About

Known credits:
13
Birthday:
1946-09-02
Place of birth:
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Website:
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Walt Simonson

Overview

Walter Simonson (born September 2, 1946) is an American comic book writer and artist, best known for a run on Marvel Comics' Thor from 1983 to 1987, during which he created the character Beta Ray Bill. He is also known for the creator-owned work Star Slammers, which he inaugurated in 1972 as a Rhode Island School of Design thesis. He has also worked on other Marvel titles such as X-Factor and Fantastic Four, on DC Comics books including Detective Comics, Manhunter, Metal Men, and Orion, and on licensed properties such as Star Wars, Alien, Battlestar Galactica, and Robocop vs. Terminator.

Simonson has won numerous awards for his work and has influenced artists such as Arthur Adams and Todd McFarlane.

He is married to comics writer Louise Simonson, with whom he collaborated as a penciller on X-Factor from 1986 to 1989.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Simonson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Acting

2011 Thor Actor Guest (uncredited) 67
Fair
2010 Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics Actor Self 59
Average
2007 Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comic Magazine Actor Self N/A
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2003 Sex, Lies & Superheroes Actor Himself 59
Average

Writing

2021 Batman: Soul of the Dragon Writing Characters 62
Fair
2019 DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock Writing Writer 59
Average
2013 Thor: The Dark World Writing Characters 65
Fair

Crew

2024 Deadpool & Wolverine Crew Thanks 75
Good
2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Crew Thanks 62
Fair
2022 Thor: Love and Thunder Crew Thanks 63
Fair
2017 The Lego Batman Movie Crew Thanks 70
Good
2013 Thor: The Dark World Crew Thanks 65
Fair
2011 Thor Crew Thanks 67
Fair