In the years since, Ross has maintained an outsized influential presence, creating some of comics’ most striking covers, as well as working on such acclaimed series as Uncle Sam (with writer Steve Darnall), an allegorical personification of the conflict between American ideals and its historic failures. The book is inspired by “This Man… This Monster,” a story originally published in 1966 by the legendary Marvel team of Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, co-creators of the Fantastic Four.įollowing the success of Marvels, the next year Ross teamed with writer Mark Waid and struck gold yet again with Kingdom Come, an epic superhero tale centered around an aging Justice League forced to reunite to confront a reckless new generation of DC superheroes that are as violent and murderous as the super villains they are pledged to fight.īoth of these series helped establish Ross as the preeminent creator of dramatically painted superhero cover art. The new work is Ross’ first solo effort writing and drawing a full superhero graphic novel.

Fantastic Sue Storm, The Invisible Girl Johnny Storm, The Human Torch, and Ben Grimm, The Thing–one of the comics world’s most imaginative superhero teams. This month, Ross returns to the Marvel comics universe with Fantastic Four: Full Circle, a long-awaited passion project centered around The Fantastic Four–Reed Richards, aka Mr. But it was Ross’ meticulously painted panels that would truly capture the comics world’s imagination, winning the artist one of the series’ three Eisner Awards. The work detailed the daily life of citizens in the 1960s and 1970s living in a world overrun by superheroes. The four-issue limited comics series, penned by Kurt Busiek and drawn by Alex Ross, captured an unseen side of the Marvel superhero universe. In 1994, Marvels arrived on the superhero landscape like a lightning bolt.

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