George Pérez

This book begins a reassessment of the comics work of George Pérez, one of the most popular and enduring creators in the industry. Pérez began his career at Marvel, starting on lesser titles like The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu and Creatures on the Loose and then moving to mainstays like Fantastic Four and Avengers. In the 1980s, Pérez moved to DC where he helped turn The New Teen Titans into a best-seller and co-created Crisis on Infinite Earths, which consolidated and relaunched DC’s sprawling universe. As writer and artist, Pérez next relaunched DC’s Wonder Woman, a run that inspired much of the 2017 film. Though he struggled with deadlines and health issues in the 1990s, Pérez would re-introduce his work to a new generation of comics fans with a return to Marvel’s Avengers in 1998 as well as various creator-owned comics, the last of these being Sirens from Boom! Studios in 2014. Throughout his career, Pérez established a dynamic and detailed style of comic art that was unique and influential. However, despite being one of the most popular and enduring artists, as well as being arguably the most prominent Latinx creator during the so-called “Bronze Age” of superhero comics, Pérez has been largely left out of discussions of comic book art and representation. This book is an effort to redress this lack by examining the artist’s work for how it contributes to the style and storytelling of superhero comics as well as to representations of race, disability, and gender.