With all of this Superman presence at Summer Con, we had to bring back the legendary writer and artist behind some of the most epic Superman comics. Please welcome back Dan Jurgens to the Washington State Summer Con from June 21st to the 23rd in Puyallup.
Dan began his comics career in 1981 as an artist on DC Comics’ THE WARLORD. He then created, wrote, and drew BOOSTER GOLD and added FLASH GORDON, LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES, GREEN ARROW, and JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA to his résumé. Most notably, he logged a very long run as a writer/artist on SUPERMAN, including the best-selling DEATH OF SUPERMAN.
At Marvel Comics, he wrote and/or drew THE SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN, THE MIGHTY THOR and CAPTAIN AMERICA.
Jurgens then returned to DC Comics to write and/or draw GREEN ARROW, JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL, FIRESTORM, and more. He then revived the true Superman in the SUPERMAN: LOIS AND CLARK series, which featured the creation and establishment of Superman’s son, Jonathan Kent, as a major DC character. After that, Dan had long stints writing ACTION COMICS through the landmark ACTION COMICS #1000.
Dan wrote GENERATIONS SHATTERED and GENERATIONS FORGED, which structured the Linearverse for DC. He also drew several covers for Marvel Comics, featuring characters like Spider-Man, Hulk, Wolverine, the X-Men, and Avengers.
Dan returned to Booster Gold in BLUE AND GOLD in 2022. Dan wrote and drew a 40-page story in THE DEATH OF SUPERMAN 30th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL. Dan also returned to Thor, a character he wrote for seven years, with a story he wrote and drew for THOR #750.
These days, Dan has returned to ACTION COMICS where he’s writing a feature starring Superman and also writing the adventures of another iconic character, Tarzan, in Dynamite Comics’ LORD OF THE JUNGLE series.