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JOSÉ VILLARRUBIA

Active: 1994–2025

2

AS WRITER

0

AS ARTIST

27

KEY ISSUES

130

SERIES

José Antonio Villarrubia Jiménez-Momediano is a Spanish-American artist, comics colorist, educator, and photographer whose work spans comic books, fine art photography, and comics restoration. His collaborators have included Alan Moore, Paul Pope, and Jeff Lemire. He has received multiple Eisner Award nominations and won the Harvey Award for Best Colorist in 2011. His photography is held in institutional collections including the Baltimore Museum of Art, and he served as chair of the Illustration Department at Maryland Institute College of Art from 2010 to 2015.

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

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

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Sentry #1 cover

Sentry

#1

Earliest catalogued appearances of Sentry, Lindy Reynolds, and Watchdog.

Sweet Tooth #1 cover

Sweet Tooth

#1

Earliest catalogued appearances of Gus (Sweet Tooth) and Jepperd.

Ghost Rider #26 cover

Ghost Rider

#26

Earliest catalogued appearances of Orb and Sara.

Osborn #1 cover

Osborn

#1

Earliest catalogued appearances of Ai Apaec and Toxic Doxie.

Young X-Men #8 cover

Young X-Men

#8

Earliest catalogued appearance of Cipher.

Dark Reign: Zodiac #1 cover

Dark Reign: Zodiac

#1

Earliest catalogued appearance of Zodiac.

SERIES · TOP 12 OF 130 BY ISSUES CREDITED

Sweet Tooth

2009

37 credited issues

2000 AD

2001

18 credited issues

R.E.B.E.L.S.

2009

17 credited issues

Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E.

2011

14 credited issues

Captain Atom

2011

13 credited issues

X-Factor

2006

12 credited issues

Ghost Rider

2006

9 credited issues

Manhunter

2004

8 credited issues

Captain America

2002

7 credited issues

Royals

2017

6 credited issues

Wednesday Comics

2009

6 credited issues

Sweet Tooth: The Return

2021

6 credited issues

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Jae Lee 2 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

Gus (Sweet Tooth)Jepperd Batman Captain America Spider-Man Becky (Sweet Tooth)Doctor Singh Wendy (Sweet Tooth)Bobby (Sweet Tooth)Wolverine

All (394)Writer (2)Artist (0)Keys (27)

27 ISSUES

Action Comics #5 cover

Action Comics

#5

America #2 cover

America

#2

Captain Atom #1 cover

Captain Atom

#1

Dark Reign: The Cabal #1 cover

Dark Reign: The Cabal

#1

Dark Reign: Zodiac #1 cover

Dark Reign: Zodiac

#1

Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #1 cover

Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E.

#1

Ghost Rider #26 cover

Ghost Rider

#26

Gotham City Sirens #4 cover

Gotham City Sirens

#4

Osborn #1 cover

Osborn

#1

R.E.B.E.L.S. #1 cover

R.E.B.E.L.S.

#1

R.E.B.E.L.S. #2 cover

R.E.B.E.L.S.

#2

R.E.B.E.L.S. #3 cover

R.E.B.E.L.S.

#3

R.E.B.E.L.S. #4 cover

R.E.B.E.L.S.

#4

Sentry #1 cover

Sentry

#1

Sentry #4 cover

Sentry

#4

Sweet Tooth #1 cover

Sweet Tooth

#1

Sweet Tooth #11 cover

Sweet Tooth

#11

Sweet Tooth #19 cover

Sweet Tooth

#19

Sweet Tooth #3 cover

Sweet Tooth

#3

Sweet Tooth #4 cover

Sweet Tooth

#4

Sweet Tooth #5 cover

Sweet Tooth

#5

Sweet Tooth #6 cover

Sweet Tooth

#6

Sweet Tooth #7 cover

Sweet Tooth

#7

Thor: First Thunder #1 cover

Thor: First Thunder

#1

X-Factor #2 cover

X-Factor

#2

X-Force #10 cover

X-Force

#10

Young X-Men #8 cover

Young X-Men

#8