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| Born | Stephen Erwin (1960-01-16)January 16, 1960 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.[1] |
| Died | October 25, 2023(2023-10-25) (aged 63) |
| Area(s) | Penciller |
Notable works | Deathstroke the Terminator Checkmate! Batman Returns movie adaptation |
Stephen Erwin (January 16, 1960 – October 25, 2023) was an American comics artist best known as the co-creator of Checkmate and Gunfire for DC Comics.
Steve Erwin was born on January 16, 1960.[2] He studied commercial art at Oklahoma State University-Okmulgee.[1] He credited Neal Adams' Batman stories and Gene Colan's and Tom Palmer's work on Daredevil as having "won my heart in junior high to aspiring (dreaming) to be a comic book artist."[3] Erwin's first published comic book work appeared in Grimjack #18 (January 1986),[4] published by First Comics. During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked primarily for DC Comics, his first story for that publisher appearing in The Vigilante #48 (December 1987).[4] After that title's cancellation, Erwin co-created the title Checkmate! with writer Paul Kupperberg.[5] In August 1991, Erwin and Marv Wolfman launched the Deathstroke the Terminator title,[6] a series that Erwin would draw from 1991 to 1994.[4] The Gunfire character was created by Len Wein and Erwin in Deathstroke the Terminator Annual #3 (October 1993).[7] Erwin drew the comics adaptation of Batman Returns as well as Star Trek: The Next Generation Shadowheart, the graphic novel adaptation of The Ashes of Eden, and the Mike Danger series published by Tekno Comix.[4]
In 2007, Erwin was inducted into the Oklahoma Cartoonists Hall of Fame in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, located in the Toy and Action Figure Museum.[1]
Erwin died on October 25, 2023, at the age of 63.[8]
The clandestine government operation Checkmate began its monthly adventures in April [1988] in its self-titled ongoing series by writer Paul Kupperberg and artist Steve Erwin.
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| Preceded by | Shatter artist 1986–1987 |
Succeeded by Paul Abrams |
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Deathstroke, the Terminator artist 1991–1994 |
Succeeded by Lauchland Pelle |
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