Sorry, I couldn't come up with more accurate title for this thread. However; what inspired my intentions was a comment by Slam Bradley over on the "What Classic Comics Have You Purchased Lately" thread.
Slam writes of Murphy Anderson, that he didn't think he ever did worked for Marvel. I can't absolutely verify this (without wasting a good portion of my life without going through the Murphy Anderson entries at GCD, and even that might not settle it); however, I'd say Slam is correct on this.
I was wondering what other creators (artists and writers) we can can come up with who worked their entire career at one of the Big Two publishers at the expense of the other. (I know Anderson worked for non-Big Two publishers like Fiction House, but lets leave them out of this discussion).
Besides Anderson, I don't think Curt Sawn ever worked for Marvel, or Jim Aparo. I can throw out a few more names, but I'll see what other names people come up.
Who, other than Stan Lee, worked for Marvel, but never for DC?
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06-24-2009, 07:14 PM #1world of yesterday
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06-24-2009, 07:19 PM #2Ex-Cheeks
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Stan Lee's worked for DC repeatedly in the last decade or so. :)
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I don't believe that John Romita ever did, unless it was pre-1960. Did either of the Buscema brothers?MarkAndrew at Comics Should Be Good
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06-24-2009, 07:51 PM #3Frugal fanboy
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Curt Swan, like Joe Kubert, pencilled pages for The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe. Swan drew the illo of the Imperial Guard's Gladiator, Kubert of Killer Shrike. John Romita drew for DC's romance comics in the early '60s. As far as I know, John Buscema never drew for DC but Sal did in the '90s.
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06-24-2009, 08:01 PM #4Ex-Cheeks
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Actually, I do believe that John Buscema pencilled one of the Stan-Lee penned "Just Imagine" issues.
I'm thinking Mark Gruenwald only wrote for Marvel.
Did Irv Norvick ever do any work for "Marvel?" (Not Timely/Atlas, Marvel.)MarkAndrew at Comics Should Be Good
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06-24-2009, 08:03 PM #5Senior Member
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Just an educated (I hope!) guess or two...haven't checked the GCD
DC only: Joe Giella, John Broome, Bob Kanigher, Nick Cardy, Russ Heath, Sheldon Mayer, Irv Novick, Jerry Grandenetti, David Vern, Bob Oksner.
Marvel only: Artie Simek, John Verpooten, Marie Severin, Herb Trimpe.
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06-24-2009, 08:16 PM #6Idaho Spuds
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I don't believe that Kurt Schaffenberger ever worked for Marvel. Though it would be a guess...much like my Murphy Anderson guess.
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The GCD has Anderson penciling a story in this Atlas comic.
I guess that might count as a Marvel title. :)Last edited by Drusilla lives!; 06-24-2009 at 08:31 PM.
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I'm only saying this because it gives me a chance to boost one of my favourite 70s Marvel comics, but Russ Heath did a fantastic job on the artwork for a fill-in issue of Son of Satan back then. He also did a very nice Ka-Zar issue, I think around the same time. Originally Posted by prince hal
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06-24-2009, 09:53 PM #9Forgive Friedrich's Debt
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John Buscema did some work for DC at the end of his life. According to Wikipedia: Originally Posted by Cei-U!
Buscema worked with DC Comics for the first time in 2000, initially doing both pencils and inks on a black-and-white Batman short story (Batman: Gotham Knights #7, 2000). He reunited with Stan Lee on the 2001 one-shot Just Imagine Stan Lee and John Buscema Creating Superman. He helped produce The John Buscema Sketchbook (Vanguard Production, 2001).
He finished the pencils on 2004's Superman: Blood of my Ancestors, begun by Gil Kane, who had since died, and had just signed on for a five-issue miniseries with Roy Thomas, JLA: Barbarians. Shortly after finishing the first issue, Buscema, diagnosed with stomach cancer a few months earlier, died at the age of 74.Aaron Kashtan | Formerly Sir Tim Drake
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Good call, berk! I'll have to look for this. Originally Posted by berk
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Kanigher wrote an issue of Iron Man in 1972 or so and Russ Heath did some work in the 'seventies as well - an issue of Son of Satan and, IIRR, some work in the B&W horror books. Originally Posted by prince hal
Nick Cardy was the first one that came to my mind - I cannot think of anything he did for Marvel, or, indeed, any one else other than DC.
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I can't remember seeing work at DC by Marie Severin or Bill Everett. Those are the only highly prominent artists I can think of that fit the description...there are probably a lot of lesser lights that were Marvel-only, like Billy Graham. Originally Posted by benday-dot
You are correct that Aparo never worked for Marvel, not even a single shot for The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, like Kubert and Swan did (and I don't really count those, since, given the static format of the character portraits, the "art" consisted of little more than drawing a costume on top of a template).
Going the other direction, I can't remember Joe Giella ever drawing anything for Marvel.FULL BEAR TRAP!
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06-25-2009, 06:19 AM #13Frugal fanboy
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Joe Giella did briefly work for Marvel in the mid-70s, including inking Dave Cockrum on Giant-Size Avengers #3.
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Russ Heath has also drawn some segments in recent-ish issues of Iron Fist.
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Did Paul Levitz ever write for Marvel?
Did Mike Grell ever work for Marvel?
I don't think Don Newton worked for Marvel.
Has Tim Truman ever worked for Marvel?
More recently, I t6hink Geoff Johns has only ever worked for DC and Bendis has only ever worked for Marvel.
Did Frank Brunner ever work for DC?Last edited by Iangould; 06-25-2009 at 07:17 AM.
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