pencils, with writer

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, April 1995 - August 1996) *''

'' #8-9 (pencils, with writer

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, DC Comics, August–September 1997) *''

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'' vol. 2 #1-3 (pencils, with

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, October–December 1997) *'' Wolverine: Black Rio'' (pencils, with writer Joe Casey, graphic novel,

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, November 1998) *''

'' #1-3,5 (pencils, with writer

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, Marvel Comics, September–December 1999) *'' Avataars: Covenant of the Shield'' #1-2 (pencils, with writer

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, 3-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, September–October 2000) *'' Squadron Supreme'' #6 (pencils as Juan Barranco, with writer Joseph Michael Straczynski, Marvel Comics, October 2006) *''

'' #3-7 (with writer Warren Ellis,

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, July–December 2008) *''

: The Last Battle'' (with

, Avatar Press, July 2009-ongoing)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jimenez, Oscar 1974 births Living people Spanish illustrators People from Badalona Spanish comics artists DC Comics people Marvel Comics people