Bob Layton (born September 25, 1953) is an American comic book artist, writer, and editor. He is best known for his work on Marvel Comics titles such as Iron Man and Hercules , and for co-founding Valiant Comics with Jim Shooter .
75-447: Roger Stern (born September 17, 1950) is an American comic book author and novelist. In the early 1970s, Stern and Bob Layton published the fanzine CPL ( Contemporary Pictorial Literature ), one of the first platforms for the work of John Byrne . CPL rapidly became a popular fan publication, and led to the two forming an alliance with Charlton Comics to produce and publish "the now-famous Charlton Bullseye magazine". During
150-437: A drawing and correct your mistakes? It's also a lot less work that doing a monthly, 22-page comic. And occasionally, the fans come up with some great concepts fore [sic] me to execute. Layton has been quoted as saying that he "miss[es] telling stories," and to that end has showcased unpublished issues of Future Comics properties on his website, where he presented his serialized comic" Colony , with art by Giordano, and which "is
225-433: A dying alien race creates a number of containment devices in which to preserve their culture. They send them into space with contact teams, intent on meeting other civilizations. When a small group of these aliens arrives on the planet Krypton , they are met by the militant Kem-L, who kills them and corrupts one of the devices. Its new mission is to preserve his ideal of Kryptonian culture by eradicating all others — and thus
300-575: A fan presence", leading to the alliance with CPL to produce the Charlton Bullseye . This led to Charlton giving Layton and Stern "access to unpublished material from their vaults by the likes of Steve Ditko , Jeff Jones and a host of others." This association with Charlton (and Bill Pearson, production manager) in turn led to Layton becoming acquainted with the legendary Wally Wood , with whom he apprenticed. This apprenticeship led to work for Charlton on anthology titles, but not working from
375-453: A four-issue sequel in 1984 and a 1988 graphic novel (#37 in the "Marvel Graphic Novel" series) - Full Circle . Around this time, he designed the highly successful Marvel Secret Wars toy line for Mattel , which formed the impetus behind the 1984 Secret Wars event. Layton was one of the inkers on The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #18 (1984) which featured the wedding of Spider-Man supporting characters J. Jonah Jameson and Marla Madison in
450-592: A great degree; keeping the Cleric alive for millennia; augmenting or bestowing special powers onto others like the virus which gave Jimmy Olsen temporary stretching powers. Holding sway over time/space Eradicator could retrieve Kryptonian technology from the past (implied to be through the Phantom Zone ); manipulate vast quantities of energy to reshape entire planets/star systems or alternate weather patterns, and even having psychic abilities capable of influencing
525-602: A limited degree. Being a program from Krypton, the Eradicator possesses extensive knowledge of Krypton and is extremely intelligent, as well as having the ability to compute and process information at incredible speed. After his adoption of a Superman-derived body, he retains at least some of Superman's memories, as described above. The Eradicator has the abilities to absorb, convert, and release various forms of energy greater than those of natural Kryptonians, typically projecting energy as powerful blasts from his hands or eyes. He
600-542: A more ruthless approach, such as killing a would-be rapist and breaking a safecracker's hands. After Superman's body was restored to life, the Eradicator realized the truth of its nature and sacrificed itself to help restore Superman to full strength during the final confrontation with the Cyborg Superman . Following Superman's return, the Eradicator's apparently dead body was examined at S.T.A.R. Labs , and merged with Dr. David Connor . The merged Eradicator joined
675-523: A more ruthless attitude as it assembled the Fortress of Solitude in Antarctica. Superman was initially untroubled by this, even after Professor Hamilton tried to point out how he had nearly killed the alien gladiator Draaga when he could have just defeated him and ended the bout, but when the Eradicator attempted to kill Jonathan Kent , Superman fought off its influence and hurled the Eradicator into
