Arvell Jones
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Arvell Jones, October 2011
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| Born | Arvell Malcolm Jones September 5 |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller |
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Notable works
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All-Star Squadron; Misty Knight |
Arvell Jones (whose earliest work is billed Arvell Malcolm Jones) (born September 5)[1] is an American comic book illustrator best known for his work for Marvel Comics, and for DC Comics and its imprint Milestone Media.
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Biography
Arvell Jones and his brother Desmond Jones were raised in Detroit, Michigan, and were an active in early comic book fandom.[2] Along with fellow Detroiters and future comics professionals Rich Buckler, Tom Orzechowski, Keith Pollard, Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom, Michael Netzer, and others, Jones worked on the Detroit Triple Fan Fair,[2] one of the earliest comic book conventions, and published the fanzine Fan Informer from Detroit, Michigan; it lasted through at least issue #30 (1971).[3] Jones in 2006 recalled how he and his compatriots "would take a 13-hour drive and spend the night with Al Milgrom and his roommate, hang at Rich [Buckler]'s, then go see [art director] John Romita at Marvel [Comics], get our butts spanked, and go back to Detroit to work on our samples again."[2]
He entered the comics industry as art assistant for Buckler, the first of the Detroit group to enter the field professionally.[2] After helping him on Marvel features starring the superhero the Black Panther and the Buckler-created cyborg antihero Deathlok, Jones received his first published credit, for pencil-art assistance, alongside Pollard, on the Buckler-drawn Thor #228 (cover-dated Oct. 1974). He then did pencil "breakdowns"—layouts that break down the plot elements—for all but page one of the 18-page team-up story "The Return of the Living Eraser", starring the Thing and Morbius, the Living Vampire, with veteran artist Dick Giordano providing finished art.[4] This did not see publication for a year, however,[2] eventually running in Marvel Two-in-One #15 (May 1976). Following an illustration for the text story "The Atomic Monster" in the Marvel black-and-white horror-comics magazine Monsters Unleashed #9 (Dec. 1974), Jones made his full comics-art debut as penciler of an 18-page story starring the martial-artist superhero Iron Fist in Marvel Premiere #20 (Jan. 1975). He went on to do the next two Iron Fist stories in that bimonthly series[4] and co-created the supporting character Misty Knight with writer Tony Isabella.[5] At DC Comics, His other bi-monthly title was Iron Man starting with issue 73. Jones worked with writer Gerry Conway on the Super-Team Family title which starred the Atom teaming with various other DC characters.[6] After the cancellation of Super-Team Family, a Supergirl/Doom Patrol team-up drawn by Jones originally scheduled to appear in that series was published in The Superman Family #191-193.[7]
Jones worked on the DC Comics series All-Star Squadron in the mid-1980s, penciling the majority of the issues released between 1985 and 1987. After leaving the comics field for several years to work in television,[8][9] he returned in 1994 to pencil Marvel Comics' Captain America Annual #13, and issues of DC/Milestone Media's Kobalt and Hardware and Blood Syndicate. His last published comic was Marvel's Daredevil #343, in which he and Keith Pollard did breakdowns — layouts that break down the plot elements — finished by Tom Palmer.[4]
Bibliography
DC Comics
- All-Star Squadron #37, 41-46, 50-55, 57-60, 67 (1984-1987)
- DC Special #28 (Legion of Super-Heroes) (1977)
- DC Special Series #6 (Secret Society of Super Villains) (1977)
- Men of War #2-3 (Codename: Gravedigger) (1977)
- Secret Origins #19 (Guardian) (1987)
- Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #241-242 (1978)
- The Superman Family #191-193 (Supergirl) (1978-1979)
- Super-Team Family #12-15 (1977-1978)
- Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #16 (1986)
Milestone Media
- Blood Syndicate #4 (1993)
- Hardware #9 (1993)
- Kobalt #1-6 (1994)
Marvel Comics
- Astonishing Tales #30 (Deathlok) (1975)
- Avengers #192 (1980)
- Captain America Annual #13 (1994)
- Daredevil #343 (1995)
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #62 (1987)
- Iron Man #73-75, 77 (1975)
- Marvel Premiere #20-22 (Iron Fist) (1975)
- Marvel Spotlight #33 (Deathlok) (1977)
- Marvel Two-in-One #15 (The Thing and Morbius, the Living Vampire) (1976)
- Monsters Unleashed #9 (1974)
- Nightmask #5 (1987)
- Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #12 (1986)
- Power Man #30 (1976)
- Star Brand #8 (1987)
- Super-Villain Team-Up #17 (1980)
- Thor #228, 290 (1974-1979)
- What If...? #37 (The Thing) (1983)
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External links
- Arvell Jones at the Comic Book DB
- Arvell Jones at the Internet Movie Database
- Arvell Jones at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Arvell Jones at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
Audio/video
- "Kids Read Comics Interview - Arvell Jones Bonus Story", TGTWebcomics, YouTube, June 23, 2010
- "Arvell Jones Interview!", The Comic Book Syndicate, YouTube, April 30, 2011
| Preceded by | Iron Man artist 1975 |
Succeeded by George Tuska |
| Preceded by | All-Star Squadron artist 1985-1986 |
Succeeded by Mike Harris |
