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JOHN COSTANZA

Active: 1969–2025

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AS WRITER

53

AS ARTIST

354

KEY ISSUES

461

SERIES

John Costanza is an American comic book artist and letterer. He has worked for both DC Comics and Marvel Comics. He was the letterer during Alan Moore's acclaimed run on Swamp Thing. The bulk of Costanza's art assignments have been for anthropomorphic animal comics and children-oriented material.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

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Giant-Size X-Men #1 cover

Giant-Size X-Men

#1

First appearances of Storm, Colossus, and Nightcrawler. Earliest catalogued appearances of Magik, Thunderbird (John Proudstar), and Krakoa.

Batman #436 cover

Batman

#436

First appearance of Tim Drake, the third Robin. Earliest catalogued appearance of Jack Drake.

The Amazing Spider-Man #129 cover

The Amazing Spider-Man

#129

First appearance of Punisher.

Green Lantern #87 cover

Green Lantern

#87

Earliest catalogued appearance of John Stewart.

Batman: Son of the Demon #1 cover

Batman: Son of the Demon

#1

Earliest catalogued appearance of Damian Wayne.

Adventures of Superman #500 cover

Adventures of Superman

#500

Earliest catalogued appearance of Superboy (Kon-El).

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Mike DeCarlo 27 issues togetherDavid Álvarez 14 issues togetherFrank Strom 11 issues togetherEarl Kress 9 issues togetherScott McRae 9 issues togetherSholly Fisch 8 issues togetherHoracio Ottolini 7 issues togetherLeo Batic 7 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

SupermanBatmanDick GraysonWonder WomanLois LaneAlfred PennyworthSwamp ThingConanJames GordonJimmy Olsen

Credits

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Animaniacs #3 cover
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Animaniacs

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Animaniacs

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Animaniacs #5 cover
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Animaniacs

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Animaniacs #6 cover
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Animaniacs

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Archie #508 cover

Archie

#508

Archie #509 cover
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Archie

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Archie #510 cover

Archie

#510

Archie #518 cover

Archie

#518

Archie & Friends #48 cover
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Archie & Friends

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Archie & Friends #54 cover

Archie & Friends

#54

Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #324 cover

Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest

#324

Crazy Magazine #47 cover
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Crazy Magazine

#47

Date with Debbi #5 cover

Date with Debbi

#5

House of Mystery #194 cover
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House of Mystery

#194

House of Secrets #85 cover
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House of Secrets

#85

Josie Annual Spectacular #1 cover

Josie Annual Spectacular

#1

Looney Tunes #100 cover
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Looney Tunes

#100

Looney Tunes #16 cover
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Looney Tunes

#16

Looney Tunes #18 cover

Looney Tunes

#18

Looney Tunes #192 cover
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Looney Tunes

#192

Looney Tunes #205 cover
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Looney Tunes

#205

Looney Tunes #206 cover
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Looney Tunes

#206

Looney Tunes #211 cover
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Looney Tunes

#211

Looney Tunes #224 cover
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Looney Tunes

#224

Looney Tunes #236 cover
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Looney Tunes

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Looney Tunes #261 cover
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Looney Tunes

#261

Looney Tunes #268 cover
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Looney Tunes

#268

Looney Tunes #4 cover
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Looney Tunes

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Looney Tunes #63 cover
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Looney Tunes

#63

Looney Tunes #65 cover
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Looney Tunes

#65

Looney Tunes #68 cover
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Looney Tunes

#68

Looney Tunes #69 cover
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Looney Tunes

#69

Looney Tunes #70 cover
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Looney Tunes

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Looney Tunes #72 cover
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Looney Tunes

#72

Looney Tunes #76 cover
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Looney Tunes

#76

Looney Tunes #78 cover
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Looney Tunes

#78

Looney Tunes #81 cover
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Looney Tunes

#81

Looney Tunes #84 cover
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Looney Tunes

#84

Looney Tunes #87 cover
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Looney Tunes

#87

Looney Tunes #94 cover
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Looney Tunes

#94

Our Fighting Forces #126 cover

Our Fighting Forces

#126

Stan Lee Meets Doctor Strange #1 cover

Stan Lee Meets Doctor Strange

#1

The New Titans #100 cover
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The New Titans

#100

The New Titans #94 cover

The New Titans

#94

Titans Sell-Out Special #1 cover
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Titans Sell-Out Special

#1

Tomahawk #140 cover

Tomahawk

#140

Weird War Tales #4 cover
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Weird War Tales

#4

What The--?! #18 cover
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What The--?!

#18

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