Marcos Martín Milanés (

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, 1972) is a Spanish comic book artist, who usually draws for American comics. Notable works include '' Batgirl: Year One'', '' Breach'', '' Doctor Strange: The Oath'', ''

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'', '' Daredevil'' and '' The Private Eye''. He is also known as a prolific cover artist for a number of publishers in the industry, including

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Early life

Marcos Martín became interested in comics at the age of four, reading Spanish translations of the licensed Italian Disney comics and various issues of Kirby/ Lee's ''

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'' that belonged to his older sister. In Martín's own words, "She liked them because Sue Storm would change her hair every once in a while and things were happening besides the battles". He also read translations of ''

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'', '' Tintin'', and '' Mafalda'', a popular comic strip by Argentine cartoonist Joaquín Salvador Lavado. Until the age of fourteen, Martín wanted to become a comic book writer, but then he decided it would be easier to break into the industry as an artist. He drew his first comic at the age of seventeen for the school while spending his senior year in upstate New York; it lasted two issues. Upon returning to Spain, Martín majored in painting at the University of Fine Arts in Barcelona.

Career

Martín's first professional work was the creation of covers and illustrations for Spanish reprints of various

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by Cómics Forum, where he first met fellow artist Javier Pulido (the company was famous for discovering new talents who would become widely known in the American market such as

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and Carlos Pacheco a few years earlier). After University, Martín went back to New York to show his portfolio and get work at either

and DC; eventually, he was assigned on a short story in '' The Batman Chronicles'': After that, Martín returned to Spain yet again and spent the next year working on a new comic '' Houdini'' with future screenwriter David Muñoz for Planeta-DeAgostini's Laberinto imprint. The series was unfinished and unreleased as the imprint was closed before the first issue could hit the stands. In 1999, Martín went back to New York, but had more trouble finding work after the ''Batman Chronicles'' experience. Eventually, he was asked by Javier Pulido to step in as a fill-in artist on the book Pulido had been working on at the time, '' Robin: Year One''. He did a few more fill-in jobs and eventually was allowed to pick a writer for his first full project, which ended up being '' Batgirl: Year One'' with Scott Beatty and Chuck Dixon. Martín also enlisted his friend and fellow Spanish comic artist Javier Rodríguez as the colorist for the book. After five years at DC, Martín moved to Marvel, where he did the acclaimed '' Doctor Strange: The Oath'' mini-series with Brian K. Vaughan as well various issues of ''

'' as part of the Brand New Day and Big Time eras. In 2011, he launched '' Daredevil'', written by Mark Waid and co-drawn by Paolo Rivera, which paved the way for Marvel's more off-beat later series like

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and David Aja's '' Hawkeye''. In 2013, Martín founded Panel Syndicate, an online publisher of DRM-free pay what you want

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in multiple languages, to release his and Brian K. Vaughan's creator-owned comic '' The Private Eye''. The series has received critical acclaim and media attention for Martín's art and for its role as one of the first DRM-free, pay what you want comics by creators of Martín and Vaughan's caliber. In July 2015, it was announced the series will be collected and released in print through

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. Martín created the poster for the American TV series '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' episode " Who You Really Are".

Awards and nominations

Awards

*2012 Eisner Award - Best Continuing Series ('' Daredevil'' with Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera) *2015 Eisner Award - Best Digital Comic/Webcomic ('' The Private Eye'' with Brian K. Vaughan) *2015

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- Best Online Comics Work ('' The Private Eye'' with Brian K. Vaughan)

Nominations

*2011 Harvey Award nominee – Best Cover Artist (''

'') *2012 Eisner Award nominee – Best Artist/Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team ('' Daredevil'') *2012 Eisner Award nominee – Best Cover Artist ('' Daredevil'', ''

'') *2012 Harvey Award nominee – Best Cover Artist ('' Daredevil'') *2015 Eisner Award nominee – Best Finite Series/Limited Series ('' The Private Eye'' with Brian K. Vaughan)

Bibliography

Interior comic work includes: *'' The Batman Chronicles'' #12: "The Contract" (with Devin Kallie Grayson,

, 1998) *'' JSA'' #6: "Justice, Like Lightning..." (with David S. Goyer and

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, DC Comics, 2000) *'' Batman: Gotham City Secret Files'': "Skull-Duggery" (with Brian K. Vaughan, co-feature, DC Comics, 2000) *'' Robin'' vol. 2 #81: "The Obtuse Conundrum" (with Chuck Dixon, DC Comics, 2000) *'' Robin: Year One'' #4 (with Scott Beatty, Chuck Dixon and Javier Pulido, DC Comics, 2001) *'' Joker: Last Laugh'' #2: "Siege Mentality" (with Scott Beatty and Chuck Dixon, DC Comics, 2001) *''

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'' #37: "Red, Black and Blue" (with Chuck Dixon, DC Comics, 2002) *'' Batgirl: Year One'' #1-9 (with Scott Beatty and Chuck Dixon, DC Comics, 2003) *'' Breach'' #1-8, 11 (with Bob Harras, DC Comics, 2005–2006) *'' I ♥ Marvel: My Mutant Heart'': "How Love Works" (with Peter Milligan, one-shot, co-feature,

, 2006) *'' Doctor Strange: The Oath'' #1-5 (with Brian K. Vaughan, Marvel, 2006–2007) *''

