21 Facts About Bob Layton

Bob Layton was born on 1953 and is an American comic book artist, writer, and editor.

Bob Layton is best known for his work on Marvel Comics titles such as Iron Man and Hercules, and for co-founding Valiant Comics with Jim Shooter.

Bob Layton was drawing the covers and including little reviews written by some of his customers.

Bob Layton began work for DC Comics in early 1977, taking up regular inking duties on All Star Comics, as well as inking multiple issues of Secret Society of Super Villains, DC Super Stars, and DC Special, among others.

In 1978, Bob Layton reunited with Michelinie, to co-write Iron Man.

Micheline and Bob Layton established Tony Stark's alcoholism with the story "Demon in a Bottle", and introduced several supporting characters, including Stark's bodyguard girlfriend Bethany Cabe; Stark's personal pilot and confidant James Rhodes, who later became the superhero War Machine; and rival industrialist Justin Hammer, who was revealed to be the employer of numerous high-tech armed enemies Iron Man fought over the years.

Bob Layton continued to ink and work on covers for titles such as The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Power Man and Iron Fist, and Micronauts.

In February 1986, Bob Layton revived the original X-Men characters in the series X-Factor, which he wrote and Jackson Guice drew.

Bob Layton wrote the first five issues before handing over the series to Louise Simonson.

Bob Layton was one of the chief architects of the Valiant Universe, along with Jim Shooter, Barry Windsor-Smith, Steven J Massarsky, and Jon Hartz.

Bob Layton co-created a number of the core characters including X-O Manowar, and later became Editor-in-Chief and Senior Vice President, during which time he controlled the company during its most profitable period.

Bob Layton edited Turok, Dinosaur Hunter, Deathmate and Secret Weapons before writing the first of thirteen issues of The Second Life of Doctor Mirage.

Bob Layton was editing a vast array of titles during this time, for which he won the Editor of the Year award in 1993, as voted by the readers of the comics magazine, Wizard.

Between Elseworlds, Bob Layton worked with Marvel Comics on an Iron Man reunion, which saw him produce the four-part limited series Iron Man: Bad Blood with his long-term collaborator David Michelinie.

The series ran from September to December 2000, with art by Bob Layton and, as previously, the plot was a joint effort, and the final script by Michelinie.

Bob Layton then stayed at Marvel for a short time, teaming with Dan Jurgens as inker on Captain America, as well as inking a short run on The Avengers.

Bob Layton inked the Dan Jurgens-drawn The Power Company: Manhunter and part of Just Imagine Stan Lee.

Bob Layton acted as editor-in-chief, Berrebbi was CFO and director of marketing, Michelinie was head writer, Giordano was art director, and Skip Farrell was the publisher.

Bob Layton's work continues to be collected in multiple trade paperback collections.

Bob Layton worked for Marvel as a freelance artist and writer on several projects including the miniseries Iron Man: Legacy of Doom and Iron Man: The End.

Bob Layton has been quoted as saying that he "miss[es] telling stories," and to that end has showcased unpublished issues of Future Comics properties on his website, where he presented his serialized comic" Colony, with art by Giordano, and which "is a project that [Bob Layton has] been developing for [over] 10 years and is currently making the rounds in Hollywood.