Alan Kupperberg

Alan Kupperberg was born on May 18, 1953^[1] in New York City. He graduated from the High School of Art and Design in 1971.^[2]

Alan Kupperberg entered the comics industry by working at Neal Adams' Continuity Associates^[3] and was a member of the Crusty Bunkers.^[4] He began writing and drawing for Marvel Comics in 1974,^[5] mostly doing fill-ins and one-shots. He later worked on team books such as The Invaders^[6] and The Defenders and drew several issues of What If.^[7]

Occasionally working as a writer, Kupperberg created the 1983 one-shot comic Obnoxio the Clown vs. the X-Men, and handled everything from writing and illustrating to lettering.^[8] In 1987, Kupperberg worked on both The Spectacular Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man. His work on those titles included The Amazing Spider-Man #289 (June 1987) which featured the Jack O'Lantern (Jason Macendale) becoming the new Hobgoblin^[9] as well as The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #7 (1987) which depicted the honeymoon of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson.^[10] From 1988–1991, Kupperberg drew Spider-Ham back-up stories in Marvel Tales.^[5]

For Marvel Custom Comics, he provided art for clients such as Campbell Soup Company, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Sylvan Learning Center, and The Dallas Times Herald.^[2]

In 1978, Kupperberg and writer Marv Wolfman took over the Howard the Duck weekly newspaper strip. Kupperberg also worked on the short-lived The Incredible Hulk strip^[11] and Little Orphan Annie.^[2]

From the mid-1980s into the early 1990s, Kupperberg illustrated such DC Comics titles as Justice League of America, The Warlord, The Fury of Firestorm, COPS, Dragonlance, and Blue Devil.^[5][12]

Kupperberg drew illustrations for Archie Comics,^[5] National Lampoon, Cracked magazine, Spy, and McClannahan Books.^[2]

Kupperberg's brother, Paul Kupperberg, also works in the comic book field as a writer, editor and executive, primarily at DC Comics.

Alan Kupperberg died of thymus cancer on July 16, 2015.^[13]