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'' vol. 5 (Marvel): ** "Secrets of Iron and Fire" (with Ed Brubaker, Mike Perkins and Javier Pulido, in the ''65th Anniversary Special'', 2006) ** "What Makes the Man" (with James Robinson, in the ''70th Anniversary Special'', 2009) ** "Sentinel of Liberty" (with

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, co-feature, in #50, 2009) *''

'' (Marvel): ** "Peter Parker, Paparazzi" (with

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, in #559-561, 2008) ** "The Spartacus Gambit" (with Marc Guggenheim, in ''Extra!'' #1, co-feature, 2008) ** "Unscheduled Stop" (with Mark Waid, in #578-579, 2009) ** "Identity Crisis" (with

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, in #600, co-feature, 2009) ** "The Gauntlet: Mysterio — Mysterioso" (with Dan Slott and Javier Pulido (#620), in #618-620, 2010) ** "Spidey Sundays" (with Stan Lee, in #634-645, two-page co-feature, 2010) ** "No One Dies" (with Dan Slott, in #655-657, 2011) ** "Go Down Swinging, Conclusion" (with Dan Slott, among other artists, in #800, 2018) ** "There for You" (with Dan Slott, in #801, 2018) ** "Save the Date" (with Dan Slott, in vol. 6 #6, co-feature, 2022) *'' The Mystic Hands of Dr. Strange'': "Duel in the Dark Dimension" (with Mike Carey, anthology one-shot, Marvel, 2010) *'' Daredevil'' vol. 3 #1, 4-6 (with Mark Waid and Paolo Rivera; opening page with Fred Van Lente, Marvel, 2011) *'' The Private Eye'' #1-10 (with Brian K. Vaughan, digital, Panel Syndicate, 2013–2015) *'' Superior Spider-Man'' #26: "Goblin Nation: Prelude" (with Dan Slott,

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and Javier Rodríguez, Marvel, 2014) *'' Barrier'' #1-5 (with Brian K. Vaughan, digital, Panel Syndicate, 2015–2017) *'' The Walking Dead: The Alien'' (with Brian K. Vaughan, digital one-shot, Panel Syndicate, 2016) *''

'' #1000: "He Arrives Just in Time" (with Dan Slott, anthology, Marvel, 2019)

Covers only

*''

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'' vol. 3 #34-45 (

, 2004–2005) *'' Breach'' #9-10 (DC Comics, 2005) *'' Runaways'' vol. 2 #13-18 (

, 2006) *''

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'' #648, 692, 700, ''Annual'' #37 (Marvel, 2010–2012) *'' Daredevil'' vol. 3 #10.1, 11 (Marvel, 2012) *'' AvX: VS'' #1 (Marvel, 2012) *'' Spider-Men'' #2 (Marvel, 2012) *'' Morbius, the Living Vampire'' vol. 2 #2 (Marvel, 2013) *'' Nova'' vol. 5 #1 (Marvel, 2013) *'' Fearless Defenders'' #2 (Marvel, 2013) *'' Guardians of the Galaxy'' vol. 3 #1 (Marvel, 2013) *'' The Black Bat'' #1 (

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, 2013) *'' Quantum and Woody'' vol. 2 #1 ( Valiant, 2013) *'' Superior Spider-Man'' #9-10 (Marvel, 2013) *'' Uncanny X-Force'' vol. 2 #6 (Marvel, 2013) *''

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'' #1 (Marvel, 2013) *''

'' vol. 3 #1 (Marvel, 2014) *'' Wrath of the Eternal Warrior'' #1-4 (Valiant, 2015–2016) *'' The Vision'' vol. 3 #1 (Marvel, 2016) *'' X-O Manowar'' vol. 3 #50 (Valiant, 2016) *'' Sam Wilson: Captain America'' #14 (Marvel, 2016) *'' Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur'' #19 (Marvel, 2017) *''

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'' #169 (Marvel, 2018) *'' Barbarella'' #2 (

, 2018) *'' Inhumans: Judgment Day'' #1 (Marvel, 2018) *'' Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey'' #2 (Marvel, 2018) *'' Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #299-300 (Marvel, 2018) *'' Infinity Countdown Prime'' #1 (Marvel, 2018) *'' The New Mutants: Dead Souls'' #1 (Marvel, 2018) *'' The Weatherman'' #1-6 (

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, 2018) *'' Ether'' #3 ( Dark Horse, 2018) *'' Black Hammer: The Quantum Age'' #1 (Dark Horse, 2018) *'' Multiple Man'' #1-5 (Marvel, 2018) *''

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'' vol. 6 ''Annual'' #1 (Marvel, 2018) *'' Vault of Spiders'' #1-2 (Marvel, 2018–2019) *'' Typhoid Fever: X-Men'' #1 (Marvel, 2019) *'' Fantastic Four: Wedding Special'' #1 (Marvel, 2019) *'' Star Wars: Han Solo, Imperial Cadet'' #2 (Marvel, 2019) *'' Season's Beatings'' #1 (Marvel, 2019) *'' Marvel Comics Presents'' vol. 3 #1 (Marvel, 2019) *'' Meet the Skrulls'' #1-5 (Marvel, 2019) *'' Spider-Man: Life Story'' #1 (Marvel, 2019) *'' The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl'' vol. 2 #42 (Marvel, 2019) *''Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History'' #2 (Marvel, 2019) *'' Marvel Team-Up'' vol. 4 #3 (Marvel, 2019) *''

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'' vol. 5 #18 (Marvel, 2019) *''

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'' vol. 5 #2 (Marvel, 2020)

References

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