750-506: A new quarterly series, Superman: The Man of Tomorrow . Additionally, Stern was one of the many creators who worked on the Superman: The Wedding Album one-shot in 1996 which featured the title character's marriage to Lois Lane. Besides his work on Superman, Stern (with co-plotter Tom McCraw) wrote Legionnaires from 1996 to 1999. Other work for DC included a relaunched Atom series, drawn by Dwayne Turner and
825-520: A number of graphic novels , including Doctor Strange & Doctor Doom : Triumph and Torment ; Superman for Earth ; The Incredible Hulk vs. Superman ; Superman: A Nation Divided ; and Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Strange Encounters . In addition to his comics work, Stern has written three novels: The Death and Life of Superman ( Bantam Books , 1993), Smallville : Strange Visitors ( Warner Books , 2002), and Superman: The Never-Ending Battle ( Pocket Books , 2005). The Death and Life of Superman
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#1732776482130900-573: A number of variant covers to issues of Superverse Comics' Zoom Suit , written by John Taddeo, and in 2007 his work was featured in issues of Marvel's encyclopedic All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z: Update . Layton worked for Marvel as a freelance artist and writer on several projects including the miniseries Iron Man: Legacy of Doom and Iron Man: The End . He continues to enjoy doing commission work, writing: How often do you, as an artist, get an opportunity to revisit
975-399: A popular fan publication, and led to the two forming an alliance with Charlton Comics to produce and publish "the now-famous Charlton Bullseye magazine." During the mid-1970s, both Marvel and DC were publishing in-house "fan" publications ( F.O.O.M. and The Amazing World of DC Comics respectively), and Charlton wished to make inroads into the superhero market, as well as "establish
1050-532: A project that [Layton has] been developing for [over] 10 years and is currently making the rounds in Hollywood." Other potential film deals for the Future Comics characters are reportedly semi-ongoing. Comics work includes: Eradicator (comics) The Eradicator is the given name of four different fictional comic book characters, appearing in books published by DC Comics . The first iteration
1125-516: A second Batman Elseworlds tale, Batman: Hollywood Knight a three-issue mini-series which told the story of a Serials -actor who became convinced he was The Batman. It was written by Layton with pencils and inks by Giordano. Between Elseworlds, Layton worked with Marvel Comics on an Iron Man reunion, which saw him produce the four-part limited series Iron Man: Bad Blood with his long-term collaborator David Michelinie. The series ran from September to December 2000, with art by Layton and, as previously,
1200-678: A story in September 1998's The New Gods Secret Files and Origins , before collabotaring with his fellow Floridian and artistic friend/mentor Dick Giordano on several projects. The two-issue prestige format Elseworlds tale Batman: Dark Knight of the Round Table was co-drawn and co-inked by the both of them, from a script by Layton and debuted a month after their six-issue mini-series The L.A.W. (Living Assault Weapons) , which ran from September 1999 to February 2000, with script and inks by Layton, and full pencils by Giordano. The two wrote
1275-521: A story to Spider-Verse Team-Up #1. As part of Marvel Comics' 80th Anniversary the one-shot Avengers: Loki Unleashed! by Roger Stern and artist Ron Lim that takes place after Stern's famous "The Siege" storyline, has been published in September 2019. For the Binge Books label of publisher Sitcomics , Stern wrote the 68-page comic book Heroes Union #1 (August 2021), pencilled by Ron Frenz and inked by Sal Buscema . Stern has also written
1350-556: A story written by Stan Lee . In February 1986, Layton revived the original X-Men characters in the series X-Factor , which he wrote and Jackson Guice drew. Layton wrote the first five issues before handing over the series to Louise Simonson . Michelinie and Layton became the creative team on Iron Man once again in issue #215 (Feb. 1987) They crafted the " Armor Wars " storyline which ran from #225 (Dec. 1987) through #231 (June 1988). After Michelinie and Layton finished their second Iron Man run with issue #250, Layton returned to
