Tom Lyle

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Thomas Stanford Lyle (November 2, 1953 – November 19, 2019)

Starman and Robin for DC Comics, and Spider-Man for Marvel Comics
.

Career

Tom Lyle's comics career began in the mid 1980s penciling titles such

Starman series with writer Roger Stern,[4][3] introducing the second Blockbuster in Starman #9 (April 1989).[5]

Lyle worked on the first solo

Stephanie Brown in Detective Comics #647 (August 1992).[8]

Meanwhile, in 1991 he worked on The Comet for DC's Impact Comics imprint, which he pencilled and plotted, with writer Mark Waid contributing the scripts.[3]

In 1993, Lyle started working for

Pyre
.

Lyle's other work for Marvel included Punisher (third series; 1995) with writer John Ostrander from 1995 to 1997, a Warlock mini-series which he wrote himself in 1998,[3] and issues of Mutant X in 2000 and 2001.

He drew several issues of Star Wars for Dark Horse Comics in 2000.[3]

He was the artist on the 2004 series Chickasaw Adventures for the Chickasaw Nation.[13]

Between 2005 and his death in 2019, he taught sequential art at the Savannah College of Art and Design.[14]

References

  1. ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Iola, Wisconsin. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011.
  2. ^ Marston, George (November 19, 2019). "Tom Lyle Dies at Age 66". Newsarama. Archived from the original on November 19, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e Tom Lyle at the Grand Comics Database
  4. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. New Starman Will Payton debuted in his own ongoing series in October [1988] by writer Roger Stern and artist Tom Lyle. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  5. ISBN 978-1465424563. The original Blockbuster had died...but that didn't deter his brother, Roland Desmond, from taking on the role and fighting Will Payton aka Starman, with the help of scribe Roger Stern and penciller Tom Lyle. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  6. ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 248
  7. ^ Manning "1990s" in Dougall, p. 195
  8. ^ Manning "1990s" in Dougall, p. 196
  9. ISBN 978-0756641238. Artists Mark Bagley, Sal Buscema, Ron Lim, Tom Lyle, and Alex Saviuk all brought their talents to this key story line. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  10. ^ Manning "1990s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 274: "Continuing the epic 'Clone Saga', the team of artists Tom Lyle, Robert Brown, Roy Burdine, and Mark Bagley revealed the supposed final fate of the genius Jackal."
  11. ^ Lewis, Devin (Editor). "Scarlet Letters", Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider #1 (2017). Marvel Comics. p. 22
  12. ISBN 978-0756692360. The debut story of Annex was written by Jack C. Harris and drawn by Tom Lyle. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  13. ^ "Chickasaw Adventures". ChickasawAdventures.com. Archived from the original on May 28, 2013.
  14. ^ "Tom Lyle". Savannah College of Art and Design. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016.

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Starman
 penciller
1988–1990 		Succeeded by
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 The Comet penciller
1991–1992 		Succeeded by
Turner Allen
Preceded by Detective Comics penciller
1992 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Spider-Man penciller
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