Shane Davis is an American comic book artist best known for his work on Superman and Batman for DC Comics.
Shane Davis | |
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Born | Shane Davis |
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Penciller, Inker |
Notable works | Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns Mystery in Space vol. 2 Superman/Batman Superman: Earth One |
Shane Davis attended The Kubert School in his hometown of Dover, New Jersey.[1] He entered the comics industry in 2003 at DC Comics by illustrating Robin #110 and a spot illustration in JLA-Z #3.[2] In the following year, he illustrated other DC titles including Nightwing #88 and Wonder Woman #201, as well as the Marvel Comics' book Marvel Halloween Ashcan 2004. In the ensuing years he illustrated a variety of titles for both publishers, such as Marvel Age Spider-Man, Action Comics, and Batman. One of his more notable Batman stories was 2006's Batman Annual #25, which featured the return of Jason Todd.[3] That same year he illustrated Jay Faerber's series, Noble Causes #17, for Image Comics. Davis also drew the miniseries Mystery in Space vol. 2, written by Jim Starlin and featuring Captain Comet.[4]
In 2007, Davis illustrated the first issue of the JLA/JSA crossover storyline "The Lightning Saga",[5] and then became the penciller for Superman/Batman for issues #44–49.[6] In 2008, Davis was tapped by writer Geoff Johns to be the artist for a Final Crisis tie-in one-shot entitled Rage of the Red Lanterns,[7] which featured a lead-up to a story in the main Green Lantern title and its 2009 crossover Blackest Night.[8] Davis' worked with writer J. Michael Straczynski on the Superman: Earth One graphic novel published in 2010.[9][10][11] A second volume of Superman: Earth One was released in 2012.[12]
Davis' projects since 2013 include the Shadow Walk graphic novel for Legendary Comics[13][14] and a Batman story for the Legends of the Dark Knight series.[15] He wrote and drew the lead story in The New Gods Special #1 (2017).[16]
In this story written by Judd Winick and drawn by Shane Davis, the villain Superboy-Prime unwittingly resurrected Jason by causing a time ripple.
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[Mystery in Space] returned for an eight-issue run featuring Captain Comet, and was written by Jim Starlin and drawn by Shane Davis.
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The issue...represents Davis' first work for DC writing his own story to draw on his own.