Bob Layton

Quick Facts

Full Name	Bob Layton
Occupation	Comics Artist
Date Of Birth	Sep 25, 1953(1953-09-25)
Age	71
Birthplace	Indiana
Country	United States
Horoscope	Virgo

Bob Layton Biography

Bob Layton is one of the most popular and richest Comics Artist who was born on September 25, 1953 in Indiana, United States. Bob Layton was born on September 25 on 1953. He started reading comics at the age of four. He explained the fact that “older sister Sue became bored with reading the same comic to me about fifty times. (It was a Showcase featuring the Challengers of the Unknown.)”

Layton’s initial, but not credited, job on behalf of Marvel Comics was inking a single page from The Marvel UK title The Avengers and the Savage Sword of Conan #135 (April 17th in 1976).

In 1978, Layton reunited with Michelinie, to co-write Iron Man. The two would become regular creative partners, and began their collaboration on Iron Man with #116 (November 1978). Micheline and 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. The duo introduced the concept of Stark’s specialized armors The two collaborated on the title until #154 and then returned for a second run from #215 (Feb. 1987) to #250 (Dec 1989).

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 September 1982, he launched one of Marvel’s first limited series, writing and drawing the four-issue Hercules: Prince of Power. Its success spawned a four-issue sequel in 1984 and a 1988 graphic novel (#37 in the “Marvel Graphic Novel” series) – Full Circle. Around this time, he designed the highly successful Marvel Secret Wars toy line for Mattel, which formed the impetus behind the 1984 Secret Wars event. Layton was one of the inkers on The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #18 (1984) which featured the wedding of Spider-Man supporting characters J. Jonah Jameson and Marla Madison in a story written by Stan Lee.

After graduating from his high school education, Layton began “playing comics dealer … selling them out of his apartment in Indianapolis,” through which he got to know Roger Stern in 1973, as he was employed by an Indianapolis radio station. Indianapolis.

Bob Layton Net Worth

Bob Layton is one of the richest Comics Artist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bob Layton 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Bob Layton (born 1953) is a famous American Comic book writer, artist and editor. He is most well-known for the work he did with Marvel Comics titles such as Iron Man and Hercules, and also for the co-founding of Valiant Comics with Jim Shooter.

CPL quickly became a well-known fan magazine. It it led to the two organizations joining forces together with Charlton Comics to produce and publish “the now-famous Charlton Bullseye magazine.” In the late 1970s the two publishers Marvel and DC published internal “fan” publications (F.O.O.M. in addition to The Amazing World of DC Comics respectively) and Charlton wanted to break into the world of superheroes and also “establish a fan presence” and this led to the formation of an collaboration with CPL to develop The Charlton Bullseye. This resulted in Charlton offering Layton along with Stern “access to unpublished material from their vaults by the likes of Steve Ditko, Jeff Jones and a host of others.” The association between Charlton (and Bill Pearson, the production manager) resulted in Layton getting acquainted with famous Wally Wood, with whom was his apprentice. The apprenticeship lead to working for Charlton in anthology books however, he was not working from his Charlton office, Marvel Comics and DC Comics as well as publishing fanzine.

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 Nov./Dec. 1977, he inked the first issue of David Michelinie’s Star Hunters, and after a number of other shorter inking jobs, moved back to Marvel in 1978, to ultimately take up one of his best remembered roles.

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After a several-year association with Valiant/Acclaim, Layton moved to Florida for a short retirement. Although he found time to write the first eleven (of twelve) issues of Acclaim’s Doctor Tomorrow between 1997 and 1998, inking a couple of issues, notably #6 which was drawn by Dick Giordano, who resided in Florida as well and was something of a mentor to Layton.

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Bob Ranked on the list of most popular Comics Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Bob Layton celebrates birthday on September 25 of every year.

In December 2000, Layton launched Future Comics, with Dick Giordano, Allen Berrebbi, and David Michelinie. 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. Between 2000 and 2002, they prepared to revolutionize the direct market system by bypassing distributors and selling direct to customers and shops through the Internet.

Did Bob Layton create Iron Man?

Originally co-written by Bob Layton (as well as finishing artist) and running for seven issues of Marvel Comics’ Iron Man, from December 1987 to June 1988 , the comic story centered on inventive genius Tony Stark as he discovers that the same top-secret tech he used to create the Iron Man armor is now in the…

How old is Bobby Layton?

Bob Layton
Born| 1953 (age 68–69 )
Nationality| American
Area(s)| Writer, Penciller, Inker, Editor
Notable works| Iron Man, Hercules

Is Valiant comics still in business?

Valiant was acquired by DMG Entertainment in 2018. In 2015, Valiant announced that they had partnered with Sony Pictures to produce five films based on the Bloodshot and Harbinger comic books. The rights for Harbinger would later be acquired from Sony by Paramount Pictures in 2019.

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What happened to Defiant Comics?

While the court eventually ruled in favor of Defiant, the legal process depleted the company’s capital, having cost over $300,000 in legal fees. Defiant ceased publication in Summer 1995.