Ed Hannigan
Comic creator
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Edward Hannigan (born August 6,[1] 1951)[2] is an American comics artist, writer, and editor for both Marvel Comics and DC Comics.[3]
August 6, 1951
| Ed Hannigan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Edward Hannigan August 6, 1951 |
| Area | Writer, Penciller, Editor |
Notable works | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight The Defenders Green Arrow The Spectacular Spider-Man |
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Career
Ed Hannigan's first credited comics story was published in Marvel Comics' licensed Planet of the Apes #5 (Feb. 1975).[4] His writing credits include work on The Defenders from issue #67 (Jan. 1979) to #91 (Jan. 1981).[5] Hannigan started as the series' artist but, while working on the story arc in issues #66 to #68, "I got in a pinch ... and asked [Hannigan] to help me," writer David Anthony Kraft recalled. "He felt self-conscious ... but I told him he'd be fine. He eventually got into it."[5] Hannigan found it too difficult to both write and draw the series, so by the end of the story arc he was working solely as writer.[5] As the artist on The Spectacular Spider-Man #64 (March 1982), Hannigan and writer Bill Mantlo co-created the characters Cloak and Dagger,[6][7] who later appeared in a live-action television series on Freeform in 2018–2019.[8]
At DC Comics, Hannigan redesigned the Brainiac character into a chromed, more robotic form which debuted in Action Comics #544 (June 1983).[9][10] He pencilled the covers on Batman in a lengthy run that spanned the majority of 1983–1985 with Don Newton providing the interior art.[4] Hannigan and writer Mike Grell launched the first Green Arrow ongoing series in February 1988.[11] The Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight series began in November 1989 with the five-part "Shaman" storyline by Hannigan and writer Dennis O'Neil.[12] He both wrote and illustrated the three-issue prestige format series Skull & Bones for DC in 1992.
Personal life
Hannigan and his wife Heidi are the parents of Jean Anne, born in 1989.[13]
In January 2010, Marvel Comics and The Hero Initiative published Ed Hannigan: Covered a fundraising effort to assist with Hannigan's medical expenses due to multiple sclerosis.[2]
Bibliography
DC Comics
- Action Comics #544 (one page), #666 (penciller) (1983–1991)
- The Adventures of Superman #479, Annual #5 (penciller) (1991–1993)
- Aquaman Annual #2 (penciller) (1996)
- Atari Force #16, 19 (penciller) (1985)
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #1–5 (penciller) (1989–1990)
- Deathstroke, the Terminator #39–40 (artist) (1994)
- Green Arrow vol. 2 #1–6, 9–12, 15–16, 19–20, Annual #2 (penciller) (1988–1989)
- Hawkman vol. 2 #17 (penciller) (1987)
- Heroes Against Hunger #1 (writer) (1986)
- League of Justice #1–2 (writer/penciller) (1996)
- The New Teen Titans Annual vol. 2 #1 (penciller) (1985)
- Showcase '93 #1–4 (Catwoman) (penciller) (1993)
- Skull & Bones #1–3 (writer/artist) (1992)
- Superman #408 (plotter) (1985)
- Superman vol. 2 #56 (penciller) (1991)
Marvel Comics
- The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #17 (penciller) (1983)
- Black Panther #13–15 (writer) (1979)
- The Defenders #58–61, 66 (penciller); #67 (writer/penciller), #68, 70–75, 78–91 (writer) (1978–1981)
- Ed Hannigan: Covered #1 (2010)
- Fantastic Four Annual #16 (1981)
- Giant-Size Man-Thing #4–5 (penciller) (1975)
- Kull the Destroyer #16–20 (penciller) (1976–1977)
- Marvel Premiere #42 (Tigra); #51–53 (Black Panther) (writer) (1978–1980)
- Marvel Preview #4 (penciller) (1976)
- Planet of the Apes #5 (penciller) (1975)
- Power Man and Iron Fist #54–55 (writer) (1978–1979)
- Son of Satan #6 (penciller) (1976)
- The Spectacular Spider-Man #60–62, 64, 66–67, 69–70, 72 (penciller) (1981–1982)
- Star Trek #17 (penciller) (1981)