Photo ©1995 Anthony Taylor
Dave Cockrum was a comic-book artist who worked for both Marvel and DC Comics. Cockrum's first work in the comic industry after leaving the United States Navy was for Warren Publishing, and he was later hired by DC Comics to draw Legion of Superheroes stories. In 1975 Cockrum joined Marvel Comics, where he and writer Len Wein revived the X-Men comic series adding several new characters of their own creation including Storm, Colossus, and (Cockrum's favorite) Nightcrawler.
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Cover of Star Wars (1977) 17 by Cockrum and Bob McLeod
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- Star Wars (1977) 5
- Star Wars (1977) 6
- Star Wars (1977) 17
- The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of Star Wars
- Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars 1
External links[]
Dave Cockrum on Wikipedia- Tribute site to Dave Cockrum (backup link)
- Dave Cockrum on Comiclopeida (backup link archived on February 9, 2006)
- Dave Cockrum Biography on ourworlds.topcities.com (backup link archived on June 21, 2002)
