Marshall Rogers
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| Marshall Rogers | |
| Born | 1950-01-22 |
| Died | 2007-03-25 |
| Nationality |
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| Area(s) | Penciller |
| Notable works | Batman |
Marshall Rogers (January 22, 1950 – March 25, 2007) was a comic book artist who had worked for Marvel and DC Comics since the 1970's.[1] Along with Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, Sheldon Moldoff, Dick Sprang, Carmine Infantino, Neal Adams, Jim Aparo, Frank Miller, and Norm Breyfogle, Rogers was one of the key illustrators of the Batman character. In addition, he also illustrated one of the first graphic novels, Detectives Inc.
An architect by training, his work was characterized by the depiction of characters with relatively human proportions rather than exaggerated musculature, and by detailed rendering of buildings and structures.
Some of his first comic book work appeared in the black and white magazine The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, where he worked with writer Chris Claremont on a story featuring Iron Fist supporting characters Misty Knight and Colleen Wing as The Daughters of the Dragon; it was one of the more distinctive uses of black and white to appear in any of the Marvel magazines of that period, eschewing the dull grey wash that was used in other strips in favour of strong contrasting black and white with zip-a-tone.
Rogers' work with writer Steve Englehart in Detective Comics #471-476 is considered a definitive interpretaion of the darker mooded Batman, although their version tended to be more cerebral and less angry than those of their contemporaries. They had recently done a sequel mini-series called Batman: Dark Detective, and had worked together on other series, such as The Silver Surfer. Their first Batman run was collected in trade paperback: Batman: Strange Apparitions (ISBN 1-56389-500-5). Dark Detective was also recently reprinted in trade paperback: Batman: Dark Detective (ISBN 1-4012-0898-3).
He had also done independent work at Eclipse Comics and others. This included the first Coyote series with Englehart, and his own Capt. Quick and the Foozle.
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[edit] Selected bibliography
[edit] Comic Books
[edit] DC Comics
- Batman Family #11-13 (1977), pencils
- Batman: Dark Detective #1-6 (2005), pencils
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #132-136 (2000), pencils
- Detective Comics #466-468, 471-479, 481 (1976-1979), pencils
- Green Lantern #187 (1985), pencils/inks
- Green Lantern: Evil's Might #1-3 (2002), pencils
- House of Mystery #254, 274, 277 (1977, 1979, 1980), pencils/inks
- Justice League Europe #20-22 (1990-1991), pencils
- Mister Miracle (volume 1) #19-22 (1977-1978), pencils
- Mister Miracle (volume 3) #5-6 (1996), pencils
- Mystery In Space #111 (1980), pencils/inks
- Realworlds: Batman (2000), pencils
- Secret Origins #6 (1986), pencils
- Superman #400 (1984), pencils
- Superman Family #182, 194 (1977, 1979), pencils
- The Shadow #7 (1988), pencils
- Unexpected #191 (1979), pencils
- Weird War Tales #51-52 (1977), pencils
- World's Finest Comics #259 (1979), pencils
[edit] Eclipse Comics
- Cap'N Quick & A Foozle #1-2 (1984-1985), writer/pencils/inks
- Eclipse Magazine (Coyote) #1-8 (1981-1983), pencils/inks
- Eclipse Monthly (Cap'N Quick) #1-4 (1983-1984), writer/pencils/inks
- Scorpio Rose #1-2 (1983), pencils/inks
[edit] Marvel Comics
- Doctor Strange #48-53 (1981-1982), pencils
- Excalibur #10-11 (1989), pencils
- GI Joe #61,75,77,79,81,82,84,86, pencils
- Silver Surfer #1-10, 12, 21 (1987-1989), pencils
- Spider-Man #27-28 (1992), pencils
[edit] Graphic novels
- Detectives Inc.: A Rememembrance of Threatening Green by Don McGregor and Marshall Rogers (Eclipse Enterprises, 1985)
- Demon With a Glass Hand (1986), DC Comics, 144 pages, ISBN 0-930289-09-9
[edit] Softcover collections
- Batman: Dark Detective (2006), DC Comics, 144 pages, ISBN 1-4012-0898-3
- Batman: Strange Apparitions (1999), DC Comics, 176 pages, ISBN 1-56389-500-5
- Coyote - Volume 1 (2005), Image Comics, 128 pages, ISBN 1-58240-519-0
[edit] Comic collections
- Shadow Of The Batman #1-5 (1985-1986), DC Comics
- Daughters Of The Dragon Special #1 (2005), Marvel Comics
[edit] Portfolios
- Strange (1979), Schanes & Schanes, 6 plates, s/n 1200
- The Batman - Portfolio #1 (1981), S.Q. Productions Inc, 5 plates, s/n 1000
- F.O.O.G. (Friends Of Old Gerber) (1982), 1 plate (Cap'N Quick & Foozle)
- Heroines (1979), 1 plate (Pulp Heroine)
- Heroes, Heavies & Heroines (1981), 1 plate (Nightcrawler)
[edit] Newspaper Comics
- In 1989, he was the first artist to work on the new Batman newspaper comic strip. He soon left the strip; the art was taken over by Carmine Infantino and John Nyberg until the strip ended in 1991. All of the Batman strips that Rogers drew were reprinted in the Comics Revue.
