Jimmy Janes


Jimmy Janes was an American comics artist and storyboard artist best known for his work on DC Comics' Legion of Super-Heroes series.

Early life

Jimmy Janes was born July 17, 1947 on Staten Island, New York and graduated from the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan.

Career

His first published work in the comics industry appeared in Greaser Comics #2, an underground comix written by George DiCaprio and published by Rip Off Press. He then drew stories for Charlton Comics, Marvel Comics, and Warren Publishing over the course of the next several years. Janes began working for DC Comics in 1980 when he became the penciller of the Legion of Super-Heroes as of #263. He drew 15 issues of that series, including "The Exaggerated Death of Ultra Boy" storyline which was written by Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas, and Paul Levitz as well as the Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes limited series written by E. Nelson Bridwell and Paul Kupperberg.
At Marvel Comics, he pencilled Marvel Team-Up #95 which featured Spider-Man meeting Mockingbird, the new superheroic identity of Bobbi Morse. Janes was one of several artists to draw the comics adaptation of Xanadu in Marvel Super Special #17. After concluding his run on the Legion of Super-Heroes with issue #282, Janes drew a back-up story for Moon Knight #16 and then moved into the animation profession.
In 1988, Janes was a character designer and storyboard artist on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated television series. He later worked on other animated series such as Batman: The Animated Series, Exosquad, Extreme Ghostbusters, The Incredible Hulk, The Karate Kid, RoboCop: Alpha Commando, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Swamp Thing, and X-Men: The Animated Series.
Janes died on September 1, 2020, at the age of 73.

Charlton Comics

  • The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves #36
  • Scary Tales #20

    DC Comics

  • Dragonlance #14
  • Ghosts #90, 95
  • Green Lantern #135
  • House of Mystery #314
  • Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 2 #263–267, 269–271, 273, 275, 277–280, 282
  • Secrets of Haunted House #31
  • Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #1–3
  • The Superman Family #203, 213, #212
  • Time Warp #5
  • The Unexpected #201, 205–206
  • Unknown Soldier #243
  • World's Finest Comics #265

    Collected editions

  • Legion of Super-Heroes: Before the Darkness Vol. 1 includes Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 2 #263–267, 269–271 and Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #1–3, 340 pages, February 2021
  • Legion of Super-Heroes: Before the Darkness Vol. 2 includes Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 2 #273, 275, 277–280, and 282, 360 pages, February 2022

    Heroic Publishing

  • Eternity Smith #1
  • The Marksman #1

    Marvel Comics

  • Marvel Feature #8
  • Marvel Super Special #17
  • Marvel Team-Up #95
  • Moon Knight #16

    Renegade Press

  • Eternity Smith #2, 5

    Rip Off Press

  • Greaser Comics #2

    Warren Publishing

  • 1984 #2–4, 7
  • Eerie #46, 100, 104–105
  • Rook Magazine #1
  • Vampirella #84