In 1995 Jurgens and Italian artist Claudio Castellini worked on the highly publicized crossover Marvel vs DC. He wrote and penciled layouts (with finished art by Brett Breeding) to the Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey miniseries, which was a follow-up to the successful Death of Superman storyline. Jurgens wrote and pencilled the 1994 comic book miniseries and crossover Zero Hour. Jurgens wrote and drew Justice League America for about one year and in 1993 pencilled the Metal Men four-issue miniseries, which was a retcon of their origin story. Doomsday was the main antagonist in the Death of Superman storyline. During his run on Superman, Dan created two major villains, Doomsday and the Cyborg. In 1991 Jurgens assumed the writing/pencilling of the main Superman comic book, where he created a supporting hero named Agent Liberty. In 1989, Jurgens began working full-time on the character when he took over the writing/pencilling of the monthly Adventures of Superman.ĭan Jurgens was the penciller of the 1990–1991 limited series Armageddon 2001 and co-created the hero Waverider with Archie Goodwin. His first work on Superman was as penciller for Adventures of Superman Annual #1 (1987). In 1985, Jurgens created the character Booster Gold, who became a member of the Justice League. Jurgens would make his debut as a comic book writer with Sun Devils he began scripting from Conway's plots with #8 and fully took over the writing duties on the title with #10. In 1984, Jurgens was the artist for the Sun Devils limited series (July 1984 - June 1985), with writers Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas. He was hired due to a recommendation of Warlord-series creator Mike Grell who was deeply impressed by Jurgens' work after being shown his private portfolio at a convention. Jurgens' first professional comic work was for DC Comics on Warlord #63. 3), and the creator of DC Comics' imprint Tangent. 2), Zero Hour, Tomb Raider: The Series, Aquaman (vol. 3), Justice League America, Metal Men, Teen Titans (vol. Other series he has been associated with include The Sensational Spider-Man (Vol. 2), particularly during The Death of Superman storyline. He is best known for creating the superhero Booster Gold, and for his lengthy runs on the Superman titles Adventures of Superman and Superman (vol. Dan Jurgens is an American comic book writer and artist.

Superman vs. Aliens by Dan Jurgens