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Born | David Emmett Cockrum November 11, 1943 Pendleton, Oregon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | November 26, 2006 (Age 63) Belton, South Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Positions | Character Creator | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Emmett Cockrum (born November 11, 1943; died November 26, 2006) is a comic book artist who helped create Nightcrawler, Storm, Colossus, and Black Cat. He is credited for his work on Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, X-Men, Spider-Man, X-Men: Evolution, Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow, The Spectacular Spider-Man, and Black Panther. He initially designed H.E.R.B.I.E. for Fantastic Four but grew to hate the character forcing Jack Kirby to finish.
Biography[]
For Marvel Comics he worked on The Avengers, Captain Marvel, Defenders, John Carter of Mars, Monsters Unleashed, Ms. Marvel, Nightcrawler, Punisher, Star Trek, and Uncanny X-Men. For DC Comics, he worked on Batman, The Brave and the Bold, Green Lantern, Legion of Super-Heroes, Shazam!, Superboy, Superman, Teen Titans, and Wonder Woman.
He is also credited for his work on Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, Justice League Unlimited, Spider-Woman, Agent of S.W.O.R.D., X-Men: First Class, Marvel Heroes, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Lego Marvel Super Heroes, Deadpool, Logan, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, and The New Mutants.