Jimmy Janes

Jimmy Janes (July 17, 1947 – September 1, 2020) was an American comics artist and storyboard artist best known for his work on DC Comics' Legion of Super-Heroes series.

Early life Jimmy Janes was born July 17, 1947

Career His first published work in the comics industry appeared in Greaser Comics #2 (1972), an underground comix written by George DiCaprio and published by Rip Off Press. He then drew stories for Charlton Comics, Marvel Comics, and Warren Publishing over the course of the next several years. Janes began working for DC Comics in 1980 when he became the penciller of the Legion of Super-Heroes as of #263 (May 1980). He drew 15 issues of that series, including "The Exaggerated Death of Ultra Boy" storyline which was written by Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas, and Paul Levitz as well as the Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes limited series (January–March 1981) written by E. Nelson Bridwell and Paul Kupperberg.

At Marvel Comics, he pencilled Marvel Team-Up #95 (July 1980) which featured Spider-Man meeting Mockingbird, the new superheroic identity of Bobbi Morse. Janes was one of several artists to draw the comics adaptation of Xanadu in Marvel Super Special #17 (Summer 1980). After concluding his run on the Legion of Super-Heroes with issue #282 (December 1981), Janes drew a back-up story for Moon Knight #16 (February 1982) He later worked on other animated series such as Batman: The Animated Series, Exosquad, Extreme Ghostbusters, The Incredible Hulk, The Karate Kid, RoboCop: Alpha Commando, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Swamp Thing, and X-Men: The Animated Series.

Janes died on September 1, 2020, at the age of 73.