Doug Mahnke

Doug Mahnke
Born	Douglas Mahnke Minnesota
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker
Notable works	Batman Black Adam: The Dark Age Final Crisis Green Lantern, vol. 4 JLA, vol. 3

Douglas "Doug" Mahnke (pronounced MAN-key) is an American comic book artist and penciller.

Biography

Mahnke's first prominent work was for The Mask, and he has since worked for DC Comics on JLA, Batman with writer Judd Winick, and Seven Soldiers: Frankenstein with Grant Morrison. Mahnke's work on Batman included the controversial story detailing how the previously deceased second Robin, Jason Todd, was alive and actively working against Batman's interests as the Red Hood.^[1] Mahnke also worked on the critically acclaimed prestige one-shot Batman: The Man Who Laughs with writer Ed Brubaker.

His work also includes titles such as Major Bummer, Superman: The Man of Steel, Team Zero and Justice League Elite. He was the original artist for the Dark Horse Comics title X, a run inked by Jimmy Palmiotti, as well as being the cover artist for King Tiger/Motorhead, a two-issue series set in the same universe as X. In 2005, with comic book inker Tom Nguyen, Mahnke produced two comic book art instructional DVDs. In 2006, he took over the art for Stormwatch P.H.D. for Wildstorm Comics. His work in 2007 included the DC mini, Black Adam: The Dark Age written by Peter Tomasi, detailing Black Adam's mourning over his wife Isis and regaining his powers. In 2008, he reunited with Tomasi to pencil an issue of Nightwing for the writer.

Mahnke was an important collaborator with writer Grant Morrison on DC's event series Final Crisis, pencilling the Requiem one-shot and the two-issue Superman Beyond 3D tie-in. Mahnke also pencilled the final pages of the main series' 6th issue featuring the "death" of Batman, and replaced artist J.G. Jones entirely on the series finale issue #7 over concerns of Jones' speed.^[2]

Starting in July 2009, Mahnke became the ongoing artist for DC's Green Lantern with writer Geoff Johns, right at the beginning of the Blackest Night storyline.^[3][4]

Bibliography

Interior comic work includes:

• Dark Horse Presents #25-29: "Homicide" (with John Arcudi, Dark Horse, 1988–1989)
• The Mask (with John Arcudi, Dark Horse, 1989–1997):
  • "Who's Laughing Now?" (in Mayhem #1, 1989)
  • "What Revenge Means to Me" (in Mayhem #2, 1989)
  • "Have Gun, Will Use" (in Mayhem #3, 1989)
  • "Final Kick!" (in Mayhem #4, 1989)
  • The Mask #1-4 (1991)
  • The Mask Returns #1-4 (1992–1993)
  • The Mask Strikes Back #1-5 (1995)
  • "Night of the Return of the Living Ipkiss...Kinda" (in A Decade of Dark Horse #3, 1996)
  • Lobo/Mask #1-2 (1997)
• X #1-5, 9 (with Steven Grant, Dark Horse, 1994)
• Aliens: Stronghold #1-4 (with John Arcudi, Dark Horse, 1994)
• Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #26 (with John Arcudi, Marvel, 1994)
• Walter: Campaign of Terror #1-4 (with John Arcudi, Dark Horse, 1994)
• Major Bummer #1-15 (with John Arcudi, DC Comics, 1997–1998)
• Superman: The Man of Steel #87-89, 91, 93, 95-98, 100, 102-105, 107-108, 110-111, 114-118 (with Mark Schultz, DC Comics, 1999–2001)
• Gen¹³ #38: "The Roar of the Greasepaint" (with John Arcudi, Wildstorm, 1999)
• Superman and Batman: World's Funnest (with Evan Dorkin, among other artists, graphic novel, DC Comics, 2000)
• Hitman/Lobo: That Stupid Bastich! (with Garth Ennis, one-shot, DC Comics, 2000)
• Martian Manhunter #24 (with John Ostrander, DC Comics, 2000)
• Superman: Lex 2000 (with Jeph Loeb, Greg Rucka, Tony Harris, Ed McGuinness, Todd Nauck and Dwayne Turner, one-shot, DC Comics, 2001)
• World's Finest: Our Worlds at War (with Jeph Loeb, among other artists, one-shot, DC Comics, 2001)
• Action Comics #775: "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?" (with Joe Kelly and Lee Bermejo, DC Comics, 2001)
• JLA #61-68, 70, 72, 74-75, 78-79, 84-89, 100 (with Joe Kelly, DC Comics, 2002-2004)
• Masks: Too Hot for TV! (with Ed Brubaker, one-shot, Wildstorm, 2004)
• Justice League Elite #1-12 (with Joe Kelly, DC Comics, 2004–2005)
• DC Comics Presents: Flash: "Flash Back!" (with Dennis O'Neil, one-shot, DC Comics, 2004)
• Batman: The Man Who Laughs (with Ed Brubaker, graphic novel, DC Comics, 2005)
• JLA/Cyberforce (with Joe Kelly, one-shot, Top Cow, 2005)
• Batman #635-639, 641, 645, 647-648 (with Judd Winick, DC Comics, 2005–2006)
• Seven Soldiers: Frankenstein #1-4 (with Grant Morrison, DC Comics, 2006)
• Team Zero #1-6 (with Chuck Dixon, Wildstorm, 2006)
• Worldstorm #1 (with Christos Gage, Wildstorm, 2006)
• Stormwatch P.H.D. #1-4, 6-7 (with Christos Gage, Wildstorm, 2007)
• Black Adam: The Dark Age #1-6 (with Peter Tomasi, DC Comics, 2007–2008)
• Countdown to Final Crisis #3, 8 (with Scott Beatty, co-features, DC Comics, 2008)
• Final Crisis: Requiem (with Peter Tomasi, one-shot, DC Comics, 2008)
• Final Crisis: Superman Beyond #1-2 (with Grant Morrison, DC Comics, 2008–2009)
• Final Crisis #6-7 (with Grant Morrison, J.G. Jones and Carlos Pacheco, DC Comics, 2009)
• Nightwing #151 (with Peter Tomasi and Shawn Moll, DC Comics, 2008)
• Green Lantern v4 #43-48, 50-62, 64-67 (with Geoff Johns, DC Comics, 2009–2011)
• Green Lantern v5 #1-ongoing (with Geoff Johns, DC Comics, 2011–...)

