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Norm Rapmund Nationality American Area(s) Inker Official website Norm Rapmund is an American comic book inker.
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Career
Image Comics and Marvel
Rapmund's career began with Image Comics' Brigade #1 in 1992.[1][2] He worked on the series concurrently with Image titles Bloodstrike and Team Youngblood until 1994, when he moved from Brigade to Supreme.[2] Rapmund worked on several series under the Image banner (including the Extreme Studios and Maximum Press imprints), and in 1997 inked several issues of Alan Moore's Supreme: The New Adventures[2] as well as issue #3 of Alan Moore's Judgment Day limited series[3] Work on a pair of 1997 Image/Marvel Comics crossover titles, Spider-Man/Badrock[4] and Silver Surfer/Weapon Zero,[5] led to more jobs with Marvel on Avengers, Iron Man, and Fantastic Four.[2]
DC Comics
Rapmund began working primarily on DC Comics titles, starting in April 1998 with Teen Titans (vol. 2) #19; at the time the series was being written and pencilled by Dan Jurgens,[6] who had written Spider-Man/Badrock.[4] After the Titans series was canceled in September 1998 (issue #24), Rapmund inked various DC titles, including Superman, Superboy, Young Justice, and Action Comics.[2] He worked on Aquaman (vol. 5) from issue #50 (December 1998)[7] through the series' end at issue #75 (January 2001).[2][8]
Starting in September 2000, Rapmund also inked issues of Marvel's Wolverine (vol. 2) and X-Men, staying with these series after Aquaman ended in 2001.[2] His work on Wolverine ended with the issue #179 cover (September 2002),[9] and Rapmund continued inking various Marvel and DC titles, as well as Image Comics' Masters of the Universe,[2] a series which coincided with the 2002-2003 revival of the 1980s He-Man franchise. Transitioning primarily to Marvel's Black Panther and Fantastic Four in late 2003, Rapmund worked heavily on X-Treme X-Men in early 2004 as well as returning to the Teen Titans, whose latest series was being written by Geoff Johns.[2][10] This was followed by a stint with Marvel's Rogue from 2004 to 2005 and various other Marvel and DC titles, culminating with DC's Supergirl and Infinite Crisis from 2005 to 2006.[2] Among his next titles were the DC limited series 52 and Countdown to Final Crisis in 2007,[2] with Rapmund now on contract with DC Comics.
DC began a new Booster Gold series in October 2007, with art by Jurgens (who had created the character in 1986), Rapmund and (initial) co-writers Geoff Johns and Jeff Katz.[11][12] He and Jurgens briefly left the title to work on Time Masters: Vanishing Point. At the conclusion of that series, it was announced that he will return to Booster Gold, along with Dan Jurgens, in May 2011 with Issue #44. Rapmund also works on various other DC titles concurrently.[2]
References
- ^ "Brigade #1 (August 1992)". ComicBookDB.com. http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=20513. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Norm Rapmund - Chronological Listing". ComicBookDB.com. http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator_chron.php?ID=988. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
- ^ "Judgment Day #3 (October 1997)". ComicBookDB.com. http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=29817. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
- ^ a b "Spider-Man/Badrock (March 1997)". ComicBookDB.com. http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=29539. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
- ^ "Silver Surfer/Weapon Zero (April 1997)". ComicBookDB.com. http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=46252. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
- ^ "Teen Titans (vol. 2) #19 (April 1998)". ComicBookDB.com. http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=2509. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
- ^ "Aquaman (vol. 5) #50 (December 1998)". ComicBookDB.com. http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=21337. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
- ^ "Aquaman (vol. 5) #75 (January 2001)". ComicBookDB.com. http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=22901. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
- ^ "Wolverine (vol. 2) #179 (September 2002)". ComicBookDB.com. http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=14775. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
- ^ "Teen Titans (vol. 3) #9 (May 2004)". ComicBookDB.com. http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=2466. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
- ^ Ching, Albert (March 16, 2007). "DC Nation Panel from WW:LA". Newsarama. http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=105423. Retrieved February 8, 2009.
- ^ "Geoff Johns Shares Booster Gold Thoughts". Newsarama. March 16, 2007. http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=105430. Retrieved February 8, 2009.
External links
- Official website
- Norm Rapmund at the Grand Comics Database
- Norm Rapmund at the Comic Book DB
Categories:- American comics artists
- Comics inkers
- Living people
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