Bob Hall (October 16, 1944) is an American comic book creator as well as a playwright and theatre director. He is the co-creator of the West Coast Avengers for Marvel Comics and has worked on such series as Armed and Dangerous and Shadowman, which he both drew and wrote for Valiant Comics.
Biography
Education
Hall studied theater at the University of Nebraskaâ€"Lincoln, earning a Bachelor's and Master's degree there. Moving to New York in the early 1970s, he took courses at John Buscema's school of comic art and the New School.
Comics
Hall got his start in the comics industry in 1974, penciling and inking horror stories for Charlton Comics.
The Champions and Super-Villain Team-Up were two of the series which Hall drew for Marvel Comics. Hall and writer Chris Claremont collaborated on Marvel Team-Up #74 (October 1978) which featured Spider-Man meeting the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live Hall briefly worked as an editor for Marvel from 1978 to 1979 under Jim Shooter. Hall later joined Shooter as a writer and penciler at Valiant Comics.
Theatre
Hall was co-founder of the New Rude Mechanicals, a New York City-based off-off-Broadway theatre company.
In the late 1970s, he co-wrote the script and co-created the set designs for the stage play The Passion of Dracula, which ran for two years off-Broadway in New York City, as well as in London. The Passion of Dracula also screened on Showtime.
Hall is the artistic director of the Flatwater Shakespeare Company of Lincoln, Nebraska, an organization he founded. Previously, he was artistic director of the Nebraska Repertory Theatre for six years, and in 2008 was artistic director of Lincoln's Haymarket Theatre.
Personal life
Hall lives in Lincoln, Nebraska. In the past, he has lived in England and Ireland.
Bibliography
DC Comics
- Batman #559 (1998)
- Batman: DOA #1 (1999)
- Batman: I, Joker #1 (1998)
- Batman: Joker Time #1â€"3 (2000)
- Chase #5 (1998)
- House of Mystery #296 (1981)
- Weird War Tales #100, 103, 108â€"109 (1981â€"1982)
Marvel Comics
- The Amazing Spider-Man #222, 237, 286 (1981â€"1987)
- Avengers #213â€"214, 217, 219â€"221, 251â€"254, 280, 301, Annual #16 (1981â€"1989)
- Avengers Spotlight #37 (1990)
- Champions #8â€"10, 16 (1976)
- Daredevil #154 (1978)
- Defenders #62, 64â€"66 (1978)
- Fantastic Four Annual #12 (1977)
- Human Fly #13â€"15 (1978)
- The Incredible Hulk #226â€"229 (1978)
- Marvel Graphic Novel #27: "Emperor Doom" (1987)
- Marvel Team-Up #74, 126 (1978â€"1983)
- Marvel Two-in-One #44, 99 (1978â€"1983)
- Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #3, 5, 13, 18â€"20 (1986â€"1988)
- Power Man and Iron Fist #53â€"54 (1978)
- The Spectacular Spider-Man #21â€"25, 74, 124â€"125 (1978â€"1987)
- Squadron Supreme #1â€"5, 8 (1985â€"1986)
- Super-Villain Team-Up #10â€"12, 14 (1977)
- Thor #330â€"331, 394, Annual #10â€"11 (1982â€"1988)
- West Coast Avengers #1â€"4 (1984 mini-series)
- What If #34, 43 (1982â€"1984)
Valiant Comics
- Armed and Dangerous #1â€"4 (1996)
- Armed and Dangerous Hell's Slaughterhouse #1â€"4 (1996â€"1997)
- Shadowman #0, 10â€"12, 14, 19, 22, 26â€"43 (1993â€"1995)
References
External links
- Official website
- Bob Hall at the Comic Book DB
- Bob Hall at Comicvine
- Bob Hall at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Bob Hall at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
