Daniel Acuña (born 1974) is a Spanish

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Early life

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, Daniel Acuña studied

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and graduated with a degree in

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s. He cites his early influences as

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, the Romitas ( Senior and Junior), Will Eisner, Simon Bisley, Kevin Nowlan,

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, and his favorite, Richard Corben, along with fine artists such as

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, and

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, as well as illustrator Drew Struzan.

Career

His first published work was a 22-page black and white project, ''Claus & Simon in Hollywood'', with fellow artist

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, which was bought by Spanish publisher

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when Acuña was 22. This work was followed by ''Claus & Simon: Freakshow'', and ''Claus & Simon: Disaster Box''. The "Claus & Simon" series is about the adventures of a clown and an anthropomorphic dinosaur. The last story was done for the French market and later reprinted in the popular American magazine '' Heavy Metal'' (under the title ''Claus & Simon: Kings of Escape''). ''Claus & Simon'' increased Acuña's profile in

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, and he received work painting the covers for European paperback reprints of Alan Moore's '' Supreme'' (#2-6), which led to Acuña's decision to try to break into the American market while still remaining active in the European comics industry. Acuña's first work in the American comics industry was for

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, on a miniseries for Axel Alonso that was never completed or published.

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editor Eddie Berganza later hired him to paint pictures of Ravager and Blackfire for ''

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/ Outsiders Secret Files''. This work got Acuña noticed by Mark Chiarello, who suggested him to editors Mike Carlin and Joan Hilty as a cover artist for the ''

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'' and '' Outsiders'' series. Although only doing American-market covers up until this point, Acuña made the move to interior art with '' Uncle Sam & the Freedom Fighters'', on which he did the covers, pencils, inks, graytones and even character design, working with European colorist Javi Montes. In late 2005, it was announced that Acuña had signed a two-year exclusive contract with

. However, in 2007 it was announced that Acuña had signed an exclusive contract with

, to start in 2008, and would be leaving

. Acuña had previously only done covers for Marvel; his first interior work for the publisher was '' The Eternals'', which debuted June 2008. In 2010 Acuña drew the Black Widow ongoing series with writer Marjorie Liu. In October 2015 he and writer

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started the series Captain America: Sam Wilson.

Personal life

Acuña is currently based in Águilas,

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Bibliography

Interior comic work includes: *'' Claus & Simon'' (with

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): ** ''... en Hollywood (In Hollywood)'' (

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, 1998) ** ''Feria de monstruos (Freakshow)'' (La Cúpula, graphic novel, 2000) ** ''Cajón de Sastre (The Disaster Box)'' (La Cúpula, graphic novel, 2001) ** "Rois de l'evasion (Kings of Escape)" (in '' L'Écho des savanes'' #237-244, anthology, 2004) *'' 9-11 Volume 1'': "Nothing but You on My Mind" (with

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, anthology graphic novel, Dark Horse, 2002) *'' French Kiss Comix'' #5: "Plan 69 from Outer Space" (script and art, anthology, La Cúpula, 2002) *''

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'' #1, 3 (with

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, 2006) *''

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'' (with Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti,

): ** "Prelude" (in ''Brave New World'' anthology one-shot, 2006) ** ''Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters'' #1-8 (2006–2007) *''

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'' vol. 4 #18-20: "Mystery of the Star Sapphire" (with

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, DC Comics, 2007) *'' Flash'' (with Mark Waid, DC Comics): ** ''All-Flash'' (final two pages, one-shot, 2007) ** "The Wild Wests" (in vol. 2 #231-232, 2007) *'' The Eternals'' vol. 4 #1-6 (with Daniel Knauf and

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, Marvel, 2008–2009) *'' Young X-Men'' #11-12: "End of Days" (with Marc Guggenheim and Rafa Sandoval, Marvel, 2009) *'' Uncanny X-Men'' (Marvel): ** "How I Survived Apocalyptic Fire" (with Matt Fraction, in '' Dark Reign: The Cabal'' anthology one-shot, 2009) ** "White Queen, Dark Reign" (with Matt Fraction and Mitch Breitweiser, in ''Annual'' #27, 2009) ** "This Strange, Unpleasant Land" (with Kieron Gillen, in vol. 2 #15-17, 2012) *'' X-Men: Legacy'' #228-230, ''Annual'' #1 (with Mike Carey, Marvel, 2009–2010) *'' The New Avengers'' (with Brian Michael Bendis, Marvel): ** "Siege" (with

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, in vol. 1 #61-62, 2010) ** "Infinity" (in vol. 2 #8, 2011) *''

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'' #611: "Trial, Part One" (with Ed Brubaker, Marvel, 2010) *''

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'' vol. 4 #1-5: "The Name of the Rose" (with Marjorie Liu, Marvel, 2010) *'' Wolverine'' vol. 4 #6-9: "Wolverine vs. the X-Men" (with Jason Aaron, Marvel, 2011) *'' X-Men: Schism'' #3 (with Jason Aaron, Marvel, 2011) *''

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'' (Marvel): ** "

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" (with Brian Michael Bendis, in vol. 4 #18-20 and 23-24, 2011–2012) ** "The Origin of the Avengers" (with Robbie Thompson, co-feature in vol. 1 #672, 2017) *'' Uncanny Avengers'' vol. 1 #6-11, 13, 18-22, 25 and vol. 2 #1-5 (with Rick Remender, Marvel, 2013–2015) *'' Sam Wilson: Captain America'' #1-3, 7, 11-13, 18, 21 (with

