Jesús Merino is a Spanish comic book artist

Comic Book Artist

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, best known in the American

United States

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 comic industry for his collaborations with penciller Carlos Pacheco

Carlos Pacheco

Carlos Pacheco is a Spanish comic book artist and penciller. Pacheco was born in San Roque, Cádiz. He is best known in the United States for his work on titles such as Avengers Forever, X-Men and Green Lantern...

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Merino himself raised from the Línea Laberinto of Planeta-DeAgostini Spanish publisher, where he drew three mini-series: Aníbal Gris (1996), Jaque Mate (1997) and Triada Vértice (1998). In 1998 he began to work with Pacheco, inking his layouts on titles such as Avengers Forever

Avengers Forever

Avengers Forever is a twelve-issue comic book limited series published from December 1998 to November 1999 by Marvel Comics. The series was written by Kurt Busiek and Roger Stern and drawn by Carlos Pacheco and Jesus Merino.-Publication history:...

, Superman/Batman

Superman/Batman

Superman/Batman was a monthly comic book series published by DC Comics that features the publisher's two most popular characters: Batman and Superman...

and Green Lantern

Green Lantern (comic book)

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Merino's work on DC included art for many issues of Justice Society of America

Justice Society of America

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, vol. 3 and a Superman/Batman

Superman/Batman

Superman/Batman was a monthly comic book series published by DC Comics that features the publisher's two most popular characters: Batman and Superman...

story.

In September 2011, DC is launching a new Superman series

Superman (comic book)

Superman is an ongoing comic book series featuring the DC Comics hero of the same name. The character Superman began as one of several anthology features in the National Periodical Publications comic book Action Comics #1 in June 1938...

 written by George Pérez

George Pérez

George Pérez is a Puerto Rican-American writer and illustrator of comic books, known for his work on various titles, including Avengers, Teen Titans and Wonder Woman.-Biography:...

 with art by Pérez and Merino.

DC

• Action Comics
  Action Comics
  Action Comics is an American comic book series that introduced Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined...
  
  #865 (full art); #900-901 (among other artists) (2008-11)
• Justice Society of America
  Justice Society of America
  The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a DC Comics superhero group, the first team of superheroes in comic book history. Conceived by editor Sheldon Mayer and writer Gardner Fox, the JSA first appeared in All Star Comics #3 ....
  
  , vol. 3, #29-33, 36-40, 43 (2009–10)
• Superman
  Superman (comic book)
  Superman is an ongoing comic book series featuring the DC Comics hero of the same name. The character Superman began as one of several anthology features in the National Periodical Publications comic book Action Comics #1 in June 1938...
  
  #669, 673, 684 (2007–09)
• Superman/Batman
  Superman/Batman
  Superman/Batman was a monthly comic book series published by DC Comics that features the publisher's two most popular characters: Batman and Superman...
  
  #79 (2011)
• Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen Special #1 (among other artists) (2008)

External links

• Interview to Merino in The Pulse