Five issues of that book was about as much pain as that poor Minnesota boy could stand. Soon afterwards, he left DC and moved on to the Punisher for Marvel. He did an Amazing Spider-Man fill-in story at Marvel, a few issues of DNAgents for Eclipse, and he eventually took over the art chores on DC's Doom Patrol. Although it wasn't actually published until years later, it did impress a variety of Editors enough to get Larsen some more high-profile work in the funnybook field.Įrik jumped around various books in this part of his career. That story was a battle between Marvel Comics characters Hulk & Thor. Erik eventually met Jim at a convention in Chicago and Jim was impressed enough with Erik's work that he consented to co-plot a story with him on the spot. It was here that he introduced the Dragon, a super powered superhero, to the comic-reading masses.Īfter a multitude of mailings, showing his work, Erik became aquainted with Jim Shooter, who was, at that point, Marvel's Editor-in-Chief. As a child growing up in Bellingham, Washington and Albion, California, Erik Larsen created seveal comic books featuring versions of a character named 'Dragon.' He eventually published a fanzine, which led to his doing professional work on a comic book called Megaton for creator Gary Carlson.
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