His artwork was used extensively for licensed material, appearing on everything from plates and cups to credit cards.īagley also holds the distinction of being the artist on Marvel’s first web-based comic book, featuring Spider-Man, which appeared on Marvel’s official website.Īfter working on Spider-Man for several years, Bagley began to feel burnt out on Spider-Man. After a rough start, Bagley hit his stride on The Amazing Spider-Man and eventually grew to be considered the definitive Venom illustrated by Mark Bagley At the same time, Erik Larsen vacated his spot as penciler on Spider-Man’s flagship title Spider-Man illustrated by Mark Bagleyįingeroth decided to take a chance on Bagley, who was a relatively inexperienced artist to be assigned what is arguably Marvel’s flagship title.
Though not an instant success, the title rose in fame to become one of Marvel’s more successful titles in the 1990s.Ī couple of years into the New Warriors run, New Warriors editor Danny Fingeroth became responsible for the Spider-Man line of titles. Given the positive fan reaction, Marvel created a new series based on these heroes and assigned Bagley and Fabian Nicieza to the title. In 1990, Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz created a team of teenage superheroes called the New Warriors. A majority of his work during this time was for the first series of Marvel Universe Trading cards. This led to a series of low profile penciling jobs including jobs for Marvel's New Universe line and backup stories in Captain America. The winner would be awarded a professional assignment with Marvel.Īt 27 years old, Mark Bagley entered the contest and won first place for penciling. The contest involved a deconstructed comic book in which contestants could complete the comic and submit it to Marvel.
In 1983, Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter created the Marvel Try-out Book to draw new talent into the comic book industry. Later in life, he fathered a child, a daughter named Angela, who is a teacher. Bill and go to art school.Īfter his work in the military and art school, he continued trying to break into the comic industry but ended up working for Lockheed Martin making technical drawings. At age 18, he joined the military so that he could qualify for the G.I. He had always wanted to break into the comic book business. Mark Bagley was born to a military family in Frankfurt, Germany.
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