1425-494: A template, the Eradicator was able to create a new humanoid form for itself based on Superman's own, but dependent on Superman's corpse to act as a 'battery' for it, with Superman absorbing solar radiation that was then channeled into the Eradicator. As a result of this new form, the Eradicator came to believe itself to be Superman on some level, showing access to some of his memories- although it lacked his vision powers and instead fired energy blasts from its hands- but it also adopted
1500-585: A version of Morgan Edge who is revealed to be a Kryptonian and Superman's half-brother named Tal-Rho in the TV series Superman & Lois . He eventually lets himself get possessed by Kryptonian life-forces through a device called the Eradicator. The Eradicator first appeared in Action Comics Annual #2 in 1989 . The Day of the Krypton Man story arc prominently featured the Eradicator in
1575-697: Is known for his lengthy stints on Doctor Strange , and The Avengers . In 1982, he co-created Marvel's second Captain Marvel and the Hobgoblin , both with artist John Romita Jr. Stern wrote " The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man " in The Amazing Spider-Man #248 (January 1984), a story which ranks among his most popular. Stern ended his run with Amazing Spider-Man #250 (March 1984), chiefly due to his difficulty working with new Spider-Man editor Danny Fingeroth . Later that same year, he co-created
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#17327764821301650-497: Is not the original Eradicator, he has all the original's memories. While Eradicator helped Geo-Force in Markovia, Doomsday appeared and attacked him. Eradicator was quickly defeated and abducted. Later, after realizing Steel, Superboy, and Supergirl had also been abducted, they all worked together to try to escape. Superman showed up to help, but in the end Eradicator was killed by a new, more-evolved Doomsday. However, realizing that
1725-411: Is part of a group created by General Zod to seek out and arrest Kryptonian lawbreakers. They were directed to draw out the lawbreakers' life force and transfer them to a Phantom Zone projector, with the bodies being put into cryo-chambers to await trial. Seeing Superman's rocket leave Krypton as it explodes, the Eradicator sought out the passenger, going from solar system to solar system until discovering
1800-466: Is temporarily blinded, they are defeated when Lex Luthor , Supergirl , Superwoman , Kong Kenan, and Steel come to Superman's aid and Zod betrays the rest of the team for his own ends. In its original technological form, the Eradicator could teleport Superman from Warworld to Earth; manipulate molecular structures to create the Fortress of Solitude, synthetic Kryptonite , manipulate genetics to
1875-670: The Darkman vs. Army of Darkness limited series which was drawn by artist James Fry and published by Dynamite Entertainment . In 2007, Stern wrote an issue of The All-New Atom and reunited with Byrne to produce a five-issue story arc for JLA Classified for DC in 2008. The next year, Stern returned to Marvel, where he wrote new stories for Giant-Size Incredible Hulk , The Amazing Spider-Man , Young Allies 70th Anniversary Special , Amazing Spider-Man Family , Web of Spider-Man (vol. 2), Captain America and The Many Loves of
1950-574: The Predator /Magnus, Robot Fighter two-issue crossover, and in December was again inking and editing a Michelinie-written comic book series: H.A.R.D. Corps . Layton edited Turok, Dinosaur Hunter , Deathmate and Secret Weapons before writing the first of thirteen issues of The Second Life of Doctor Mirage . He was editing a vast array of titles during this time, for which he won the Editor of
2025-887: The Crusty Bunkers (" Terry Austin , Bob Wiacek , Joe Rubinstein , Bob McLeod , Joe Brozowski , Carl Potts and a host of others") were able to lend a hand and help him finish the book. A month later, Layton received a package containing "an entire issue of pencils on the Champions ", and discovered that he was "the new regular inker on the book." He worked for Marvel "for about a year, then signed an exclusive one-year contract with DC — after they made me 'an offer I couldn't refuse'." Layton began work for DC Comics in early 1977, taking up regular inking duties on All Star Comics , as well as inking multiple issues of Secret Society of Super Villains , DC Super Stars , and DC Special , among others. In Nov./Dec. 1977, he inked
