His start was in issue 158, written by Roger McKenzie, and Miller’s expressionist artwork, influenced by film noir and manga, was an instant hit between readers. Since Gene Colan had just left Daredevil´s own title, which wasn’t doing well in sales at the time, Miller saw an opportunity and lobbied with Jo Duffy to get in the title. His early works were filling in some Peter Parker: Spider-Man issues which had Daredevil as guest star. He received recommendations from Neil Adams himself, and in early 1979 Jim Shooter took Miller to work at Marvel. Miller’s begginingsīorn in Maryland on January 27 th, 1957, Frank Miller was a comics fan since his early years. Let’s take a look at some of Frank Miller’s best comics along this article, where you´ll find some material that, if you haven’t read yet, you MUST include NOW in your “to-read” list.
That information alone should prove my point right away.Īnyway, those are not the only good stories that Miller wrote or gave art to. Later on, he moved to create two of the most influential Batman stories ever, as Dark Knight Returns and Batman: Year One. He’s completely responsible for my love to this character, and you can see in our Daredevil review that many of his best stories are written by Miller. His stories on Daredevil defined the character forever, turning it from a second-tier hero into one of the most popular Marvel’s characters. I won’t be discovering anything new by telling you that Frank Miller is the author of some of the best comics ever produced, and was partially responsible for the rebirth of the American comics industry during the 80’s (along with Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman).
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