According to my trusty 1977 Marvel Comics calendar today is a birthday for George Perez. He was born on June 9, 1954 in New York City. He grew up and developed a love for comic books. He became an illustrator and writer for DC and Marvel. He became popular while doing work on Marvel’s the Avengers. Later he worked on various other books for them. Most notably the Fantastic Four. Later he moved to DC and worked on the Justice League. He became a superstar when along with Marv Wolfman he created the New Teen Titans. The Titans were supposed to be DC’s answer to the X-Men. The team became just as popular as the X-Men. So it was a big event when Marvel and DC did a team up book where the X-Men and the Titans met in a joint adventure. Mr. Perez handled the art chores. Wolfman and Perez were so popular they were asked to create DC’s 50th anniversary event Crisis on Infinite Earths. As we all know it permanently changed the DC Universe. Mr. Perez got to work on one of his favorites when he helped relaunch Wonder Woman. The book started with Len Wein as the writer and Mr. Perez as the artist but eventually he took over the writing as well. In the 1990’s Mr. Perez started to take a back seat and started working on books not in the mainstream like Sachs and Violens and Hulk: Future Imperfect with Peter David. Then he came back to the spotlight by returning to the Avengers. He was on the book for nearly three years and received critical acclaim. Since then he has worked on the newest Marvel/DC team up JLA/Avengers and on DC’s Infinite Crisis. He co-chairs the comic industry charity A Commitment To Our Roots.
Happy Birthday to a comic book superstar and legend…George Perez.
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