2100-564: The Green Goblin . Stern collaborated with Avengers writer Kurt Busiek on Iron Man and the miniseries Avengers Forever , and with John Byrne on Marvel: The Lost Generation . After a major editorial shuffle at Marvel in 2000 left him without assignments, Stern began writing for European publisher Egmont , for whom he produced scripts for Fantomen ( The Phantom ), and Panini UK , for whose Marvel Rampage magazine he wrote Spider-Man and Hulk stories. Stern and Busiek co-wrote
2175-580: The Outsiders , and occasionally teamed up with Superman. The Eradicator dealt with Dr. Connor's personal life, and more of the device's history was revealed. The original Eradicator program was revealed to still exist in the Fortress of Solitude's computers and, following the destruction of the Fortress in Superman's battle with Dominus, the Eradicator took the form of Kem-L, and again attempted to brainwash Superman. The David Connor Eradicator realized that
2250-682: The " Guardians of the Galaxy " feature in Marvel Presents #10-12 in 1977. He briefly collaborated with Byrne on Captain America . The two produced a story wherein Captain America considered running for the office of President of the United States , an idea originally developed by Roger McKenzie and Don Perlin . Stern, in his capacity as editor of the title, had originally rejected the idea but later changed his mind about
2325-831: The Amazing Spider-Man . He collaborated again with Busiek, co-writing several issues of Marvels: Eye of the Camera , the sequel to the Marvels miniseries. Stern has continued to freelance for Marvel, writing the 2010 miniseries Captain America: Forever Allies and Captain America Corps , another miniseries, in 2011. In 2012, he worked on an issue of the limited series Hulk Smash Avengers with artist Karl Moline , and wrote issue 156.1 of Peter Parker: Spider-Man (vol. 2). In 2015, he contributed
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2400-496: The Avengers spin-off The West Coast Avengers , with artist Bob Hall . In 1987, after a dispute with editor Mark Gruenwald over upcoming storylines, Stern was fired from The Avengers . He began freelancing for DC Comics , where he was one of the core Superman writers for almost a decade, working on Superman (vol. 2) , Action Comics , and Superman: The Man of Tomorrow . He contributed to such storylines as "Panic in
2475-599: The Charlton offices, Marvel Comics and DC Comics , while still publishing fanzines. Layton's first, albeit uncredited, work for Marvel Comics was inking a single page in the Marvel UK title The Avengers and the Savage Sword of Conan #135 (April 17, 1976). Part of Layton's role as Wally Wood 's apprentice included him occasionally delivering artwork to "NYC from Connecticut." Layton recalls that: One day, I
2550-440: The Cleric gives the Eradicator to Superman, he rapidly ages and dies as the link to the Eradicator extending his life is severed. Superman marks the Cleric's grave with his symbol to reflect the impact the Cleric had on him. Although Superman initially kept the Eradicator as a simple memento, it eventually attempted to activate and psychologically convert Superman into a 'true' Kryptonian, causing him to adopt Kryptonian clothes and
2625-512: The Eradicator (in its spherical form) absorbs blood left over from Jonathan, detecting that he is human and Kryptonian and originates from the House of El. It flies to the Fortress of Solitude and is allowed to enter due to it containing Jonathan's genome. It begins to assimilate more Kryptonian genome as well as items belonging to Clark Kent. The Eradicator takes on a Superman-like appearance and declares that it will also save Kal-El. This Eradicator
2700-550: The Eradicator alters Kryptonians by encoding in them a genetic defect so that they will instantly perish if they leave their world. One of the surviving aliens, known as the Cleric, takes the Eradicator and leaves Krypton with a group of followers. Unfortunately, they die soon thereafter, as the Kryptonian genetic link to their home planet precludes their survival off-world. The Cleric keeps the Eradicator for 200,000 years, until he encounters Superman on Warworld , while Superman
