Alan Davis was born on 18 June 1956 and is an English artist and writer of comic books, known for his work on titles such as Captain Britain, The Uncanny X-Men, ClanDestine, Detective Comics, Excalibur, JLA: The Nail and JLA: Another Nail.
21 Facts About Alan Davis
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Alan Davis's first professional work was a strip called The Crusader in Frantic Magazine for Dez Skinn's revamped Marvel UK line.
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Alan Davis initially had no interest in pursuing a career in comics, as he considered drawing to be a hobby.
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Alan Davis drew 14 issues of the monthly Captain Britain title, which was later reprinted in trade paperback.
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Later, Alan Davis replaced Garry Leach on Marvelman in Warrior and yet again worked with Moore.
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Alan Davis drew the story "Harry Twenty on the High Rock" in 2000AD.
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In 1985 Davis received his big break in the United States when he was hired by DC Comics to draw Batman and the Outsiders, written by Mike W Barr.
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Alan Davis took over from Jim Aparo, who launched the direct market version of the title.
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Alan Davis's work proved popular enough for him to be assigned artistic duties on DC's flagship title Detective Comics in 1986, again with Barr writing.
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Alan Davis asked Davis to draw him with a Mauser with an extended barrel, similar to the one used by the Paul Kirk version of Manhunter.
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Alan Davis accepted an offer by Uncanny X-Men writer Chris Claremont to work on Marvel Comics' X-Men books.
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Alan Davis' pencils were inked by Paul Neary and, later, Mark Farmer.
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Alan Davis left with issue 24 due to deadline pressures, but returned with issue 42, this time as writer.
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In 1994 Alan Davis created a new series of original characters called the ClanDestine, which featured the Destines, a family of long-lived, magically powered British superhumans.
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Alan Davis wrote and penciled the title for the first eight issues.
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Alan Davis departed after issue 8, and the series was canceled with issue 12.
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In 1996 Alan Davis wrote and drew the two issue crossover miniseries X-Men and The ClanDestine.
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In 1991, Alan Davis reunited with writer Barr to draw the sequel to "Year Two", the one-shot Batman: Full Circle.
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Alan Davis was commissioned to write both main X-Men series in 1999, but he left the following year.
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In February 2008, Alan Davis wrote and pencilled a five-part ClanDestine miniseries and the one-shot Thor: Truth of History for Marvel.
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Thomas had recently been born when Alan Davis began his work on the Captain Britain stories in 1981, and Pauline was born a few years later.