Writer-artist Klaus Janson has signed an exclusive deal with Marvel
Comics.

Janson first worked for Marvel in 1973, but his highest profile
gig there was probably collaborating with Frank Miller on Daredevil
#158-191. He then took over the book as artist after that run, and subsequently
re-teamed with Miller for Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. He has also
worked on such titles as The Defenders, Punisher, Thor,
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Batman: Death and the Maidens,
and Wolverine.

He may be most well-known for inking the
award-winning BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS in
1986.

“Klaus’ pedrigee is the kind that other artists drool
over,” notes Joe Quesada, Marvel Comics Editor-In-Chief. “He’s been
playing with our characters longer than some of us have been on this Earth, and
he knows ’em inside and out. Any wonder why we want him here? Klaus should feel
as if Marvel is his home…’cause it is!”

Although he has worked on
many Marvel heroes and villains, Janson is still able to pinpoint a handful that
particularly capture his artistic eye. “Silver Surfer is a really great
visual,” he reflects. “I love the Inhumans, all the Spider-Man
villains are great, Captain America, the late (sob) Vision…”

And
at the end of the day, and with his new excusivity tucked firmly under his belt,
Janson is also able to bulls-eye exactly what attracted him to signing with the
House of Ideas. “I really have a lot of faith and confidence in the
direction that Marvel is going and am looking forward to the
ride.”

New projects with Marvel will be announced soon but the
prolific creator did report that he’ll be doing a mix of inking, pencilling, and
writing.