2775-513: The Eradicator transports Superman to the Cleric's asteroid. The Cleric notices that the device has changed to protect Krypton's sole survivor, and he and Superman use it to heal their wounds, both physical and spiritual. As they talk about their pasts, the Cleric assures Superman that his departure has only deprived his world of a great hero rather than sparing it from the threat he perceived he had become, confident that Kal-El would only have killed when he had no other choice to preserve justice. When
2850-595: The Kryptonian DNA of Jonathan on Earth. Stating that the Kryptonian line must remain pure, the Eradicator attempts to purge the human DNA and starts to absorb Jonathan, but Krypto jumps in front of the beam and is absorbed. Superman then attacks the Eradicator. The same Eradicator is briefly a member of a new version of the Superman Revenge Squad , also consisting of General Zod , Metallo , Cyborg Superman , Mongul , and Blanque. After Superman
2925-799: The Sky" and " The Death of Superman " which revived interest in the character in the early 1990s. He created the Eradicator in Action Comics Annual #2 and later incorporated the character into the "Reign of the Supermen" story arc beginning in The Adventures of Superman #500. Stern wrote the 1991 story wherein Clark Kent finally revealed his identity as Superman to Lois Lane . In Summer 1995, Stern and artist Tom Grummett created
3000-449: The Year award in 1993, as voted by the readers of the comics magazine, Wizard . His workload decreased greatly towards the end of 1994, in large part due to the sale of Valiant (Voyager Communications, Inc.) to video game giant Acclaim Entertainment for $ 65,000,000.00 USD , a deal in which Layton played an instrumental part. His story concepts and design work on Turok, Dinosaur Hunter
3075-409: The ability to control and commandeer various technologies be they Kryptonian or Terran in nature, Eradicator could remotely connect to any and all the machinery within Superman's Fortress of Solitude or any technology made on earth at will. Being a sentient device he/it can also store and manifest any kryptonian machinery from its person at will which greatly magnifies the droid units melee. Eradicator
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3150-549: The ability to sense beings that should not be in the DC Universe, such as Mr. Majestic , which may be related to his original programming against alien influences. Later, the Eradicator was seriously injured by an OMAC. He was said during the Infinite Crisis to be in a coma at Steel's headquarters, Steelworks. A new Eradicator has now surfaced in Markovia claiming to be an ambassador from New Krypton . Although he
3225-618: The co-creation of the Will Payton version of Starman with artist Tom Lyle . In 1996, Stern returned to Marvel to write the miniseries Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives , and contributed to three issues of Spectacular Spider-Man in 1998 which featured the first confrontation between Norman Osborn and Roderick Kingsley . Over the next four years, he wrote the short-lived Marvel Universe series, as well as such miniseries as Avengers Two , Avengers Infinity , and Spider-Man: Revenge of
3300-536: The company during its most profitable period. His first Valiant work appeared in Magnus, Robot Fighter #1 (May 1991), in which he inked Art Nichols ' artwork from Jim Shooter's script. He would continue with Magnus for five issues and produce covers to issue #9, while inking the inaugural issues of Solar, Man of the Atom , which he edited. In February 1992, he co-created with Shooter and Steve Englehart and penciled
3375-440: The concept. McKenzie and Perlin received credit for the idea on the letters page at Stern's insistence. His first regular monthly book was as staff writer for The Incredible Hulk taking over for departing Len Wein in 1978. Stern later became the writer of The Spectacular Spider-Man with issue #43 (June 1980). He then took over The Amazing Spider-Man with issue #224 (January 1982). In addition to his Spider-Man work, Stern
3450-426: The device becomes known as the "Eradicator." In its original form, the Eradicator resembles a stylized small rocket. Its top section is a prolate spheroid , which exudes a blue glow and is approximately three times the size of an egg. This is connected via four thin mounting brackets to a glossy orange tail fin section of equal length. The ten equally spaced fins each have the shape of a pointed quarter ellipse, with
