Mark Bagley has worked for Marvel Comics on such titles as The Amazing Spider-Man, Thunderbolts, New Warriors, Venom and Ultimate Spider-Man and for DC Comics on Justice League of America, Batman and Trinity.
19 Facts About Mark Bagley
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Mark Bagley was born to a military family in Frankfurt, West Germany.
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Mark Bagley eventually ended up working for Lockheed Martin making technical drawings.
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At the time, Mark Bagley was 27 years old and living in Marietta, Georgia.
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Mark Bagley had almost given up on trying to find a job in comics and was satisfied with his position at Lockheed Martin.
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Mark Bagley was reluctant to enter the contest because of the cost of the Try-out Book itself.
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Mark Bagley won first place for penciling, finishing ahead of thousands of other hopefuls.
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When Erik Larsen left The Amazing Spider-Man in 1991, Mark Bagley was assigned to the title.
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Mark Bagley was one of the artists on the "Maximum Carnage" and "Clone Saga" storylines which ran through the Spider-Man titles.
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Mark Bagley's artwork was used extensively for licensed material, appearing on everything from plates and cups to credit cards and even video games such The Amazing Spider-Man: Lethal Foes released exclusively in Japan.
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In 1997, Mark Bagley collaborated with writer Kurt Busiek on a new team of superheroes, the Thunderbolts, a group of super-villains disguised as super-heroes, with the final page of the first issue of the series revealing that the Thunderbolts were actually the Masters of Evil, a surprise twist carefully guarded by Marvel.
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Mark Bagley was assigned to Ultimate Spider-Man with writer Brian Michael Bendis.
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Mark Bagley collaborated with Bendis on The Pulse and a four-issue arc on Mighty Avengers.
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In 2008, Mark Bagley signed an exclusive three-year contract with DC Comics.
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Mark Bagley drew four issues of Batman, written by Judd Winick.
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Mark Bagley then teamed with writer James Robinson on Justice League of America.
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In 2011, Mark Bagley left DC and returned to Marvel and Ultimate Spider-Man.
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Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley worked on Avengers Assemble, an Avengers title produced concurrently with Brilliant.
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Bagley and Mark Waid collaborated on a Hulk series in 2014.