Denys Cowan

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En example of Cowan's artwork: The Question #34 (January 1990); DC Comics.

Denys Cowan is an American comic book artist and television producer. He gained prominence as the primary artist on The Question, an acclaimed comic book series published by DC Comics for 36 issues from 1987 on, written by Dennis O'Neil. He also worked with writer Sam Hamm on the Batman story arc Blind Justice. He was also the penciller on the latter half of the 1990 Deathlok miniseries, written by Dwayne McDuffie and Gregory Wright and published by Marvel Comics, and on the subsequent regular title of the same name.

Cowan was one of the founders of Milestone Media, and later worked as a producer on the animated series Static Shock, based on the Milestone character. More recently, he's been a producer on The Boondocks. Cowan is currently Senior Vice President of Animation for Black Entertainment Television (BET).

Along with inker Rick Magyar, Cowan was nominated for an Eisner Award in both 1988 and 1989 for Best Art Team for his work on The Question. He is a graduate of the High School of Art and Design in New York City.

[edit] Selected bibliography

[edit] Regular Penciller

Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #49-51 (Marvel Comics, December 1980-February 1981) - (White Tiger backup)
Superman #357-358 (DC Comics, March 1981-April 1981) - (Superman 2020 backup)
The Flash #297-299 (DC Comics, May 1981-July 1981) - (Firestorm backup)
The Flash #301-302 (DC Comics, September 1981-October 1981) - (Firestorm backup)
Power Man and Iron Fist #80-84 (Marvel Comics, April 1982-August 1982)
Power Man and Iron Fist #86-90 (Marvel Comics, October 1982-February 1983)
Power Man and Iron Fist #92-93 (Marvel Comics, April 1983-May 1983)
The Vigilante #24-26 (DC Comics, December 1985-February 1986) - (backup)
Teen Titans Spotlight #1-2 (DC Comics, August 1986-September 1986) - (Starfire story)
The Question #1-19 (DC Comics, February 1987-August 1988)
The Question #21-36 (DC Comics, November 1988-April 1990)
The Question Annual #1-2 (DC Comics, 1987-1988)
Doctor Zero #1-4 (Marvel Comics [Epic], April 1988-October 1988)
Black Panther (vol. 2) #1-4 (Marvel Comics, July 1988-October 1988) - (limited series)
Detective Comics #598-600 (DC Comics, March 1989-May 1989)
The Question Quarterly #1-5 (DC Comics, Autumn 1990-Spring 1992)
Deathlok #3-4 (Marvel Comics, September 1990-October 1990) - (limited series)
Green Arrow #39 (DC Comics, November 1990)
Green Arrow #41-43 (DC Comics, December 1990-February 1991)
Nightcat #1 (Marvel Comics, April 1991) - (one-shot)
Green Arrow #46-48 (DC Comics, May 1991-June 1991)
Prince: Alter Ego (DC Comics [Piranha Music], 1991) - (one-shot)
Deathlok (vol. 2) #1-7 (Marvel Comics, July 1991-January 1992)
Deathlok (vol. 2) #9-13 (Marvel Comics, March 1992-July 1992)
Deathlok (vol. 2) #15 (Marvel Comics, September 1992)
Deathlok Annual #1 (Marvel Comics, 1992) - (inks also)
Moon Knight: Divided We Fall (Marvel Comics, 1992) - (one-shot)
Lobo: Blazing Chain of Love #1 (DC Comics, September 1992)
Hardware #1-7 (DC Comics [Milestone], April 1993-September 1993)
Hardware #11 (DC Comics [Milestone], January 1994)
Hardware #13 (DC Comics [Milestone], March 1994)
Hardware #16-18 (DC Comics [Milestone], June 1994-August 1994)
Xombi #0 (DC Comics [Milestone], January 1994)
Frank #1-2 (Harvey Comics, March 1994-May 1994) - (mini-series)
Frank #4 (Harvey Comics, July 1994) - (mini-series)
Long Hot Summer #1-3 (DC Comics [Milestone], July 1995-September 1995) - (mini-series)
Batman: The Ultimate Evil #1-2 (DC Comics, December 1995-December 1995)
Steel #34-52 (DC Comics, January 1997-July 1998)
"Waking Nightmare!" All-Star Comics 80-Page Giant #1 (DC Comics, September 1998) - (Justice Society of America story)
Fight for Tomorrow #1-6 (DC Comics [Vertigo], November 2002-April 2003)