3525-580: The featured character in Action Comics through the Reign of the Supermen story arc, beginning with Action Comics #687-689. The character was "resurrected" in Action Comics #693 (November 1993) and then featured regularly in Outsiders , first appearing as a member of the team in issue #3. The character was featured in his own three-issue eponymous limited series in 1996 . In the distant past,
3600-534: The final three issues. After a several-year association with Valiant/Acclaim, Layton moved to Florida for a short retirement. Although he found time to write the first eleven (of twelve) issues of Acclaim's Doctor Tomorrow between 1997 and 1998, inking a couple of issues, notably #6 which was drawn by Dick Giordano , who resided in Florida as well and was something of a mentor to Layton. In 1998, he returned to DC, re-teaming briefly with penciler Sal Velluto on
3675-516: The first issue of X-O Manowar , after which he handed over the core art duties to Sal Velluto , but provided inks for #2. The following month he drew the cover to David Michelinie's Rai. In August 1992, he co-wrote, edited and inked Archer & Armstrong #1, edited and provided pencilwork on Eternal Warrior #1, and inked Barry Windsor-Smith on Unity #0. Starting in November 1992, he co-edited with Dark Horse publisher Mike Richardson
3750-442: The first issue of David Michelinie 's Star Hunters , and after a number of other shorter inking jobs, moved back to Marvel in 1978, to ultimately take up one of his best remembered roles. In 1978, Layton reunited with Michelinie, to co-write Iron Man . The two would become regular creative partners, and began their collaboration on Iron Man with #116 (November 1978). Micheline and Layton established Tony Stark's alcoholism with
3825-408: The job done in the four or five days that was left on the schedule. It was an utter fabrication ... but I really wanted to work for Marvel Comics! Johnny gave me the pages and said, 'Show me what you can do, kiddo.' Layton's reaction was one of panic, and his search for help to meet the deadline led him to Dick Giordano and Neal Adams ' Continuity Associates where his "fledgling contemporaries,"
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#17327764821303900-578: The latter was working for a radio station in Indianapolis. Layton and Stern began publishing a fanzine called CPL ( Contemporary Pictorial Literature ) out of Layton's apartment. Stern recalls that, " CPL started out as Bob's sale catalog. Bob was drawing the covers and including little reviews written by some of his customers. By issue #5, it turned into a small 'zine with a catalog insert, and I started writing short articles for it. I eventually became an editor of sorts." CPL rapidly became
3975-519: The likes of Steve Ditko , Jeff Jones and a host of others." Stern broke into the industry as a writer in 1975 as part of the Marvel Comics "third wave" of creators, which included artists John Byrne and Frank Miller , and writers Jo Duffy , Mark Gruenwald and Ralph Macchio . Stern worked as an editor from 1976 to 1980. Jim Shooter claims that Stern co-plotted (as a ghostwriter ) his last few stories for DC Comics in 1976. Stern wrote
4050-410: The mid-1970s, both Marvel and DC were publishing in-house "fan" publications ( FOOM and The Amazing World of DC Comics respectively), and Charlton wished to make inroads into the superhero market, as well as "establish a fan presence," leading to the alliance with CPL to produce the Charlton Bullseye . This led to Charlton giving Layton and Stern "access to unpublished material from their vaults by
4125-447: The minds of Superman and Matrix . The Eradicator's body was created from the genetic template of Superman's when the latter dies at the hands of Doomsday, giving the Eradicator physiology similar to a Kryptonian's (and to Superman's in particular). As a result, the Eradicator possesses similar powers to that of Superman, such as incredible strength, speed, reflexes, invulnerability, and flight. He also possesses ultra-acute senses but to
4200-493: The new Doomsday was one of a series of clones created by Lex Luthor to keep Superman distracted, the Eradicator was able to transfer his consciousness into the comatose body of the original Doomsday. Using the original Doomsday as his host, the Eradicator was able to help the other heroes contain the Doomsday clones, eventually sacrificing himself to destroy the other clones by trapping them in a pocket dimension. This Eradicator
