Adrian Gonzales

Adrian Gonzales (1937 – October 23, 1998) was a Filipino comics artist best known for his work on All-Star Squadron, Arak, Son of Thunder, and Super Powers for DC Comics.

Career Adrian Gonzales began his career as a comic book artist in the 1960s working for such Philippine comics publications as Hiwaga Komiks and Tagalog Klasiks. He made his debut in the US comics market with the story "The Young Wolves" in Our Army at War #252 (Dec. 1972) published by DC Comics. He only did sporadic work for US publishers until 1981 when he became the penciler on the All-Star Squadron series. Editor Len Wein hired Gonzales as a replacement for the previous artist Rich Buckler and notified the title's creator/writer Roy Thomas with a note stating "You're going to like Adrian Gonzales". He drew the series for 13 issues and then became the artist on the Arak, Son of Thunder title. and Gonzales drew one of them. In addition, he contributed to Archie Comics' 1983 revival of the Mighty Crusaders series. That same year, he penciled the Super Powers limited series which tied-in with the Kenner Products toyline of the same name. After a brief stint working on the Sgt. Rock series, Gonzales left the comics industry in 1985 and became a storyboard artist for several animation studios including Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears.