Tom Lyle: Difference between revisions

▲Lyle first came to prominence as penciler on [[DC Comics]]' ''[[Starman (comics)|Starman]]'' with writer [[Roger Stern]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Manning|first= Matthew K.|last2=Dolan|first2=Hannah, ed.|chapter= 1980s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |year=2010 |isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9 |page= 235|location= London, United Kingdom|quote = New Starman Will Payton debuted in his own ongoing series in October [1988] by writer Roger Stern and artist Tom Lyle.}}</ref><ref name="GCD">{{gcdb|type=credit|search= Tom+Lyle|title= Tom Lyle}}</ref> The creative team introduced the second [[Blockbuster (DC Comics)#Roland Desmond|Blockbuster]] in ''Starman'' #9 (April 1989).<ref>{{cite book|last= Manning|first= Matthew K.|last2=Dougall|first2=Alastair, ed.|chapter= 1980s|title= Batman: A Visual History|publisher= [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year= 2014|location= London, United Kingdom|page= 177|isbn= 978-1465424563|quote= The original Blockbuster had died...but that didn't deter his brother, Roland Desmond, from taking on the role and fighting Will Payton aka Starman, with the help of scribe Roger Stern and penciller Tom Lyle.}}</ref>

▲Lyle worked on the first ''[[Robin (character)|Robin]]'' [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]] with writer [[Chuck Dixon]]. The series had many reprintings of the first few issues as well as two [[sequel]] miniseries – ''Robin II: Joker's Wild'' and ''Robin III: Cry of the Huntress'' – by the same creative team.<ref>Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 248</ref> Dixon and Lyle co-created the [[Electrocutioner]] in ''[[Detective Comics]]'' #644 (May 1992)<ref>Manning "1990s" in Dougall, p. 195</ref> and [[Stephanie Brown (comics)|Stephanie Brown]] in ''Detective Comics'' #647 (August 1992).<ref>Manning "1990s" in Dougall, p. 196</ref>

▲Lyle's next project was ''The [[Comet (Impact Comics)|Comet]]'' for DC Comics' [[Impact Comics]] imprint, which he pencilled and plotted with writer [[Mark Waid]] contributing the scripts.<ref name="GCD" />

▲At [[Marvel Comics]], Lyle co-created the character [[Annex (comics)|Annex]] in ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]] Annual'' #27 with writer [[Jack C. Harris]].<ref>{{cite book|last = Cowsill|first = Alan|last2= Gilbert|first2= Laura, ed.|chapter= 1990s|title = Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging|publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]]|date = 2012|location= London, United Kingdom|page = 203|isbn = 978-0756692360|quote= The debut story of Annex was written by Jack C. Harris and drawn by Tom Lyle.}}</ref> As penciler of ''[[Peter Parker: Spider-Man|Spider-Man]]'', Lyle was one of the artists on the "[[Maximum Carnage]]"<ref>{{cite book|last = Manning|first = Matthew K.|last2= Gilbert|first2= Laura, ed.|chapter= 1990s|title = Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History|publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year = 2008|location= London, United Kingdom|page = 263|isbn =978-0756641238|quote= Artists Mark Bagley, Sal Buscema, Ron Lim, Tom Lyle, and Alex Saviuk all brought their talents to this key story line.}}</ref> and "[[Clone Saga]]"<ref>Manning "1990s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 274: "Continuing the epic 'Clone Saga', the team of artists Tom Lyle, Robert Brown, Roy Burdine, and Mark Bagley revealed the supposed final fate of the genius Jackal."</ref> storylines which ran through the Spider-Man titles. During this time he designed the original blue [[hoodie]]-and-red spandex costume worn by the [[Scarlet Spider]], a clone of Spider-Man.<ref>Lewis, Devin (Editor). "Scarlet Letters", ''Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider'' #1 (2017). Marvel Comics. p. 22</ref>

▲Lyle's other work for Marvel included ''The [[Punisher (1995 series)|Punisher]]'' vol. 3 with writer [[John Ostrander]] and ''[[Adam Warlock|Warlock]]'' which he wrote himself.<ref name="GCD" />

▲He is also the artist on the comic ''Chickasaw Adventures''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.chickasawadventures.com/|title= Chickasaw Adventures|publisher= ChickasawAdventures.com|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20130528173853/http://chickasawadventures.com/|archivedate= May 28, 2013|deadurl= no|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

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