4275-553: The pages of Superman , The Adventures of Superman , and Action Comics . The story arc ran for six issues cover-dated March and April 1990 , and was collected in Superman: Eradication! The Eradicator reappeared in Superman: The Man of Steel #1 as a humanoid being composed of energy. In Action Comics #687 (June 1993 ), the character appeared as The Last Son of Krypton , and became
4350-707: The plot was a joint effort, and the final script by Michelinie. Layton then stayed at Marvel for a short time, teaming with Dan Jurgens as inker on Captain America (#38-50), as well as inking a short run on The Avengers (#44-47). He inked the Dan Jurgens-drawn The Power Company: Manhunter and part of Just Imagine Stan Lee ... Secret Files and Origins for DC in March 2002. In December 2000, Layton launched Future Comics , with Dick Giordano , Allen Berrebbi , and David Michelinie . Layton acted as editor-in-chief, Berrebbi
4425-418: The program was still active, and merged with the remains of the Fortress to control it. The Fortress-Eradicator took the form of a gigantic Kryptonian battlesuit, and gained a form of multiple personality disorder based on his conflicting programming. When it learned of the origin of Krypto , Superman's pet dog-like creature, a creature with amazing powers, the shock to the original directive of Kryptonian purity
4500-517: The story " Demon in a Bottle ", and introduced several supporting characters, including Stark's bodyguard girlfriend Bethany Cabe ; Stark's personal pilot and confidant James Rhodes, who later became the superhero War Machine ; and rival industrialist Justin Hammer , who was revealed to be the employer of numerous high-tech armed enemies Iron Man fought over the years. The duo introduced the concept of Stark's specialized armors The two collaborated on
4575-399: The sun. The Eradicator's controlling consciousness was able to use the energy of the sun to give itself a humanoid form, but Superman and Hamilton were able to drain its energy back into the Fortress. After Superman was killed by Doomsday, the Fortress robots reactivated the Eradicator's consciousness, driving it to 'steal' Superman's body and take it to the Fortress. With Superman's body as
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#17327764821304650-453: The tapered end extending slightly beyond the rear of the squat main cylindrical body tube. On Krypton, the Eradicator does all that it could over the years to protect Kryptonians, even from themselves. When a group of Kryptonian explorers leave Krypton in search of a new planet to colonize, the Eradicator alters their birthing matrices and makes them fatally allergic to lead, thus creating Daxamites . To further ensure that nobody left Krypton,
4725-592: The title briefly to write and draw #254 and write #256 before leaving Marvel. A year later, he returned to the comics industry to ink Jim Shooter 's Magnus, Robot Fighter #1, from Valiant Comics . Bob Layton was one of the chief architects of the Valiant Universe , along with Jim Shooter , Barry Windsor-Smith , Steven J. Massarsky , and Jon Hartz. He co-created a number of the core characters including X-O Manowar , and later became Editor-in-Chief and Senior Vice President, during which time he controlled
4800-415: The title until #154 and then returned for a second run from #215 (Feb. 1987) to #250 (Dec 1989). Layton continued to ink and work on covers for titles such as The Incredible Hulk , Captain America , Power Man and Iron Fist , and Micronauts . In September 1982, he launched one of Marvel's first limited series , writing and drawing the four-issue Hercules: Prince of Power . Its success spawned
4875-495: Was CFO and director of marketing, Michelinie was head writer, Giordano was art director, and Skip Farrell was the publisher. Between 2000 and 2002, they prepared to revolutionize the direct market system by bypassing distributors and selling direct to customers and shops through the Internet. In August 2002, Freemind #0 was released. Edited and inked by Layton, written by Layton and Michelinie, and with pencils by Giordano, it
