Luke McDonnell (born July 19, 1959) is an American artist whose early career was spent specialising in comic books.
Career Comic books Luke McDonnell began his career as a comics artist in 1980 and illustrated a wide variety of comics including long runs on Iron Man, The Phantom, and Suicide Squad. He made his Marvel Comics debut with the story "Eclipse of Reason" in Star Trek #12 (March 1981). In 1983, McDonnell and writer Dennis O'Neil began a storyline in which the character James Rhodes replaced Tony Stark in the role of Iron Man. McDonnell moved to DC Comics in 1985 and became the regular artist on Justice League of America with issue #245 (Dec. 1985). He drew the title through its final storyline (#258–261) which was written by J. M. DeMatteis.
McDonnell was one of the contributors to the DC Challenge limited series and then moved over to the Suicide Squad series written by John Ostrander.Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 228: "Writer John Ostrander gave the new Suicide Squad its own series, having brought the team to life in 1986's Legends miniseries...With the team's own title, Ostrander was helped by artist Luke McDonnell." Suicide Squad #23 (Jan. 1989) written by Ostrander and Kim Yale and drawn by McDonnell, featured Barbara Gordon, the former Batgirl, making her debut as Oracle.Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 239: "Barbara [Gordon] set herself as an information guru...Called Oracle, Barbara was recruited by the Suicide Squad in the pages of issue #23 of the Squad's comic, written by John Ostrander and Kim Yale, and pencilled by Luke McDonnell. The Ostrander, Yale, and McDonnell team produced a Deadshot limited series as well. In 1995, McDonnell drew the final two issues of an Argus limited series after which his comics work has appeared only occasionally.
Yoe! Studio McDonnell mainly works as a toy designer and illustrator at Craig Yoe's Yoe! Studio.
Bibliography
DC Comics
Argus #5–6 (1995) Armageddon: Inferno #1–4 (1992) Atom Special #2 (1995) Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #115 (1999) Captain Atom #45 (1990) DC Challenge #12 (1986) Deadshot #1–4 (1988–1989) Detective Comics #634 (1991) Eclipso #4–6 (1993) Green Lantern: Mosaic #14, 16–18 (1993) Hawkman vol. 3 #7–8, 12 (1994) Hawkworld Annual #3 (1992) Justice League of America #245–261 (1985–1987) Justice League of America #0 (2006) Outlaws #1–8 (1991–1992) The Phantom vol. 2 #1–13 (1989–1990) Secret Origins vol. 2 #11 (Hawkman), #14 (Suicide Squad) (1987) The Shadow Strikes! Annual #1 (1989) Suicide Squad #1–24, 35, 38–39, 44, 46, 49–51 (1987–1991) Weird War Tales #102 (1981) Who's Who in the DC Universe #1, 3, 9 (1990–1991) Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #9, 11–12, 14, 18, 22, 25 (1985–1987) Who's Who: Update '87 #1, 3–5 (1987) Who's Who Update '88 #1, 3–4 (1988)
First Comics Crossroads #5 (Grimjack, Dreadstar, and Nexus) (1988) Dreadstar #33–40 (1987–1989) Nexus #68 (1990)
Marvel Comics
The Amazing Spider-Man #219 (1981) Daredevil #202, 204 (1984) Defenders #146 (1985) The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #12, 20 (1983–1984) Ghost Rider #63 (1981) Hercules #2–3 (1982) Impossible Man Summer Vacation Spectacular #1 (1990) Iron Man #151, 161, 163–187, 189–195, Annual #6–7 (1981–1985) Marvel Fanfare #5 (Captain America) (1982) Micronauts #46 (1982) Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #1, 4–5, 12–14 (1983–1984) Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #16 (1987) Savage Sword of Conan #86, 153, 177 (1983–1990) The Spectacular Spider-Man #55, 68, 105–106 (1981–1985) Star Trek #12, 14, 16 (1981) Star Wars #78 (1983) Team America #3–4, 7 (1982) Thor Annual #9 (1981) What If vol. 2 #18, 26, 44 (1990–1992)
YOE Studio! Big Boy Magazine #529–533 (2007–2008)
References
External links
Luke McDonnell at Mike's Amazing World of Comics Luke McDonnell at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators