Jim Steranko

James Steranko’s comics career was short but explosive. Every title and character that he worked on — including Daredevil, Captain America, X-Men, and Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. — was transformed, visually and narratively. He immersed himself in the history of pulp heroes but has combined comics traditions with innovative elements of commercial art and cinematic imagery. He wrote and published two volumes of The Steranko History of Comics in 1970 and 1972, and through his publishing company, Supergraphics, launched a comics news zine called Comixscene, which evolved into Prevue and ran for 20 years until 1994. His numerous honors include induction into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame in 2006.