Humberto Ramos (born 27 November 1970) is a Mexican comic book penciller, best known for his work on

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s such as '' Impulse'', ''

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'', '' The Spectacular Spider-Man'', '' The Amazing Spider-Man'' and his creator-owned series ''

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''.

Career

Humberto Ramos began his career in 1989 at Kaboom Cómics. He was later hired by DC Comics as the regular penciller for their Flash spin-off '' Impulse'', which launched in March 1995. Written by

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, the superhero/teen comedy series focused on young speedster

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, the grandson of the second Flash, Barry Allen, and his struggles with growing up in an alienated Alabama suburb. In 1998, Ramos co-founded the imprint Cliffhanger with comic book artists Joe Madureira and

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. They created the imprint, housed by Jim Lee's

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division Wildstorm, to publish their creator-owned comic books outside the mainstream superhero genre. Both Campbell and Madureira had already built large fanbases with their previous work on '' Gen¹³'' and '' Uncanny X-Men'' respectively, and were two of the most popular comic book artists at the time. Ramos, on the other hand, was not as popular and his inclusion on the imprint was perceived as second choice, after fan-favorite Michael Turner declined because he was still under contract at Top Cow. Ramos' first Cliffhanger title ''Crimson'' ran for 24 issues and two one-shots, with poor success. It was followed by the fantasy/ mystery series ''Out There'', months later. Ramos also began illustrating the covers of '' Peter Parker: Spider-Man'' with issue #30 and—beginning with May 2002's ''Peter Parker: Spider-Man'' #44—additionally did the interior artwork on the four-issue story arc "A Death in the Family" (later collected as ''Spider-Man: Return of the Goblin''; ), written by Paul Jenkins. Humberto Ramos at Super-Con 2009 1

After his Cliffhanger contract expired, and ''Out There'' concluded after 18 issues in early 2003, Ramos left the imprint, apparently not on the best terms, and launched a new ''Spider-Man'' title, '' The Spectacular Spider-Man''. The book reunited Ramos with ''Peter Parker: Spider-Man'' writer Paul Jenkins and earned him a 2005 Harvey Award nomination as Best Cover Artist. While Ramos worked on ''Spectacular Spider-Man'', another book created by him (although illustrated by Francisco Herrera), the six-issue miniseries '' Kamikaze'', which had originally been planned for 2001, was published by WildStorm under the Cliffhanger imprint. In 2005, Ramos' creator-owned six-issue miniseries ''Revelations'' began publication by Dark Horse Comics. Following ''Revelations'', Ramos returned to Marvel Comics, joining writer Marc Guggenheim as the new creative team on '' Wolverine'', beginning with issue #42 in March 2006. The same month also saw the release of the first volume of the

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''Kookaburra K'', a series of three 46-page comic albums Ramos illustrated for French comic publisher Soleil Productions, written by French comic book creator

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. Ramos worked with writer Terry Moore on ''

'' from 2008 to 2009, and became one of the regular artists on '' The Amazing Spider-Man'' in 2010. In April 2014, Ramos and writer Dan Slott launch Amazing Spider-Man as part of Marvel NOW!. The first issue of this new version of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is, according to Diamond Comics Distributors, "The Best Selling Comic of the 21st Century." In 2016, Ramos and writer

co-created The Champions for Marvel.

Bibliography

Interior work

*'' Hardware'' (with Dwayne McDuffie, Milestone): ** "A Bird in the Hand" (in #15, 1994) ** "The Landing of the Mothership" (in #19, 1994) ** "Trust Never Sleeps" (with Matt Wayne and Adam S. Blaustein, in #22-24, 1994–1995) ** "Hard Times" (with Denys Cowan, in #25, 1995) ** "Keep on Pushin" (in #29, 1995) *''

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'' ( DC Comics): ** "Worlds Collide" (with Louise Simonson and Chris Batista, in #7, 1994) ** "Crucible of Freedom" (with Jon Bogdanove, in ''Annual'' #1, 1994) *'' Blood Syndicate'' #18: "Silent Vigil" (with

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, DC Comics, 1994) *'' Superboy'' #9-10 (with Karl Kesel, DC Comics, 1994) *'' Impulse'' #1-6, 8–13, 16–17, 19–20, 23-25 (with

, DC Comics, 1995–1997) *'' Shi: Senryaku'' #3 (with

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and various artists,

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, 1995) *'' The Flash Annual'' #8: "Kid Flash, Day Two!" (with Tom Peyer, DC Comics, 1995) *'' The Savage Hulk'': "The Strongest One There is" (with Scott Lobdell,

one-shot One shot may refer to: Film and television * One-shot film, a feature film shot in one long take with no edits, or manufactured to look like so * ''One Shot'' (2005 film), a Sri Lankan action film directed by Ranjan Ramanayake * ''One Shot'' (2 ...

