Ed Hannigan

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Ed Hannigan
BornEdward Hannigan
(1951-08-06) August 6, 1951 (age 72)
Nationality American
Area(s)Writer, Penciller, Editor
Notable works
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight
The Defenders
Green Arrow
The Spectacular Spider-Man
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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]

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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 , Hannigan and writer Bill Mantlo co-created the characters Cloak and Dagger, [6] who appeared in a live-action television series on Freeform. [7]

At DC Comics, Hannigan redesigned the Brainiac character into a chromed, more robotic form. [8] [9] 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. [10] 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. [11] 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. [12]

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

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Marvel Comics

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References

  1. Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide . Iola, Wisconsin. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Exclusive Preview: Ed Hannigan: Covered". Comic Book Resources. January 7, 2010. Archived from the original on October 13, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2010. Today, [January 7, 2010,] Ed is 58 years old and has multiple sclerosis.
  3. "Ed Hannigan". Lambiek Comiclopedia. December 28, 2007. Archived from the original on May 6, 2012. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  4. 1 2 Ed Hannigan at the Grand Comics Database
  5. 1 2 3 DeAngelo, Daniel (July 2013). "The Not-Ready-For-Super-Team Players A History of the Defenders". Back Issue! . Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (65): 10–12.
  6. DeFalco, Tom; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2008). "1980s". Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 207. ISBN   978-0756641238. Cloak and Dagger's first appearance was written by Bill Mantlo and illustrated by Ed Hannigan. A socially conscious writer, Mantlo used the characters to address the problems of teenage runaways and the dangers of illegal drugs.{{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. Andreeva, Nellie (January 30, 2017). "Marvel's Cloak & Dagger: Olivia Holt & Aubrey Joseph Land Title Roles In Series For Freeform". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on July 28, 2017.
  8. Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1980s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 202. ISBN   978-0-7566-6742-9. Writer Marv Wolfman and artist Gil Kane chronicled Brainiac's evolution into robot form (designed by Ed Hannigan).{{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show special features (DVD). Warner Home Video. 2007.
  10. Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 233: "Mike Grell continued the evolution of the character of Oliver Queen that began in 1987's Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters with an ongoing monthly series...The series featured pencils by Ed Hannigan, with covers by Grell."
  11. Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 241: "Written by Dennis O'Neil with art by Edward Hannigan, 'Shaman' helped jump-start this popular new title."
  12. "DCI with Johnny DC", Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 4, #3 (January 1990).
Preceded by The Defenders artist
1978–1979
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Preceded byThe Defenders writer
1979–1981
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1981–1982
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Green Arrow vol. 2 artist
1988–1989
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Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight artist
1989–1990
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