Dan Jurgens (; born June 27, 1959) is an American
comic book
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writer and artist. He is known for his work on the
DC comic book storyline "
The Death of Superman
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" and for creating characters such as
Doomsday
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,
Hank Henshaw
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and
Booster Gold
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. Jurgens had a lengthy run on the Superman comic books including ''
The Adventures of Superman'', ''
Superman vol. 2
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'' and ''
Action Comics
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''. At
Marvel
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Business
* Marvel Entertainment, an American entertainment company
** Marvel Comics, the primary imprint of Marvel Entertainment
** Marvel Universe, a fictional shared universe
** Marvel Music, an imprint of Marvel Comics
* ...