, Marvel, 1996) *'' Static'' #32: "Full Yellow Jacket" (with Adam S. Blaustein and Yves Fezzani, DC Comics, 1996) *'' Gen¹³'' #9: "Hearts and Minds" (with

, Brandon Choi and Jim Lee, Wildstorm, 1996) *'' X-Nation 2099'' #1-3 (with Tom Peyer and Ben Raab, Marvel, 1996) *'' Gen¹³: The Unreal World'' (with

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, one-shot, Wildstorm, 1996) *'' DV8'' (with Warren Ellis, Wildstorm): **''DV8: Rave'' (one-shot, 1996) **''DV8'' #1-2, 4-7 (1996–1997) *'' Ash'' ( Event): **''Ash/22 Brides'' #1-2 (with Fabian Nicieza, 1996–1997) **''Ash'' #½ (with

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, James Robinson and Joe Quesada, 1997) **''Ash: Cinder and Smoke'' #1-6 (with Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn, 1997) *'' Uncanny X-Men'' #346: "The Story of the Year!" (with Scott Lobdell and Joe Madureira, Marvel, 1997) *''

'' #1-24 (with Brian Augustyn, Oscar Pinto, Francisco Gerardo Haghenbeck, Cliffhanger, 1998–2001) *'' JLA: World Without Grown-Ups'' #1-2 (with Todd Dezago and Mike McKone, DC Comics, 1998) *'' Secret Origins 80-Page Giant'' #1: "The Secret Origin of Impulse Actual Reality" (with Mark Waid, DC Comics, 1998) *''

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'': "Heroes for the Next Century!" (with

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, Ron Lim and Sean Phillips, one-shot, DC Comics, 1999) *''

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'' #165: "Help!" (with Jeph Loeb, DC Comics, 2001) *''Out There'' #1-18 (with Brian Augustyn, Cliffhanger, 2001–2003) *'' 9-11'': ** "Untitled" (script and art, in ''Volume 1'',

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, 2002) ** "A Burning Hate" (with David S. Goyer and Geoff Johns, in ''Volume 2'', DC Comics, 2002) *'' Peter Parker: Spider-Man'' #44-47: "A Death in the Family" (with Paul Jenkins, Marvel, 2002) *'' The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #1-10, 17-18 (with Paul Jenkins, Marvel, 2003–2004) *''Revelations'' #1-6 (with Paul Jenkins, Dark Horse, 2005–2006) *'' Wolverine'' #42-48: "Vendetta" (with Marc Guggenheim, Marvel, 2006) *'' X-Men v2'' #194-196, 200-203 (with Mike Carey, Marvel, 2006–2007) *''Kookaburra K'' #1-3 (with

and James Hicks, Soleil Productions, 2006–2010) *'' The Goon: Noir'' #3: "The Wisdom of the Goon" (with Arvid Nelson, Dark Horse, 2007) *'' New X-Men'' #44-46: "Messiah Complex" (with Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost, Marvel, 2007–2008) *''

v3'' #1-6: "Dead Wrong" (with Terry Moore, Marvel, 2008–2009) *'' X-Men: Manifest Destiny'' #3: "Uncheerable" (with Christopher Yost, Marvel, 2009) *'' Avengers: The Initiative'' #21-25: "Disassembled" (with Christos Gage, Marvel, 2009) *'' Hulked Out Heroes'' #1-2 (with Jeff Parker, Marvel, 2010) *'' The Amazing Spider-Man'' #648-651, 654.1, 667–672, 676, 678–679, 684–685, 692–694, 699–700, 800 '' FCBD '11'' (with Dan Slott, Marvel, 2011–2018) *''The Amazing Spider-Man'' vol.3 #1-6, 8, 16-18 (with Dan Slott, Marvel, 2014–2015) *''The Amazing Spider-Man'' vol.5 #1, 6–10, 17–18, 20, 22, 25, 49 (with Nick Spencer, Marvel, 2018–2020) *'' The Superior Spider-Man'' #6-8, 14–16, 22-26 (with Dan Slott, Marvel, 2013) *'' Extraordinary X-Men'' #1-5, 8-12 (with Jeff Lemire, Marvel, 2016) *''Champions (vol.2)'' #1-18 (with

, Marvel, 2017) *''

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'' #1-18 (with Skottie Young, Marvel, 2020–2022)

Cover work

*'' Hardware'' #20, 30 ( Milestone, 1994–1995) *'' Impulse'' #7, 14–15, 18, 21–22, 85, ''Annual'' #1 ( DC Comics, 1995–2002) *'' Showcase '95'' #5 (DC Comics, 1995) *''