4950-462: Was a New York Times bestseller in hardcover and was released as a mass market paperback in 1994; a new trade paperback edition was released by Barnes & Noble in 2004. Stern married Cornell University chemistry teacher Carmela Merlo in Ithaca, New York , on June 19, 1982, at a ceremony attended by many Marvel staffers, including editor-in-chief Jim Shooter . Bob Layton Bob Layton
5025-460: Was a probe created by Supergirl 's fortress to destroy the clone of its "master" which it first thought was Power Girl and later believed was Supergirl herself. Another Eradicator made its debut in the 2016 relaunch initiative DC Rebirth , in Superman (vol. 4) #2 (July 2016). After Superman and his son, Jonathan , defeat an aquatic creature forced to terrorize a crew aboard an icebreaker,
5100-458: Was able to survive exposure to massive amounts of kryptonite radiation. After the Eradicator and Mr. Majestic fought, Mr. Majestic altered the Eradicator's programming to make him more aware. The full extent of his programming alteration is unclear, although it has been shown that he can sense beings and gateways from alternate realities such as the Bleed, a Limbo dimension. The program also had
5175-704: Was an antihero character appearing in The Flash series of comics. The second was a superhero (and sometimes supervillain ) having a recurring role in Superman stories, and the remaining two first appeared in 2013 and 2017, respectively. The Flash Eradicator was created by Carmine Infantino and Cary Bates and first appeared in The Flash #314. The first Superman character was created by writer Roger Stern and artist Curt Swan , and first appeared in Action Comics Annual #2 (1989). Adam Rayner portrays
5250-602: Was born on September 25, 1953. He learned to read comics from the age of four, explaining that his "older sister Sue became bored with reading the same comic to me about fifty times. (It was a Showcase featuring the Challengers of the Unknown .)" After leaving high school, Layton began "playing comics dealer ... selling them out of his apartment in Indianapolis ," through which he met Roger Stern in 1973, while
5325-465: Was enough to correct its programming. It then decided that this dog shouldn't exist and tried to destroy it and Superman held him in suspended animation in his new Fortress, eventually telling him Krypto's full origin once he had learned it himself. Most recently, the Eradicator returned to his humanoid form. He wears a new outfit which, like the " Krypton Man " costume, is a combination of elements from Superman's costume and Kryptonian robes. He has gained
5400-530: Was followed by another title, Metallix , before the company bowed to pressure and signed with distributor Diamond Comics Distribution in an attempt to maximize sales while maintaining their independent approach. Ultimately, after three titles the third was Deathmask , and seventeen total issues, the company was not making enough money to survive, and it folded, with one announced title — Peacekeeper — unpublished. Layton's work continues to be collected in multiple trade paperback collections. In 2006, he produced
5475-420: Was in self-imposed exile from Earth due to his guilt over executing three Kryptonians from a pocket universe. With the device, the two exchange memories - which explains that Kal-El was able to leave Krypton thanks to genetic treatments his father had undergone to cure his DNA of the Eradicator's defect - and the Cleric has a vision of Superman in combat with Mongul . The Cleric wishes to save Superman's life, and
5550-520: Was in the Marvel offices ... handing in Woody's pages to the production dept. So, I used the opportunity to show my samples around while I had 'my foot in the door'. When I passed the art director's office, I heard John Romita on the phone, frantically trying to find someone to ink a desperately late issue of Iron Man [by George Tuska ]. Like an idiot, I stuck my head in his doorway and said I could get
5625-494: Was utilized to great effect by Acclaim when the video game became the largest selling title in Acclaim's history, with over 1.5 million units sold. He continued to work editorially, largely for the new Acclaim imprint Armada Comics, for which he edited a number of Magic: The Gathering comics during 1995-96. He edited Bob Hall 's four-issue Armed & Dangerous (April–July 1996), and returned to X-O Manowar for which he wrote
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