, Mike Choi (#3) and

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(#7), Marvel, 2015–2017) *'' Avengers: Standoff — Assault on Pleasant Hill Omega'' (with Nick Spencer and Angel Unzueta, one-shot, Marvel, 2016) *'' Civil War II'' #8 (with Brian Michael Bendis, among other artists, Marvel, 2017) *'' Secret Empire'' #0, 8 (with Nick Spencer, Rod Reis and

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(#8), Marvel, 2017) *'' Marvel Legacy'' (with Jason Aaron and various artists, one-shot, Marvel, 2017) *'' The Mighty Thor'' #700 (with Jason Aaron, among other artists, Marvel, 2017) *'' Invincible Iron Man'' #600 (with Brian Michael Bendis, among other artists, Marvel, 2018) *''

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'' (Marvel): ** "Panther's Heart" (with Don McGregor, in vol. 5 ''Annual'' #1, 2018) ** "The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda" (with Ta-Nehisi Coates, in vol. 7 #1-5, 13-ongoing, 2018–...) *'' Marvel Comics Presents'' vol. 3 #3: "Home of the Brave" (with Andrew Aydin, anthology, Marvel, 2019) *''

'' #1000: "Mystery Lessons" (with Al Ewing, anthology, Marvel, 2019) *'' Doctor Strange'' vol. 5 #10: "Perchance" (with Mark Waid, co-feature, Marvel, 2019)

Covers only

*''

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'' #96, 99 (

, 2002) *'' The Outsiders'' #28-34, 36-41 (

, 2005–2006) *''

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'' #120-125 (DC Comics, 2005–2006) *'' Captain Universe/ Hulk'' #1 ( Marvel, 2006) *'' Captain Universe/

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'' #1 (Marvel, 2006) *'' Captain Universe/ X-23'' #1 (Marvel, 2006) *'' Captain Universe/ Invisible Woman'' #1 (Marvel, 2006) *'' Captain Universe/

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'' #1 (Marvel, 2006) *''

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'' #1 (Marvel, 2006) *'' Crisis Aftermath:

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'' #1-6 (DC Comics, 2006) *The ''

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'' novelization ( Berkley Publishing Group, 2006) *'' Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special'' #1 (DC Comics, 2007) *'' Flash: The Fastest Man Alive'' #7-8 (DC Comics, 2007) *'' The Flash'' vol. 2 #235 (DC Comics, 2008) *'' Hulk'' #1 (Marvel, 2008) *'' Dark Reign: New Nation'' #1 (Marvel, 2009) *''

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: Treachery'' #5 (Marvel, 2009) *'' Wizard'' #209 ( Wizard, 2009) *'' Dark Avengers'' #3 (Marvel, 2009) *'' Nova'' vol. 4 #23-28 (Marvel, 2009) *'' X-Men: Legacy'' #225 (Marvel, 2009) *'' Guardians of the Galaxy'' vol. 2 #17 (Marvel, 2009) *'' All Winners Comics 70th Anniversary Special'' #1 (Marvel, 2009) *''

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'' #78 (Marvel, 2009) *'' Second Coming: Prepare'' #1 (Marvel, 2010) *''

'' #615.1 (Marvel, 2011) *'' Fear Itself: Wolverine'' #1 (Marvel, 2011) *'' I am an Avenger'' #4 (Marvel, 2011) *'' FF'' #1-4, 8-9 (Marvel, 2011) *''

'' vol. 4 #21, 25 (Marvel, 2012) *'' Uncanny Avengers'' #1 (Marvel, 2012) *'' First X-Men'' #4 (Marvel, 2013) *'' Thor: God of Thunder'' #1-3 (Marvel, 2013) *''

'' vol. 5 #3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22-24 (Marvel, 2013–2014) *''

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'' vol. 3 #3 (Marvel, 2013) *'' Winter Soldier'' #14 (Marvel, 2013) *'' Journey into Mystery'' #650 (Marvel, 2013) *''

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'' vol. 2 #4 (Marvel, 2014) *'' The Legendary Star-Lord'' #6 (Marvel, 2015) *''

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'' vol. 4 #1 (Marvel, 2015) *'' Sam Wilson: Captain America'' #5, 10, 17, 19-20 (Marvel, 2016–2017) *'' Avengers: Standoff — Welcome to Pleasant Hill'' #1 (Marvel, 2016) *''

'' vol. 7 #1 (Marvel, 2017) *'' Captain America: Steve Rogers'' #16 (Marvel, 2017) *'' Invincible Iron Man'' vol. 3 #9 (Marvel, 2017) *''

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'' #1 (Marvel, 2017) *''

'' vol. 4 #34 (Marvel, 2017) *''

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'' #11 (Marvel, 2017) *''

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'' #3 (Marvel, 2018) *'' Inhumans: Judgment Day'' #1 (Marvel, 2018) *'' Rogue and Gambit'' #1 (Marvel, 2018) *''

'' #675 (Marvel, 2018) *''

'' #600 (Marvel, 2018) *''

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'' #1 (Marvel, 2019) *''

'' vol. 6 #9-12 (Marvel, 2019) *''

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'' vol. 5 #23 (Marvel, 2019)

References

External links

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Daniel Acuña's blogDaniel Acuña profile in 'Guía del cómic'
(Spanish)
Daniel Acuña cover art gallery
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