Covers only

• Dark Horse Presents #49, 64, 134 (Dark Horse, 1991–1998)
• Dr. Giggles #1-2 (Dark Horse, 1992)
• Comics' Greatest World: Arcadia #4 (Dark Horse, 1993)
• Comics' Greatest World: Vortex #1 (Dark Horse, 1993)
• Out of the Vortex #1 (Dark Horse, 1993)
• Barb Wire: Ace of Spades #3-4 (Dark Horse, 1996)
• King Tiger & Motorhead #1-2 (Dark Horse, 1996)
• Randy Bowen's Decapitator #1 (Dark Horse, 1998)
• The Mask: Toys in the Attic #1-4 (Dark Horse, 1998)
• Superman: The Man of Steel #99, 101 (DC Comics, 2000)
• Batman #573 (DC Comics, 2000)
• Superman #158 (DC Comics, 2000)
• Adventures of Superman #580, 629 (DC Comics, 2000–2004)
• Action Comics #573 (DC Comics, 2000)
• JLA #69, 71, 73, 76, 80-83, 90-93 (DC Comics, 2002–2004)
• Outsiders #18-19, 21-23 (DC Comics, 2005)
• Stormwatch P.H.D. #5 (Wildstorm, 2007)
• Number of the Beast #1 (Wildstorm, 2008)
• Nightwing #144 (DC Comics, 2008)
• JLA: Classified #39 (DC Comics, 2008)
• Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #3 (DC Comics, 2009)
• Blackest Night #8 (DC Comics, 2009)
• inFamous #1-2 (DC Comics, 2011)
• Flashpoint: Frankenstein & The Creatures of the Unknown #1-3 (DC Comics, 2011)
• Green Lantern Corps v2 #1 (DC Comics, 2011)
• DC Universe Online: Legends #16 (DC Comics, 2011)

Notes

1. ^ Batman: Under the Hood Volumes 1 and 2
2. ^ J.G. Jones apologizes for inability to finish Final Crisis
3. ^ Doug Mahnke Named New Green Lantern Artist, Newsarama, March 18, 2009
4. ^ Mahnke Business - Talking with the New Green Lantern Artist, Newsarama, March 31, 2009

References

• Doug Mahnke at the Grand Comics Database
• Doug Mahnke at the Comic Book DB
• PLuGHiTz Live! An interview with Doug Mahnke

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