Adrian Gonzales


Adrian Gonzales was a Filipino comics artist best known for his work on All-Star Squadron, Arak, Son of Thunder, and Super Powers for DC Comics.

Career

Adrian Gonzales began his career as a comic book artist in the 1960s working for such Philippine comics publications as Hiwaga Komiks and Tagalog Klasiks. He made his debut in the US comics market with the story "The Young Wolves" in Our Army at War #252 published by DC Comics. He only did sporadic work for US publishers until 1981 when he became the penciler on the All-Star Squadron series. Editor Len Wein hired Gonzales as a replacement for the previous artist Rich Buckler and notified the title's creator/writer Roy Thomas with a note stating "You're going to like Adrian Gonzales". He drew the series for 13 issues which included a crossover with the Justice League of America and then became the artist on the Arak, Son of Thunder title. DC Comics produced several Superman stories for the German comics market in the early 1980s and Gonzales drew one of them. In addition, he contributed to Archie Comics' 1983 revival of the Mighty Crusaders series. A New Teen Titans drug awareness comic book sponsored by IBM and drawn by Gonzales was published in cooperation with The President's Drug Awareness Campaign in 1984. That same year, he penciled the Super Powers limited series which tied-in with the Kenner Products toyline of the same name. After a brief stint working on the Sgt. Rock series, Gonzales left the comics industry in 1985 and became a storyboard artist for several animation studios including Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears.

Archie Comics

Blue Ribbon Comics #6 The Fly #2, 4 Lancelot Strong, the Shield #1 Mighty Crusaders #4–5, 8

DC Comics

All-Star Squadron #6–18, Annual #1 Arak, Son of Thunder #15–25, Annual #1 Batman #340–341, 351 The Brave and the Bold #185 Detective Comics #530, 532 The Flash #303 Ghosts #103, 105–108, 110 G.I. Combat #273 House of Mystery #294–295, 298–304, 306–313, 321 New Teen Titans #3 Our Army at War #252 Secrets of Haunted House #41–44 Sgt. Rock #391, 394, 397, 399–401, 405–406 Superman Spectacular #1 Super Powers #1–4 The Unexpected #214–216 Unknown Soldier #257–259 Weird War Tales #105, 113 The [Witching Hour (DC Comics)|The Witching Hour] #27–28, 30–31 Wonder Woman #293 World's Finest Comics #273–274, 288–291, 293

Marvel Comics

Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #4, Annual #1

Western Publishing

Gremlins #11365