Michael Golden

Michael Golden (comics)
Golden at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan, 2 October 2010.
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, Artist, Colorist
Notable works	The Micronauts The 'Nam
Influenced Art Adams[1][2]

Michael Golden is an American comic book artist and writer best known for his late-1970s work on Marvel Comics' The Micronauts, as well as his co-creation of the characters Rogue and Bucky O'Hare.^[3][4]

Career

After starting his illustration career in commercial art, Golden broke into comics in late 1977, working on such DC Comics titles as Mister Miracle and Batman Family. In 1978, he made a splash with his work on Marvel's Micronauts. He drew a number of Marvel series throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including Doctor Strange, She-Hulk, the Howard the Duck black-and-white comics magazine, and The 'Nam. He drew covers for the licensed series G.I. Joe, ROM, and the lesser-known U.S. 1, Nomad, and The Saga of Crystar. Golden also penciled parts of the Marvel No-Prize Book . In the 2000s, he drew covers for DC Comics' Nightwing, Superman: The Man of Steel, and Vigilante.

Golden's art style later inspired a number of later comics creators, including Arthur Adams.^[1][2] Golden's work was also appropriated by Glenn Danzig as a logo for his bands Samhain and Danzig. Golden is an elusive figure, rarely given to interviews or revelations about his background and personal life.^[5] He is currently managed by Renee Witterstaetter (a former comics colorist, writer, and editor) of Eva Ink Publishing.^[6]

Selected works

Comic books

DC Comics

• Batman #295 (1st DC work), #303 (1978)
• Batman Special #1 (1984)
• Batman Family #15-20 (1978)
• Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Annual #1 (1991)
• Batman: Odyssey #1 (2010)
• Birds of Prey #66 (2004)
• DC Special Series #15 (Batman) (1978)
• Deathstroke, The Terminator #12 (1992)
• Detective Comics #482 (The Demon and Bat-Mite stories) (1979)
• Ghosts #67, 88 (1978-1980)
• House of Mystery #257, 259, 266 (1978-1979)
• House of Secrets #148-149 (1 page each), 151 (1977-1978)
• Justice League Europe Annual #2 (1991)
• Mister Miracle #23-25 (1978)
• Mystery in Space #113 (1980)
• Secrets of Haunted House #10 (1978)
• Superman Special #1 (1 page) (1992)
• Superman: The Man of Steel Gallery #1 (1 page) (1995)
• Who's Who in the DC Universe #12-13 (1991)

Marvel Comics

• Avengers Annual #10 (1981)
• Bizarre Adventures #25, 28 (1981)
• Daredevil Vol. 2 #65 (2004)
• Defenders (partial) #53-54 (1977)
• Doctor Strange #46, 55 (1981-1982)
• Epic Illustrated #3-4, 32 (1980-1985)
• Fantastic Four Roast #1 (1982)
• G.I. Joe Yearbook #2 (1986)
• Howard the Duck (black-and-white magazine) #1, 5-6 (1979-1980)
• Marvel Fanfare #1-2, 4, 45, 47 (1982-1989)
• Marvel Holiday Special (Wolverine) (1992)
• Marvel: Shadows and Light #1 (Doctor Strange) (1997)
• Micronauts #1-12 (1979)
• Mutant X #12 (1999)
• The 'Nam #1-11, 13 (1986-1987)
• Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #10 (1983)
• Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #12 (1986)
• Savage Tales Vol. 2 #1, 4 (1985-1986)
• Star-Lord, The Special Edition #1 (framing sequence) (1982)
• Star Wars #38 (1980)
• Uncanny X-Men #273, Annual #7 (1983-1991)

Other publishers

• Bucky O'Hare #1-5 (1991-1992) (Continuity Comics)
• Echo of Futurepast #1-6 (1984-1985) (Continuity Comics)
• Toyboy #7 (1989) (Continuity Comics)
• Jackie Chan's Spartan X: Hell-Bent-Hero-For-Hire #3 (1998) (Image Comics)
• Jackie Chan's Spartan X: The Armour of Heaven #1-3 (1997) (Topps Comics)

Covers

• Adventures of Superman #590 (DC)
• Alpha Flight #84 (Marvel)
• Batman #484, 485 (DC)
• Batman: Cyber Revolution #1-2 (DC)
• Detective Comics #625, 626, 628-631, 633, 644-646 (DC)
• Doctor Strange #55 (Marvel)
• Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comic Magazine #2 (Marvel)
• G.I. Joe #23, 27, 29, 36, 116-118 (Marvel)
• G.I. Joe Yearbook #1, 2 (Marvel)
• G.I. Joe: America's Elite #36 (Devil's Due)
• Marvel No-Prize Book #1 (Marvel)
• Micronauts #13-24, 38, 39, 59 (Marvel)
• Mutant X #27-28 (Marvel)
• New Exiles #1-3 (Marvel)
• Nightwing #66-77 (DC)
• Nomad vol. 2 #19, 22-25 (Marvel)
• Ocean #1-6 (Wildstorm)
• Out of the Vortex #8 (Dark Horse)
• Peter Parker: Spider-Man vol. 2 Annual 2001 (Marvel)
• The Punisher vol. 2 #50, 51, 53, 58, 86, 87, Annual #4 (Marvel)
• Punisher Armory #9, 10 (Marvel)
• Punisher War Journal #25-30, 40, 61-64 (Marvel)
• Punisher War Zone #17-19, 23-25, Annual #1 (Marvel)
• Robo Dojo #1-6 (Wildstorm)
• Rom #7-11; 19 (Marvel)
• Savage She-Hulk #8-11 (Marvel)
• Savage Sword of Conan #98, 101, 105, 106, 117, 124, 150 (Marvel)
• Savage Tales vol. 2, #1(Marvel)
• Showcase 93 #4 (DC)
• Superman: The Man of Steel #127-128 (DC)
• Team 7: Dead Reckoning #1-4 (Image)
• Transformers #2 (Marvel)
• Union #8, 9, 10 (Image)
• Vigilante #1-4 (DC)
• The X-Men companion #1 (Fantagraphics)

Portfolio

• Doctor Strange (Marvel)
• Michael Golden's Jurassic Park Portfolio One (Image)
• Michael Golden's Jurassic Park Portfolio Two (Image)
• Michael Golden's Monsters (Image/Eva Ink 2006)

Notes

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Michael Golden

• Michael Golden at the Comic Book DB
• Michael Golden unofficial website
• Newsarama interview with Michael Golden by Daniel Robert Epstein