Doug Mahnke


Douglas Mahnke is an American comic book artist, known for his work and penciling books including The Mask, JLA, Batman, Final Crisis, and Green Lantern.

Career

Mahnke's first prominent work was for The Mask, and he has since worked for DC Comics on JLA, Batman with writer Judd Winick, and Seven Soldiers: Frankenstein with Grant Morrison. Mahnke's work on Batman included the story "Under the Hood", which detailed how the previously deceased second Robin, Jason Todd, was alive and actively working against Batman's interests as the Red Hood. Mahnke also worked on the critically acclaimed prestige one-shot Batman: The Man Who Laughs with writer Ed Brubaker.
His work also includes titles such as Major Bummer, Superman: The Man of Steel, Team Zero and Justice League Elite. He was the original artist for the Dark Horse Comics title X, a run inked by Jimmy Palmiotti, as well as being the cover artist for King Tiger/Motorhead, a two-issue series set in the same universe as X. In 2005, with comic book inker Tom Nguyen, Mahnke produced two comic book art instructional DVDs. In 2006, he took over the art for Stormwatch P.H.D. for Wildstorm Comics. His work in 2007 included the DC mini, Black Adam: The Dark Age written by Peter Tomasi, detailing Black Adam's mourning over his wife Isis and regaining his powers. In 2008, he reunited with Tomasi to pencil an issue of Nightwing for the writer.
Mahnke was an important collaborator with writer Grant Morrison on DC's event series Final Crisis, pencilling the Requiem one-shot and the two-issue Superman Beyond 3D tie-in. Mahnke also pencilled the final pages of the main series' 6th issue featuring the "death" of Batman, and replaced artist J. G. Jones entirely on the series finale issue #7 over concerns of Jones' speed.
Starting in July 2009, Mahnke became the ongoing artist for DC's Green Lantern with writer Geoff Johns, right at the beginning of the Blackest Night storyline.
He drew The Multiversity: Ultra Comics, the eighth issue of Grant Morrison's The Multiversity project.

Interior work

  • Homicide :
  • * Dark Horse Presents #25–29
  • * Homicide Special: "The Hungry Gods"
  • The Mask :
  • * Mayhem #1–4: "The Mask"
  • * The Mask #1–4 + The Mask Returns #1–4 + The Mask Strikes Back #1–5
  • * A Decade of Dark Horse #3: "Night of the Return of the Living Ipkiss...Kinda"
  • * Walter: Campaign of Terror #1–4
  • * Lobo/Mask #1–2
  • X #1–5, 9
  • Aliens: Stronghold #1–4
  • Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #26
  • Major Bummer #1–15
  • Gen13 vol. 2 #38: "The Roar of the Greasepaint"
  • Superman: The Man of Steel #87–89, 91, 93, 95–98, 100, 102–105, 107–108, 110–111, 114–118
  • Superman and Batman: World's Funnest: "Last Imp Standing!"
  • Hitman/Lobo: That Stupid Bastich!
  • Martian Manhunter vol. 3 #24: "Revelations, Part Five"
  • Superman: Lex 2000: "Where Were You"
  • Action Comics :
  • * "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice and the American Way?"
  • * "Superman Reborn, Parts Two and Four"
  • JLA #61–68, 70, 72, 74–75, 78–79, 84–89, 100
  • * Justice League Elite #1–12
  • * JLA/Cyberforce
  • Masks: Too Hot for TV!: "Introduction"
  • DC Comics Presents: The Flash: "Flash Back!"
  • Batman: The Man Who Laughs
  • Batman #635–639, 641, 645, 647–648
  • Seven Soldiers: Frankenstein #1–4
  • Team Zero #1–6
  • Stormwatch P.H.D. :
  • * Worldstorm #1: "Stormwatch"
  • * "Post-Human Division"
  • Black Adam: The Dark Age #1–6
  • Countdown #8, 3
  • Final Crisis :
  • * Final Crisis: Requiem
  • * Final Crisis: Superman Beyond #1–2
  • * Final Crisis #6-7
  • Nightwing #151: "The Great Leap, Epilogue"
  • Justice League of America :
  • * "The Second Coming, Part Four"
  • * "Trinity War"
  • * "Paradise Lost"
  • Green Lantern vol. 4 #43–48, 50–62, 64–67 and vol. 5 #1–5, 7–11, 0, 13–17, 20
  • Justice League :
  • * "Injustice League"
  • * "Legion of Doom, Part One"
  • * "Invasion of the Supermen"
  • Batman and Robin vol. 2 #31, Annual #2
  • Secret Origins vol. 3 #1: "The Secret Origin of Dick Grayson!"
  • The Multiversity: Ultra Comics: "Ultra Comics Lives!"
  • Superman/Wonder Woman #13–26 and Tom Derenick + Ardian Syaf
  • Batman/Superman #31–32: "The Final Days of Superman, Parts Two and Three"
  • Superman vol. 4 Rebirth, #5, 8–9, 12–13, 22–25, 29, 33–34, 36, 40, 44
  • Dark Nights: Metal :
  • * Batman Lost
  • * The Wild Hunt
  • Detective Comics #994–1000, 1008, 1012–1016

    Covers only

  • Dark Horse Presents #49, 64, 134
  • Dr. Giggles #1–2
  • Comics' Greatest World: Arcadia #4
  • Comics' Greatest World: Vortex #1
  • Out of the Vortex #1
  • Barb Wire: Ace of Spades #3–4
  • King Tiger and Motorhead #1–2
  • Randy Bowen's Decapitator #1
  • The Mask: Toys in the Attic #1–4
  • Space Bunnies Must Die! #1
  • Superman: Secret Files #2
  • Superman: The Man of Steel #99, 101
  • Batman #573
  • Superman vol. 2 #158
  • Action Comics #767, 1000
  • Adventures of Superman #580, 629
  • JLA #69, 71, 73, 76, 80–83, 90–93
  • Outsiders vol. 3 #18–19, 21–23
  • Stormwatch P.H.D. #5
  • Number of the Beast #1
  • Nightwing #144
  • JLA: Classified #39
  • Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #3
  • Blackest Night #8
  • inFamous #1–2
  • Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown #1–3
  • DC Universe Online: Legends #16–17
  • Green Lantern Corps vol. 2 #1
  • Green Lantern vol. 5 #6, 12, 38, 50
  • Team 7 vol. 2 #1
  • Justice League vol. 2 #23
  • Justice League Dark #23
  • Justice League of America vol. 3 #9
  • Earth 2 #17
  • Sinestro #1
  • Suicide Squad vol. 4 #30
  • Batman: Black and White vol. 2 #6
  • Sensation Comics vol. 2 Chapter 36
  • Harley Quinn vol. 3 #1
  • Superman vol. 4 #6, 30
  • Green Lantern/Space Ghost #1
  • Justice League of America vol. 5 #1–25
  • Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #45, 48
  • Gotham City Garage Chapter 23
  • Super Sons/Dynomutt #1
  • Cursed Comics Cavalcade #1
  • Supergirl vol. 7 #25
  • Swamp Thing Giant #1
  • Detective Comics #1009