[edit] Fill-in Penciller

"Ultimate Weapon." Weird War Tales #93 (DC Comics, November 1980)
"Diplomatic Immunity." Mystery in Space #115 (DC Comics, January 1981)
"Batman's Rogues Gallery." The Best of DC #14 (DC Comics, July 1981)
"The Idol of Millions." House of Mystery #297 (DC Comics, October 1981)
"Bushido." Unknown Soldier #256 (DC Comics, October 1981)
"The Worship of False Idols." Moon Knight #17 (Marvel Comics, March 1982) - (Marc Spector backup)
Flash Force 2000 (DC Comics, November 1984) - (insert in various comic books)
Marvel Age #20 (Marvel Comics, November 1984)
"Final Transactions, Part 3: Threats and Promises.Sabre #12 (Eclipse Comics, January 1985) - (Crimson Dawn backup)
Vigilante Annual #1 (DC Comics, 1985)
The Vigilante #19 (DC Comics, July 1985)
Heroes Against Hunger #1 (DC Comics, January 1986) - (2 pages)
DC Comics Presents #90 (DC Comics, February 1986)
The Vigilante #27 (DC Comics, March 1986)
'Mazing Man #5 (DC Comics, May 1986) - (3 pages)
Batman Annual #10 (DC Comics, 1986)
DC Challenge #12 (DC Comics, October 1986) - (4 pages)
V #17-18 (DC Comics, June 1986-July 1986)
The Vigilante #36 (DC Comics, December 1986)
Batman #403 (DC Comics, January 1987)
Electric Warrior #9 (DC Comics, January 1987) - (backup)
Marvel Age Annual #4 (Marvel Comics, January 1988)
Sable #5 (First Comics, July 1988)
Iron Man #241 (Marvel Comics, April 1989)
The Shadow Strikes #3 (DC Comics, November 1989)
Cliver Barker's Hellraiser #9 (Marvel Comics [Epic], 1991)
Cliver Barker's Hellraiser #12 (Marvel Comics [Epic], 1992) - (inks & colors also)
"The Big Applesauce." Marvel Fanfare #60 (Marvel Comics, January 1992) - (Black Panther story)
Static #14 (DC Comics [Milestone], August 1994)
Hardware #25 (DC Comics [Milestone], March 1995)
Hardware #32 (DC Comics [Milestone], October 1995)
Blood Syndicate #32 (DC Comics [Milestone], November 1995)
Hardware #36 (DC Comics [Milestone], February 1996)
Superman: The Man of Steel #54 (DC Comics, March 1996)
Wolverine (vol. 2) #123-124 (Marvel Comics, April 1998-May 1998)
"Outsiders." Rampaging Hulk (vol. 2) #1 (Marvel Comics, August 1998)
Silver Surfer (vol. 3) #143 (Marvel Comics, September 1998)
Silver Surfer (vol. 3) #146 (Marvel Comics, November 1998)

Preceded by Jim Starlin	Firestorm penciller 1981	Succeeded by Pat Broderick
Preceded by Kerry Gammill	Power Man and Iron Fist penciller 1982–1983	Succeeded by Ernie Chan
Preceded by Dan Reed (in 1981)	The Question penciller 1987–1992	Succeeded by Rick Burchett (in 1995)
Preceded by None	Doctor Zero penciller 1988	Succeeded by Dan Spiegle
Preceded by Jerry Bingham (in 1980)	Black Panther penciller 1988	Succeeded by Gene Colan (in 1989)
Preceded by Eduardo Barreto	Detective Comics penciller 1989	Succeeded by Norm Breyfogle
Preceded by Jackson Guice	Deathlok penciller 1990–92	Succeeded by Walter McDaniel
Preceded by None	Hardware penciller 1993–94	Succeeded by Humberto Ramos
Preceded by ?	Steel penciller 1997–98	Succeeded by None