Neal Adams, legendary comic book creator, dies at 80
Neal Adams has died at age 80, according to a statement from his family, published through The Hollywood Reporter. Adams died on April 28 of complications from sepsis, per the statement.
Adams began his career in comics after graduating from Manhattan's School of Industrial Art. His earliest comic book work was a single panel for Archie's superhero comic The Fly, which impressed editors and was taken from a sample page he turned in while seeking work.
After a brief stint with Archie, creating one-page humor stories for Archie's Joke Book Magazine, Adams transitioned to newspaper comic strips, interning under cartoonist Howard Nostrand on his Bat Masterson comic strip. He eventually landed a job as the regular artist of the strip Ben Casey, which was based on a popular TV medical drama of the era.
After stints on several other comic strips, Adams eventually found his way to horror comics with Warren Publishing, before finally landing at DC where he first drew numerous war comics, as well as contributing to the celebrity-licensed comics The Adventures of Jerry Lewis and The Adventures of Bob Hope.
Then, in 1967, Adams took on art duties for Strange Adventures, specifically the stories of the character Deadman, Adams' first breakout artistic hit. In 1969, he started working for Marvel Comics alongside DC, penciling Uncanny X-Men and creating new costumes for the team.
But also in 1969, Adams launched the gig that would come to define his career, drawing his first Batman story alongside writer Denny O'Neil, with the pair going on to create numerous Batman stories and characters that resonate to this day, including Ra's al Ghul. Adams and O'Neil also moved Batman away from the campy silliness of his '50s adventures and the
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