Dan Jurgens

Known for

Writing

Born

June 27, 1959 (age 67)

Birthplace

Ortonville, Minnesota, USA

Biography

Dan Jurgens (born June 27, 1959) is an American comic book writer and artist. He is known for his work on the DC comic book storyline "The Death of Superman" and for creating characters such as Doomsday, Hank Henshaw, and Booster Gold. Jurgens had a lengthy run on the Superman comic books, including The Adventures of Superman, Superman vol. 2, and Action Comics. At Marvel, Jurgens worked on series such as Captain America and The Sensational Spider-Man and was the writer on Thor for six years. He also had a brief run as writer and artist on Solar for Valiant Comics in 1995.

After graduating from Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1981, Jurgens' first professional comic work was for DC...