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Klaus Janson (born January 23, 1952, in Coburg, Germany) is a German-born American comic book...

Klaus Janson (born January 23, 1952, in Coburg, Germany) is a German-born American comic book artist, working regularly for Marvel Comics and DC Comics and sporadically for independent companies. While he is best-known as an inker, Janson has frequently worked as a penciller and colorist. Born in Coburg, German, Janson emigrated to the United States in 1957, settling with his family in Connecticut. After a short stint as assistant to Dick Giordano in the early 1970s, Janson came to prominence as the inker over Sal Buscema's pencils on The Defenders. Since then he has freelanced on most of the major titles at Marvel and DC. He is probably most famous for his collaboration with writer-artist Frank Miller on an early 1980s run on Daredevil; another celebrated collaboration with Miller, on DC's Batman story Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, followed in 1986. Janson's long-time association with Miller broke down over scheduling and inking disputes during the production of Dark Knight, and the two have not worked together since. Janson has frequently pencilled and inked (notably over Gene Colan's pencils) for various Batman titles, including Gothic with Grant Morrison. Janson's work as an