Ron Frenz
Ronald Wade Frenz (born February 1, 1960) is an American comics artist known for his work for Marvel Comics. He is well known for his 1980s work on "The Amazing Spider-Man" and later for his work on "Spider-Girl" whom he co-created with writer Tom DeFalco. Frenz and DeFalco had earlier co-created the New Warriors in the pages of "Thor". Career. Frenz began working for Marvel Comics in the early 1980s. Frenz's early work includes such titles as "Ka-Zar the Savage", "Star Wars", "The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones", and "Marvel Saga". His  first credited story for Marvel was published in "Ka-Zar the Savage" #16 (July 1982). Frenz has a history of working on comic book series in which the characters were not in their original costumes/identities. Spider-Man wore his black costume, Thor took on a new secret identity and look, and Superman changed costumes and powers while Frenz was the regular artist on their titles. Frenz became the regular artist on "The Amazing Spider-Man" in 1984 and the stories he pencilled included "The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man" in issue #248 (Jan. 1984) and the first appearance of  Spider-Man's black costume in issue #252 (May 1984). Among the new characters introduced during his run were the Puma in issue #256 (Sept. 1984) and Silver Sable in #265 (June 1985). Frenz and Tom DeFalco revealed that the "black suit" was an alien creature in issue #258 (Nov. 1984). Frenz drew "The Amazing Spider-Man Annual" #18 (1984), a story written by Stan Lee, which featured the wedding of Spider-Man supporting characters J. Jonah Jameson and Marla Madison. Frenz had originally been brought onto the series as a short-term substitute for John Romita Jr., but was  retained when it became apparent that he meshed well with series writer DeFalco. Frenz recounted: Jim Owsley, editor of the Spider-Man titles at the time, has noted that "Frenz was "passionate" about Spider-Man, verging on fanatical." In 1986, Frenz and DeFalco were removed from "The Amazing Spider-Man" by Owsley. Frenz and DeFalco became the creative team on "Thor" in 1987 and introduced the Eric Masterson character in "Thor" #391 (May 1988). Eric Masterson later became the superhero known as Thunderstrike and received his own series by DeFalco and Frenz in 1993. In 1995, Frenz moved to DC  Comics and became the artist on "Superman". The following year, he was one of the many creators who contributed to the "" one-shot wherein the title character married Lois Lane. Superman received a new costume, designed by Frenz himself, and new superpowers in "Superman" vol. 2 #123 (May 1997). Frenz drew part of the "Superman Red/Superman Blue" one-shot which launched the storyline of the same name which ran through the various Superman titles. Frenz returned to Marvel with the "Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives" limited series, written by Roger Stern, in 1997. DeFalco and Frenz reunited and introduced Spider -Girl in "What If ...?" vol. 2 #105 (Feb. 1998). "Spider-Girl" became an ongoing series in October 1998 and ran until issue #100 (Sept. 2006). A new series, "The Amazing Spider-Girl", was launched the following December, Frenz drew all 30 issues until the series' cancellation in 2009. On June 4, 2009 Ron Frenz was the recipient of the 2009 Nemo Award for Excellence in the Cartoon Arts. In 2017, Ron Frenz and long-time inking collaborator Sal Buscema began working on "The Blue Baron", written by Darin Henry and published by Sitcomics. In 2021, Frenz also started to pencil  another Sitcomics title: "The Heroes Union". He rejoined Tom DeFalco to co-create and pencil "The R.I.G.H.T. Project" for Apex Comic Group, again inked by Sal Buscema. The one-shot comicbook was crowdfunded via Indiegogo and sent to its backers in February 2022.