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For over thirty years, Bob Layton has done it all in the comics industry: penciller, inker, writer, editor and publisher. Bob Layton’s accomplishments within the industry are many and varied. In 1978, with writing partner David Michelinie, Bob totally re-imagined Marvel’s Invincible Iron Man, ultimately transforming it from a low-end book into one of Marvel’s all-time best sellers. He also wrote and drew the first Marvel mini-series Hercules – Prince of Power, which spawned a sequel and a graphic novel. He revived the original X-Men team with Marvel’s X-Factor.
Layton was also the co-architect of the Valiant Universe, serving as Valiant’s Editor-In-Chief and Senior Vice President. While EIC at Valiant, Layton successful turned the company around from being in debt to hugely profitable within two years of taking the job. In 1993 he was selected by the fans as the Editor of Year for 1993 by the readers of Wizard Magazine. Shortly after Valiant was sold to Acclaim Entertainment, Layton retired from comics and moved to Florida.
Layton returned to comics a couple of years later, working with Dick Giordano on some DC Comics projects: Batman: Dark Knight of the Round Table, Batman: Hollywood Knight and The L.A.W. During this time, Layton and Michelinie returned to Marvel and Iron Man to produce Iron Man: Bad Blood. Layton also teamed with Dan Jurgens on Captain America and the Avengers.
Layton, along with Dick Giordano and Dave Michelinie founded Future Comics. Although Layton was eventually forced to close that chapter of his career after only two and a half years in business, the Future intellectual properties are still alive and several are currently under development in Hollywood. Layton is currently working with David Michelinie and Executive Producer Robert Keyghobad (Carnivale', Cupid) on the development of new properties for major motion pictures and television.
In addition, Bob and David have recently returned to Marvel Comics and Iron Man, creating two, new limited series to be released in conjunction with the Iron Man major motion picture in 2008. The first of these series Iron Man: Legacy of Doom debuts in April 2008.
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