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Dave Cockrum
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12 Nov 1943
† 26 Nov 2006
Pendleton, Oregon, USA
Biography
David Emmett Cockrum was born in Pendleton, Oregon, on November 12, 1943. He grew up loving comic books with the ambition to become a comic-book creator himself, and later become a professional comic book illustrator who in the mid-1970s helped invent a dynamic new look and intriguing new characters for the moribund “X-Men” comics, paving the way for what became America’s most popular comic books and a billion-dollar movie empire. Following his school graduation, Cockrum joined the United State...
Also Known As
David Emmett Cockrum, David E. Cockrum, David Cockrum
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