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Todd Dezago at the 2008 New York Comic Con
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| Born | 1961 (age 62–63) Rhinebeck, New York, U.S. |
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Notable works | Impulse The Perhapanauts The Sensational Spider-Man Tellos Young Justice |
Todd Dezago (/dəˈzeɪɡoʊ/;[1] born 1961) is an American comic book writer best known for his collaborations with artist Mike WieringoonThe Sensational Spider-Man and their creator-owned fantasy series Tellos.
Todd Dezago was raised in Rhinebeck, New York and studied to be an actor.[2]
Dezago began his comics writing career on X-Factor for Marvel Comics in 1994.[3] He first worked with penciller Mike WieringoonThe Sensational Spider-Man #8 (Sept. 1996).[4] They then worked together on the creator-owned fantasy series Tellos in 1999.[5] The series, a coming-of-age adventure set in a magical, piratical world, ran 10 issues (May 1999–Nov. 2000). The last three issues were released by Gorilla Comics, a short-lived Image Comics imprint co-founded by Dezago and several other creators in 2000.[6][7] Following the demise of the series, Dezago wrote the Tellos: Maiden Voyage #1 (March 2001) one-shot.
AtDC Comics, Dezago co-created Young Justice with artist Todd Nauck in the 1998 one-shot Young Justice: The Secret.[8][9] His other Young Justice work includes the 1998 miniseries JLA: World Without Grown-ups.[10] From 1999 to 2002, he wrote Impulse #50–89.[11] In 2005 he co-created The Perhapanauts with artist Craig Rousseau.[8]
It seemed that a whole host of bad guys were on a crime spree in this adventure, written by Todd Dezago and illustrated by the series' new regular artist Mike Wieringo.
Running for 55 issues, Young Justice was created by Todd DeZago and Todd Nauck
The Young Justice team...starred in a two-issue prestige series called JLA: World Without Grown-ups written by Dezago and illustrated by Mike McKone and Humberto Ramos.
| Preceded by | X-Factor writer 1994–1995 |
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| Preceded by | The Sensational Spider-Man writer 1996–1998 |
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| Preceded by | Wolverine vol. 2 writer 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Impulse writer 1999–2002 |
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