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David Emmett Cockrum (/ ˈ k ɒ k r ə m /; November 11, 1943 – November 26, 2006) was an American comics artist known for his co-creation of the new X-Men characters Nightcrawler, Storm, Colossus, and Mystique, as well as the antiheroine Black Cat.
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- November 26, 2006 (aged 63), Belton, South Carolina, U.S.
- David Emmett Cockrum, November 11, 1943, Pendleton, Oregon, U.S.
Jun 30, 2022 · Learn how the late comics artist Dave Cockrum created Storm, the African weather goddess and X-Men member, from his original concept of a shape-shifting cat character. See the evolution of her name, look and powers, and how Roy Thomas suggested her name and Len Wein her hair color.
What started out as an attempt to breathe some new life in a failed idea became the biggest franchise in comic industry. This article will take a look at the creative process of Dave Cockrum when it came to designing the all-new, all-different X-Men. DC’s proposal - the Man of Steel.
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Nov 29, 2006 · Dave Cockrum, an illustrator who in the mid-1970s helped invent a dynamic new look and intriguing new characters for the moribund “X-Men” comics, paving the way for what became America’s most...
The cover of Giant-Size X-Men #1 by Gil Kane & Cockrum, featuring characters Cockrum designed. Dave Cockrum was a writer and artist for Marvel Comics. He was most widely recognized for his contributions to the "All-New, All-Different" X-Men. He died November 28th, 2006.
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Nov 28, 2006 · Dave Cockrum, the illustrator for the landmark 1970s overhauling of the X-Men that turned a relatively obscure Marvel Comics title into a 1980s publishing sensation and eventually a major film...
David Emmett Cockrum was born in Pendleton, Oregon, on November 12, 1943. He grew up loving comic books with the ambition to become a comic-book creator himself, and later become a professional comic book illustrator who in the mid-1970s helped invent a dynamic new look and intriguing new characters for the moribund "X-Men" comics, paving the ...