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'' #392 ( Marvel, 1995) *'' 2099 A.D. Genesis'' #1 (Marvel, 1996) *''Defcon 4'' #1 ( Wildstorm, 1996) *'' Doom 2099'' #41 (Marvel, 1996) *'' Fantastic Four 2099'' #5 (Marvel, 1996) *'' Spider-Man 2099'' #43 (Marvel, 1996) *'' X-Men 2099'' #32 (Marvel, 1996) *'' Prime'' #10-15 ( Malibu, 1996) *'' Devil Dinosaur Spring Fling'' #1 (Marvel, 1997) *'' Generation X'' #32 (Marvel, 1997) *''Lugo'' #5 (Cygnus Comics, 1998) *'' Wildcats'' #1 ( Wildstorm, 1999) *'' Young Justice 80-Page Giant'' #1 (DC Comics, 1999) *'' Danger Girl'' #6 ( Cliffhanger, 1999) *'' Action Comics'' #762 (DC Comics, 2000) *'' Dirty Pair: Run from the Future'' #4 (

, 2000) *''Battle Gods: Warriors of the Chaak'' #2 (Dark Horse, 2000) *''

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'' #4 (Cliffhanger, 2000) *''

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'' #8 ( Gorilla, 2000) *''

Annual'' #12 (DC Comics, 2000) *'' Superman: The Man of Steel'' #106 (DC Comics, 2000) *'' Battle Chasers'' #7 (Cliffhanger, 2001) *''Silke'' #2 (Dark Horse, 2001) *'' Vampi'' #7 ( Harris, 2001) *'' Peter Parker: Spider-Man'' #30-41 (Marvel, 2001–2002) *'' Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle'' #1-3 (Dark Horse, 2001–2002) *'' Young Justice'' #44-45 (DC Comics, 2002) *''

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'' #101 (DC Comics, 2002) *'' Superboy'' #99 (DC Comics, 2002) *'' The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #19-20 (Marvel, 2004) *''

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'' #2 (Dark Horse, 2005) *''

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'' #5 (

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, 2005) *''Abiding Perdition'' #1 (

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, 2005) *'' Rex Mundi'' #18 (Image, 2006) *''

v3'' #7-9 (Marvel, 2009) *'' Young X-Men'' #6 (Marvel, 2008) *'' X-Men: Manifest Destiny'' #1-2, 4-5 (Marvel, 2008–2009) *'' Captain Britain and MI13'' #8 (Marvel, 2009) *'' Avengers: The Initiative Featuring Reptil'' #1 (Marvel, 2009) *'' X-Men vs. Agents of Atlas'' #1-2 (Marvel, 2009–2010) *''

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'' #899-885 (Marvel, 2009–2011) *'' Avengers vs. Atlas'' #1-4 (Marvel, 2010) *'' Dragon Age'' #1-6 ( IDW, 2010) *'' Wolverine: Origins'' #47 (Marvel, 2010) *'' Heroic Age: Prince of Power'' #1 (Marvel, 2010) *'' Avengers & the Infinity Gauntlet'' #1 (Marvel, 2010) *''

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'' #1-4 ( Boom! Studios, 2010–2011) *''

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'' #4 (Marvel, 2010) *'' The Amazing Spider-Man'' #667, 677 (Marvel, 2011–2012) *'' Onslaught Unleashed'' #1-4 (Marvel, 2011) *'' Uncanny X-Men'' #535 (Marvel, 2011) *''

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'' #1 (Marvel, 2011) *'' Fear Itself'' #6 (Marvel, 2011) *'' X-Men v3'' #18 (Marvel, 2011) *''

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'' #1, 3 (Marvel, 2012) *'' Carnage U.S.A.'' #1 (Marvel, 2012) *'' Age of Apocalypse'' #1-2, 4 (Marvel, 2012) *''Fanboys vs. Zombies'' #1 ( Boom! Studios, 2012) *''

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'' #50 (Marvel, 2012) *'' Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant'' tpb (Marvel, 2012) *''

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'' #1 (Marvel, 2012) *''Vitriol the Hunter'' #3 (IDW, 2013) *''Secret Wars: Spider-Island'' #1-5 (Marvel, 2015) *''

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'' #11 (Marvel, 2016) *''The Amazing Mary Jane'' #1-5 (Marvel, 2019–2020)

References

External links

*
Ramos' blogHumberto Ramos at the Comic Book DBHumberto Ramos on Marvel.comHumberto Ramos interview (Spanish)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramos, Humberto 1970 births Living people Mexican comics artists