Chronicler Bios

Andru, Ross

Artist, AF1 & AF2.04-05

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Austin, Terry

Cover artist, AF2.07

Inker on many Marvel projects.

Baker, Kyle

Inker, AF3/3

Artist on The Cowboy Wally Show. Also worked with Andy Helfer on The Shadow.

Barreto, Eduardo

Artist, AF2/1

Also drew Action Comics, Tales of the Teen Titans, and various Superman and Batman specials.

Baron, Mike

Writer, AF2/1

Co-creator of Badger and Nexus. Also kicked off the new Flash (DC) and Punisher (Marvel) series in 1987.

Byrne, John

Cover artist, AF3

Writer and/or artist on many titles since the 1980s, including Fantastic Four, Superman, John Byrne's Next Men, Wonder Woman, and Spider-Man: Chapter One. DC was probably just trying to get some extra sales by having a big name do the cover.

Cavalieri, Joey

Scripter, AF2.13/1

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Chen, Mike

Artist, AF2.15-17/2

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Colon, Ernie

Inker, AF2.12/2

Arist on Richie Rich, Damage Control, and Dreadstar (second series).

Conway, Gerry

Writer, AF1 & AF2/1

Has had runs as the writer on Amazing Spider-Man, Batman, Detective Comics, Justice League of America, Thor, Wonder Woman, and various Superman titles. Also wrote Superman vs. Spider-man, Superman vs. Shazam, and the first few years of The Fury of Firestorm. Co-creator of Man-Thing.

Costanza, John

Letterer, AF1

Has lettered many projects, including Ambush Bug.

Cullins, Paris

Cover artist, AF2.16/1

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DeCarlo, Mike

Inker, AF1

Dick Giordano's assistant at the time.

DelBeato, Joe

Artist, AF2.15-18/2 & AF3/2

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Fleming, Robert Loren

Writer, AF2.20/2

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Fry, James

Penciller, AF3/2

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Gafford, Carl

Colorist, AF2.16/1 & AF2.16-17/2

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Garcia-Lopez, Jose Luis

Artist, AF2/1 & SR

Created the visuals for all of the second Atari Force. Other works include various issues of Superman and Batman titles (including some Elseworlds projects), the Cinder and Ashe and Twilight limited series and Bat-Man vs. the Incredible Hulk.

Giffen, Keith

Writer and/or artist, AF2.12-13/2 & AF2.20/2

Best known for his work, both drawing and plotting, on Legion of Super-Heroes and various Ambush Bug projects.

Giordano, Dick

Inker & editor, AF1; cover inker, AF2.11

Editor-in-chief of DC at the time. Also the inker on Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Hannigan, Ed

Artist, AF2

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Helfer, Andy

Editor, AF1, AF2/1, AF2/2, SR

Wrote DC's 1987 The Shadow series. Went on to oversee DC's Paradox Press line.

Hickman, Stephen

Cover artist, SR

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Janson, Klaus

Artist, AF2.14/2

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Kane, Gil

Artist, AF1

Had a long run on the pre-Crisis Green Lantern.

Kesel, Karl

Inker, AF2.20/2

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Kupperberg, Paul

Writer, AF2.13/2 & AF3/1-2

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Lappan, Bob

Letterer, AF2/1 & AF2/2

Lettered every single issue of the regular Atari Force series, including many great alien language fonts.

Maggin, Elliot S!

Writer, SR

Best remembered as the long-time writer of Superman and two Superman novels (Superman: Last Son of Krypton (1978) and Superman: Miracle Monday) (1981)). More recently, he wrote the novelzation of Kingdom Come.

Manak, Dave

Penciller, AF2.13/2; writer, AF2.14/2 & AF2.18/2

Did some artwork on early issues of Sonic the Hedgehog.

Ordway, Jerry

Cover artist, AF2

Writer/artist on Adventures of Superman and Power of Shazam.

Orzecody

Letterer, SR

Possibly a pseudonym for Tom Orzechowski.

Pozner, Neal

Design, AF1 & SR

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Rogers, Marshall

Penciller, AF2.18/2 & AF3/1; cover penciller, AF3

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Roy, Adrienne

Colorist, AF1

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Schwartz, Julius

Writer & editor, AF3/1

Long-time editor of the Superman titles (pre-Crisis).

Shane, Tristan

Penciller, AF3/2

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Smith, Bob

Artist, AF2

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Thomas, Roy

Writer, AF1

Remembered for his work on The Avengers, Conan, and various characters of DC's Earth-2, including the Justice Society, in All-Star Squadron and Infinity, Inc.

Villagran, Ricardo

Artist, AF2/1

Also inked DC's Star Trek (first series) at the time of AF2 (and beyond).

Wein, Len

Consulting editor, AF2.08

Co-creator of Swamp Thing.

Wray, Bill

Inker, AF2.19/2

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Zimmerman, Dwight Jon

Writer, AF3/3

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Ziuko, Tom

Colorist, AF2/1, AF2/2, & AF3/1-3

Colored almost every main story in the Atari Force series, most of the backup stories, and all the stories in the Special.

Thanks to GameGirl08 for information on Dave Manak.

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