Ron J. Wagner is an

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who has drawn for titles such as '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', ''

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'', '' Nth Man: The Ultimate Ninja'', and '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight''. He is also an animation

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, games designer, and portrait artist. He attended the

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, in a class which also included

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, and

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. Wagner's earliest work in professional comics, while in his third and final year at the Kubert School, was drawing backgrounds for Stan Woch in

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. While penciler on ''

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'', Wagner repeatedly came into conflict with the

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due to his insertion of sexually explicit content into his backgrounds.

Bibliography

In roughly chronological order, comics work includes: *''

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'' #15,

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, 1985 *''

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'' (vol 2) (pencils and inks for "Camerone!",

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, 1986) *'' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' #63-68, 70-74, 76, 80, 83, (Marvel Comics, 1987–1989) *(''G.I. Joe'' cover art: #64, 66-68, 70-80, 82-86, 100, 115) *'' G.I. Joe Yearbook'' #3 cover pencils and pencils for "Hush Job," Marvel Comics, March 1987 *cover pencils for '' G.I. Joe Special Missions'' #7, 11, 13-18, 20-24, Marvel Comics, 1987–1988 *''

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'' #25 (Marvel Comics, 1989) *'' Nth Man: The Ultimate Ninja'' #1-7, 9-16 (Marvel Comics, 1989–1991) *''

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'' #32-34 (Marvel Comics, 1990–1991) *'' Incredible Hulk Annual'' #17 (Marvel Comics, 1991) *''

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'' #32-35, 38-39, Marvel Comics, 1991–1992) *''

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'' #20-21, 25-27 (Marvel Comics, 1991–1992) *''

'' #1-3, 5-14 (Marvel Comics, 1992–1993) *'' Blaze: Legacy of Blood'' #1-4 (Marvel Comics, 1993–1994) *'' X'' #6 (

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, 1994) * ''

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'' #400 (

, 1995) *'' Daredevil'' #344-350 (Marvel Comics, 1995–1996) *'' Hex'' #4, 8, 10 (DC Comics, 1995–1996) *'' The Badger'' #13-14 (

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, 1996) *'' Demonwars: Trial by Fire'' (

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, 2003) *'' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #201-203 (DC Comics, 2006) *''

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'' #3, 5 (

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, 2007, 2008)

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