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RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE

Active: 2005–2026

17

AS WRITER

152

AS ARTIST

10

KEY ISSUES

46

SERIES

Rafael Albuquerque is a Brazilian comic book creator primarily for his artwork on titles such as DC Comics' Blue Beetle and as illustrator and co-creator of American Vampire and Huck. Though primarily a penciler and inker of interior comic art, he has also done work as a cover artist, colorist and writer.

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

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

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American Vampire #1 cover

American Vampire

#1

Earliest catalogued appearances of Skinner Sweet, Pearl Jones, Henry Preston, and 1 more.

Action Comics #1000 cover

Action Comics

#1000

Earliest catalogued appearance of Rogol Zaar.

American Vampire #5 cover

American Vampire

#5

Earliest catalogued appearance of Felicia Book.

American Vampire #13 cover

American Vampire

#13

Earliest catalogued appearance of Calvin Poole.

Prodigy #1 cover

Prodigy

#1

Earliest catalogued appearance of Edison Crane.

American Vampire #7 cover

American Vampire

#7

Earliest catalogued appearance of Linden Hobbes.

SERIES · TOP 12 OF 46 BY ISSUES CREDITED

American Vampire

2010

26 credited issues

The Blue Beetle

2006

17 credited issues

American Vampire: Second Cycle

2014

10 credited issues

American Vampire 1976

2020

9 credited issues

Batgirl

2016

6 credited issues

Huck: Big Bad World

2025

6 credited issues

Huck

2015

6 credited issues

Superman Unlimited

2025

6 credited issues

All-Star Batman

2016

5 credited issues

Prodigy

2018

5 credited issues

Animal Man

2011

4 credited issues

Superman/Batman

2003

4 credited issues

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Scott Snyder 54 issues together Mark Millar 17 issues together Rafael Scavone 15 issues together John Rogers 13 issues together Dan Slott 7 issues together Jeff Lemire 7 issues together Hope Larson 6 issues together Paul Dini 6 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

Skinner Sweet Pearl Jones Batman Blue Beetle (Reyes)Calvin Poole Henry Preston Superman Brenda Del Vecchio Barbara Gordon Paco Testas

All (157)Writer (17)Artist (152)Keys (10)

COLLECTED EDITIONS

American Vampire Vol. 4

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Vol. 3

Gotham Academy Vol. 3: Yearbook

14 ISSUES

All-Star Batman #10 cover

All-Star Batman

#10

All-Star Batman #12 cover

All-Star Batman

#12

All-Star Batman #13 cover

All-Star Batman

#13

All-Star Batman #14 cover

All-Star Batman

#14

American Vampire: The Long Road to Hell #1 cover

American Vampire: The Long Road to Hell

#1

Future State: Gotham #11 cover

Future State: Gotham

#11

Gotham Academy #15 cover

Gotham Academy

#15

Hit-Girl #10 cover

Hit-Girl

#10

Hit-Girl #11 cover

Hit-Girl

#11

Hit-Girl #9 cover

Hit-Girl

#9

Legends of the Dark Knight #33 cover

Legends of the Dark Knight

#33

Secrets of Sinister House #1 cover

Secrets of Sinister House

#1

The Joker 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 cover

The Joker 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular

#1

Wonder Woman 75th Anniversary Special #1 cover

Wonder Woman 75th Anniversary Special

#1