Ron Wilson (comics)

Ron Wilson is an American comics artist known for his work on comic books starring the Marvel Comics character The Thing, including the titles Marvel Two-in-One and The Thing. Wilson spent eleven years, from 1975 to 1986, chronicling The Thing's adventures through different comic titles. He co-created the Wolfpack characters with writer Larry Hama.

Ron Wilson
Wilson at the Big Apple Comic Con, November 15, 2008
Born	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller
Notable works	Marvel Two-in-One The Thing

Early life

Ron Wilson was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in the Canarsie neighborhood.^[1]

Career

Cover of Marvel Two-in-One #72 (February 1981). Art by Ron Wilson and Chic Stone.

Wilson entered the comics industry in the early 1970s at Marvel Comics where he produced both cover illustrations and interior artwork.^[2] He was the regular artist on Marvel Two-in-One from 1975 to 1978 and again from 1980 to 1983; while additionally working on titles such as Black Goliath, Power Man, The Hulk! and Captain Britain.^[3]

In the 1980s, after the cancellation of Marvel Two-in-One, Wilson teamed with writer John Byrne on The Thing (1983–1986). In 1983 he plotted and drew "Super Boxers" (Marvel Graphic Novel #8).^[1] He drew the entire run of Marvel's Masters of the Universe (1986–1988)^[4] and the Wolfpack limited series (1988–1989).^[5] Wilson's work also appeared in The Avengers, Captain America, Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, and What If.^[3]

In 1990, Wilson illustrated an issue of Urth 4 for Continuity Comics and then returned to Marvel to draw WCW World Championship Wrestling in 1992–1993. His work appeared regularly in Marvel Comics Presents in 1992–1994. Wilson contributed to DC Comics Milestone Media imprint providing character design work and pencilled an issue of Icon as well as the DC universe mini-series Arion the Immortal. In 2008, he provided a cover for the second issue of the pro wrestling-themed mini-series Headlocked published by Visionary Comics.^[3] As of 2012, Wilson was preparing a new creator-owned project Battle Rappers.^[6]

Bibliography

Continuity Comics

• Urth 4 #4 (1990)

DC Comics

• Arion the Immortal #1–6 (1992)
• Blood Syndicate #14 (1994)
• Icon #11 (1994)
• Who's Who in the DC Universe Update 1993 #2 (Arion entry) (1993)
• Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #17 (Persuader entry) (1986)

Marvel Comics

• Avengers Annual #18 (1989)
• Captain America #383, Annual #6 (1982–1991)
• Chamber of Chills #7 (1973)
• Crazy Magazine #68 (1980)
• Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #27, 29 (1976)
• Fantastic Four #178-179, 181 (1977)
• Fantastic Four Roast #1 (1982)
• Giant-Size Chillers #2 (1975)
• Giant-Size Man-Thing #4 (1975)
• Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #1 (1974)
• The Hulk! #10–15, 17–18, 20, 22 (1978–1980)
• Marvel Comics Presents #11, 21, 23, 27, 49, 52, 85, 87, 94, 97, 113–118, 128–130, 140–141, 147–148 (1989–1994)
• Marvel Fanfare #48 (Vision backup story) (1989)
• Marvel Graphic Novel #8 ("Super Boxers") (1984)
• Marvel Graphic Novel: Wolfpack (1987)
• Marvel Premiere #55 (Wonder Man) (1980)
• Marvel Super-Heroes vol. 2 #4–5, 9, 14 (1990–1993)
• Marvel Team-Up #47 (1976)
• Marvel Two-in-One #12–13, 16, 18, 21–23, 25–29, 31–34, 37–41, 67–69, 71–73, 77–87, 91–94, 96–98, 100, Annual #6–7 (1975–1983)
• Master of Kung Fu #21, 28 (1974–1975)
• Masters of the Universe #1–13 (1986–1988)
• My Love #20 (1972)
• Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #1–2, 4–6, 10–11, 13 (1983–1984)
• Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #1, 6, 13, 18 (1985–1987)
• Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #8 (1989)
• Power Man #21–23, 25, 37 (1974–1976)
• Questprobe #3 (1985)
• Savage Sword of Conan #95 (1983)
• Solo Avengers #18–20 (Hawkeye) (1989)
• The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #11 (1991)
• Tales of the Zombie #8–9 (1974–1975)
• The Thing #1–33 (1983–1986)
• WCW World Championship Wrestling #1–2 (1992)
• Web of Spider-Man #82 (1991)
• What If...? #23, 27–30, 39, 45 (1980–1984)
• What If...? vol. 2 #1, 19, 28–29 (1989–1991)
• Wolfpack #1–12 (1988–1989)

References

1. Best, Daniel (January 3, 2010). "Looking Back With Ron Wilson". 20th Century Danny Boy. Archived from the original on January 31, 2012.
2. "Ron Wilson". Lambiek Comiclopedia. July 7, 2013. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
3. Ron Wilson at the Grand Comics Database
4. Seeley, Tim (2015). "Comics, Books, Magazines, & More". The Art of He Man and the Masters of the Universe. Milwaukie, Oregon: Dark Horse Comics. pp. 152–157. ISBN 978-1616555924.
5. Reed, Patrick A. (September 4, 2012). "Hip-Hop Comics: An Introduction. Eighties Exploitation- Vibe, Wolfpack". Depthoffieldmagazine.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Larry Hama and longtime Power Man artist Ron Wilson created and launched the series, and they seemed to be shooting for a story that combined elements of Fort Apache: The Bronx, The Breakfast Club, and Frank Miller's Elektra saga.
6. Johnston, Rich (October 16, 2012). "Where Hip Hop And Comics Cross, Criss Cross, And Jump Up". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on July 11, 2015.

External links

• Ron Wilson at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• Ron Wilson at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
• Ron Wilson at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
• Coville, Jamie (March 18, 2019). "The Jamie Coville Experience: TCC – Ron Wilson Spotlight". First Comics News. Archived from the original on August 2, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2020. Brent Chittenden interviews Ron Wilson.

Preceded by Bob Brown	Marvel Two-in-One penciller 1975–1978	Succeeded by Sal Buscema
Preceded by Sal Buscema	The Hulk! penciller 1978–1980	Succeeded by John Buscema
Preceded by Jerry Bingham	Marvel Two-in-One penciller 1980–1983	Succeeded by n/a
Preceded by n/a	The Thing penciller 1983–1986	Succeeded by Paul Neary