- Jim Novak
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comic book creator primarily working as aletterer forMarvel Comics , where he has worked on almost every one of their ongoing series. Novak has also done spot duty as a writer, penciler, and colorist.Biography
Novak broke into the business in 1975 with "
Marvel Spotlight " #25. He soon became a staff letterer (and occasional logo designer) [ [http://kleinletters.com/Blog/?p=1295 "Logo Study: IRON MAN Part 2," Todd Klein's blog (June 18, 2000).] Retrieved August 26, 2008.] at Marvel, ascending to production manager in the mid-1980s [Ken Lopez on Todd Klein's blog: [http://kleinletters.com/Blog/?p=450 "Logo Study: X-Men Update," (Oct. 19, 2007).] Retrieved August 26, 2008.] . A prolific worker, in the 1980s Novak was the regular letterer for such titles as "The Avengers" (1981–1987) "Doctor Strange " (1980–1984), "Fantastic Four " (1980–1984), "The Incredible Hulk " (1981–1984), and "Marvel Fanfare " (1982–1991), when he lettered as many as five or six books per month.In the 1980s and early 90s (and even in 2000–2001), Novak was often paired with writer/artist
John Byrne , on such titles as "The Avengers", "Fantastic Four", "Wolverine", "Sensational She-Hulk ", and "". Over the year, Novak also lettered a number of titles written byRoger Stern , including "Captain America ", "The Avengers", "Doctor Strange", "Marvel Universe", "The Spectacular Spider-Man ", and "Marvel: The Lost Generation".In the 1990s, Novak worked on many limited series and one-shots, as well as full-time lettering on "
Darkhawk ", "Green Goblin ", "Fantastic Four" again, and "Star Trek: Star Fleet Academy". In the 2000s, Novak's lettering work has been more sporadic.Bibliography
* "Captain America" (1979–1982)
* "Master of Kung-Fu" (1980–1982)
*" Doctor Strange" (1980–1984)
* "Fantastic Four" (1980–1984, 1995–1996)
* "The Avengers" (1981–1987)
* "Incredible Hulk" (1981–1984)
* "Marvel Fanfare" (1982–1991)
* "Sensational She-Hulk" (1989–1992)
* "Darkhawk" (1994–1995)
* "Green Goblin" (1995–1996)
* "Star Trek: Star Fleet Academy" (1996–1998)Notes
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External links
* [http://www.memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Jim_Novak Jim Novak] at Memory Alpha
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