Pat Broderick (born November 26, 1953) is an

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, known for his work on the ''

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'' and ''

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'' for

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, and ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' for

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. Broderick also pencilled the four-part " Batman: Year Three" storyline, written by

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, which detailed the first meeting of

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and

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as well as

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's first appearance.

Career

Comics

Soon after graduating from high school in

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, Broderick flew to New York in the early 1970s to compete in

' junior bullpen program, a nationwide art and writing contest held at the July 4 convention at the Commodore Hotel. Presenting his work to DC editors

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and

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, Broderick was almost immediately placed in the junior bullpen program and drew filler pages and short stories for various 100 Page Super Spectaculars. During this period, Broderick also worked for

Neal Adams Neal Adams (June 15, 1941 – April 28, 2022) was an American comic book artist. He was the co-founder of the graphic design studio Continuity Associates, and was a creators-rights advocate who helped secure a pension and recognition for Supe ...

and

Dick Giordano Richard Joseph Giordano (; July 20, 1932 – March 27, 2010) was an American comics artist and editor whose career included introducing Charlton Comics' "Action Heroes" stable of superheroes and serving as executive editor of DC Comics. Early ...

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as a member of the

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. In 1975, after sporadic work with DC and Marvel, Broderick joined the team at Atlas Comics. His time at Atlas was short-lived, and Broderick soon found himself back at Marvel, working on various titles for their black-and-white line,

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. This led to working on '' Captain Marvel'' and then ''The

''. He drew the ''Micronauts'' series from #19 (July 1980) to #34 (Oct. 1981). Writer

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and Broderick created the

Creature Commandos The Creature Commandos are a fictional DC Comics team of military superhumans originally set in World War II. The original team was introduced in ''Weird War Tales'' #93 (November 1980), created by J. M. DeMatteis and Pat Broderick. The team was c ...

in ''

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'' #93 (November 1980). In 1981, he abruptly left Marvel for DC. As he said in a 2003 interview, "

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had all but informed me that, in his opinion, my art sucked and that I would never get another raise there, regardless of how well my books were selling. So one quick phone call to DC and I was in." Broderick was one of the artists on the double-sized ''

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'' #200 (March 1982). He and writer

Gerry Conway Gerard Francis Conway Thomas, Roy. "Roy's Rostrum" ("Bullpen Bulletins") in '' Marvel Super-Heroes'' #43 and other Marvel Comics cover-dated May 1974. (born September 10, 1952) is an American comic book writer, comic book editor, screenwriter, t ...

launched ''

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'' in June 1982. Broderick briefly drew the

feature in ''

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'' in 1985. ''

'', a Charlton Comics character purchased by DC, was given an ongoing series in March 1987 which was written by Cary Bates and drawn by Broderick. Writer

and Broderick created

in the " Batman: Year Three" story. Broderick drew the ''

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'' series from 1989 to 1990 and then launched the ''

'' volume 3 series with

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. After ten years at DC, Broderick's relationship with that company soured. According to him, he "was being abused by iseditors,

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and

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, and was really just fed up with their attitude." Shooter was no longer at Marvel which offered him work again and Broderick returned, where he worked as the regular penciller first on ''

'' and ''

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''.

Advertising

In 1995, Broderick turned to advertising full-time, moving to Dallas to lead the in-house creative department at Tracy Locke and Partnership. The company handled packaging, print, and television ads for

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Pizza Hut Pizza Hut is an American multinational restaurant chain and international franchise founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kansas by Dan and Frank Carney. They serve their signature pan pizza and other dishes including pasta, breadsticks and dessert at d ...

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, Harrah's Casinos, and

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. This led to design work for

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on the 2001 movie, '' Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius''.

Later career

In 2003, Broderick returned to comics with the short-lived

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. He was scheduled to work on the title ''Peacekeepers'', but it was never published, and Future went out of business shortly thereafter. In 2004,

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revived ''Micronauts'', with Broderick returning to the title. He drew three issues before it was cancelled. That same year, Broderick was a member of the animation department faculty at Tampa's

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. Broderick was elected an Inkwell Awards Ambassador in January 2018. In August 2018, Broderick was elevated to Special Ambassador status. His term of service ended in May 2020.

Art style

Broderick is known for his detailed, expressive art, and his characters' large eyes. There is some resemblance between Broderick's art and Michael Golden's late 1970s style. Broderick has acknowledged his admiration of Golden's work. Through his career, Broderick has often teamed with inker Bruce Patterson on such titles as ''Alpha Flight'', ''Green Lantern'', ''

'', ''

'', and ''

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''.

