Don Perlin (born August 27, 1929) is a comic book artist and occasional writer best known for Marvel Comics' Werewolf by Night, The Defenders, and Ghost Rider. In the 1990s, he was a major figure at Valiant Comics, where he was both an artist and editor.
At 14, Perlin began studying art under Burne Hogarth, who taught small private classes prior to co-founding the Cartoonists and Illustrators School. In 1951, Perlin was a penciller on Will Eisner...
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Don Perlin (born August 27, 1929) is a comic book artist and occasional writer best known for Marvel Comics' Werewolf by Night, The Defenders, and Ghost Rider. In the 1990s, he was a major figure at Valiant Comics, where he was both an artist and editor.
At 14, Perlin began studying art under Burne Hogarth, who taught small private classes prior to co-founding the Cartoonists and Illustrators School. In 1951, Perlin was a penciller on Will Eisner's The Spirit. Perlin was drafted in 1953 and served in the United States Army.
In 1974 he began a long association with Marvel, where he was a full-time penciler until 1987. From 1980–1986, he was the regular (and longest-serving) artist on Defenders. In addition to his work on The Defenders, Werewolf by Night, and Ghost Rider, Perlin penciled Transformers. Perlin's Werewolf run is notable for introducing the character of Moon Knight, who he co-created with writer Doug Moench. In the late 1980s Perlin became a managing art director at Marvel,...
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