Bibliography

Atlas/Seaboard Comics

* ''Blazing Battle Tales'' #1 (1975) * ''Phoenix'' #3 (1975) * ''Planet of Vampires'' #1–2 (1975)

DC Comics

* ''

'' #256–258; #436–439 (1974–1989) * ''

The Brave and the Bold ''The Brave and the Bold'' is a comic book series published by DC Comics as an ongoing series from 1955 to 1983. It was followed by two mini-series in 1991 and 1999, and was revived as an ongoing title in 2007. The focus of the series has varied ...

'' #113–114 (three pages each) (1974) * ''

'' #1–19, 21–28, ''Annual'' #1–2 (1988–1989) * '' COPS'' #1–2, 5–10, 13 (1988–1989) * ''

DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel ''DC Graphic Novel'' is a line of graphic novel trade paperbacks published from 1983 to 1986 by DC Comics. The series generally featured stand-alone stories featuring new characters and concepts with one notable exception. ''The Hunger Dogs'' ...

'' #7 (1987) * ''

'' #442 (one page); #490–491, 547–552 (1974–1985) * ''

The Flash The Flash (or simply Flash) is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1 (cover date ...

'' #303–304 (1981) * ''

'' #1–7, 10–17, 22 (1982–1984) * ''

G.I. Combat ''G.I. Combat'' was an American comics anthology featuring war stories. It was published from 1952 until 1956 by Quality Comics, followed by DC Comics until its final issue in 1987. In 2012 it was briefly revived. Publication history The focu ...

'' #260 (1983) * ''

'' vol. 3 #1–8, 13, 19–24 (1990–1992) * ''

House of Mystery ''The House of Mystery'' is the name of several horror, fantasy, and mystery Comics anthologies published by DC Comics. It had a companion series, ''The House of Secrets''. It is also the name of the titular setting of the series. First serie ...

'' #226 (three pages) (1974) * ''

'' #111 (three pages); #200 (1974–1982) * ''

'' vol. 2 #284–287, 309 (1982–1984) * ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' vol. 3 #46–47, 49 (1988) * ''

Lords of the Ultra-Realm ''Lords of the Ultra-Realm'' is a six-issue comic book Limited series (comics), limited series, created and written by Doug Moench, illustrated by Pat Broderick, and published in 1986 in comics, 1986 by DC Comics, followed by a 1987 in comics, 19 ...

'' #1–6, ''Special'' #1 (1986–1987) * ''

New Guardians The New Guardians were a DC Comics superhero team featured in the short-lived eponymous series ''The New Guardians''. It was a spin-off from the ''Millennium'' event and ran for twelve issues, from 1988 through 1989, before being canceled. It is ...

'' #10–12 (1989) * '' The New Teen Titans'' vol. 2 #35 (1987) * '' Ragman'' vol. 2 #1–8 (1991–1992) * ''

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. 3 #9 (2015) * '' Shazam!'' #13 (four pages) (1974) * ''

'' vol. 2 #90–93, 95–97, 99–100, ''Annual'' #4 (1988–1990) * '' Sword of the Atom Special'' #3 (1988) * '' The Unexpected'' #218 (1982) * ''

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'' #79, ''Annual'' #4 (1984–1985) * ''

'' #93, 107–108 (1980–1982) * ''

Who's Who in the DC Universe ''Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe'' (1985–87), usually referred to simply as ''Who's Who'', is the umbrella title for a number of comic book series which DC Comics published to catalogue the wide variety of fictional cha ...

'' #3–7, 11, 14 (1990–1991) * ''Who's Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes'' #1 (1988) * ''Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe'' #2–5, 7, 16 (1985–1986) * ''Who's Who: Update '87'' #1–2, 4 (1987) * ''Who's Who Update '88'' #1, 4 (1988) * '' The Witching Hour'' #81 (1978) * ''

World's Finest Comics ''World's Finest Comics'' was an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1941 to 1986. The series was initially titled ''World's Best Comics'' for its first issue; issue #2 (Summer 1941) switched to the more familiar name. Michael ...

'' #225 (one page) (1974)

Milestone Media

* ''

Blood Syndicate The Blood Syndicate is a fictional multicultural vigilante gang of superhumans created by Milestone Media, Milestone Comics and published by DC Comics. The team first appeared in ''Blood Syndicate'' #1 (April 1993), and was created by Dwayne McDu ...

'' #32 (1995)

Paradox Press

* '' The Big Book of Bad'' (1998) * ''The Big Book of Conspiracies'' (1995) * ''The Big Book of Little Criminals'' (1996) * ''The Big Book of the Weird Wild West'' (1998) * ''The Big Book of Urban Legends'' (1994)

Devil's Due Publishing

* ''Micronauts'' #1–3 (2004)

Eclipse Comics

* ''Sun Runners'' #4–5 (1984–1985)

Marvel Comics

* ''

'' #109–112, 114–120, 122–124, ''Special'' #1 (1992–1993) * ''

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'' #10 (1979) * '' Captain Marvel'' #55–62 (1978–1979) * ''

'' #3–4 (1991–1992) * ''

Crazy Magazine ''Crazy Magazine'' is an illustrated satire and humor magazine that was published by Marvel Comics from 1973 to 1983 for a total of 94 regular issues (and two ''Super Special''s (Summer 1975, 1980)). It was preceded by two standard-format comic b ...

'' #68–69, 75, 77 (1980–1981) * ''

Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Deadly may refer to: * Deadliness, the ability to cause death Arts and entertainment * ''Deadly'', a 2011 novel by Julie Chibbaro * ''Deadly'', a children's book series by Morris Gleitzman and Paul Jennings * ''Deadly'' (Australian TV series), a ...

'' #18, 25 (1975–1976) * ''

Deathlok Deathlok (also referred to as Deathlok the Demolisher) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in '' Astonishing Tales'' #25 (Aug. 1974), created by Rich Buckler. At least three sub ...

Annual'' #1 (1992) * ''

'' #1–8, 10–12, 14–15, 17–30 (1993–1995) * ''Haunt of Horror'' #3 (1974) * '' Marvel Comics Presents'' #118 (1992) * ''

Marvel Fanfare ''Marvel Fanfare'' was an anthology comic book series published by American company Marvel Comics. It was a showcase title featuring a variety of characters from the Marvel universe. Volume one ''Marvel Fanfare'' featured characters and settings ...

'' #25–26 (

Weirdworld ''Weirdworld'' was a fantasy series created by Doug Moench and Mike Ploog for American company Marvel Comics, set in a dimension of magic. A comic book series titled ''Weirdworld'' debuted in 2015 as a tie-in to the ''Secret Wars'' storyline, fol ...

) (1986) * ''Marvel Holiday Special'' #3 (1994) * ''

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 ...

'' #23–24 ( Iron Fist) (1975) * ''

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. ...

'' vol. 2 #1–3 (Captain Marvel) (1979) * ''

Marvel Team-Up ''Marvel Team-Up'' is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series featured two or more Marvel characters in one story. The series was originally published from March 1972 through February 1985, and featured Spider-Man as ...

'' #91 (1980) * '' Master of Kung Fu'' #70 (1978) * ''

'' #19–34 (1980–1981) * ''

Punisher The Punisher (Francis "Frank" Castle, born Castiglione) is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru. The Punisher made ...

'' vol. 3 #5–6 (1996) * ''

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'' #30 (1992) * ''

Red Sonja Red Sonja is a fictional sword and sorcery comic-book superheroine created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Barry Windsor-Smith for Marvel Comics in 1973, partially inspired by Robert E. Howard's character Red Sonya of Rogatino. Marvel Comics ...

'' vol. 3 #5–6 (1985) * ''

The Sensational Spider-Man ''The Sensational Spider-Man'' is a comic book series starring Spider-Man published by Marvel Comics for 35 issues (#0–33, with # -1 published in July 1997 between #17 and #18), from January 1996 until November 1998. Publication history '' ...

'96'' #1 (1996) * ''

Spider-Man Spider-Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in the anthology comic book '' Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) in the ...

'' #62 (1995) * ''Spider-Man and X-Factor: Shadowgames'' #1–3 (1994) * ''

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 ...

'' #6 (one page) (1975) * '' What If...?'' #19 (Spider-Man) (1980)

Pacific Comics

* ''Sun Runners'' #1–2 (1984)

Shadow House Press

* ''Shadow House'' #1–5 (1997–1998)

References

External links

*
Pat Broderick
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators

{{DEFAULTSORT:Broderick, Pat 1953 births Advertising artists and illustrators American comics artists Animation educators Living people Artists from Tampa, Florida