Brett Breeding
Brett Breeding (June 13, 1961) is an American comic book artist who was active in the industry in the 1980s and 1990s, primarily as an inker. He is most well known for his work on the DC Comics character Superman. A freelancer, Breeding worked for both DC and Marvel Comics during his career, penciling covers and stories in various comics, but mostly focusing on "finish inking" over breakdown layouts. Breeding has worked extensively with pencilers Ron Frenz and Dan Jurgens, and is a co-creator of the Doomsday character, as well as Shadowdragon, Saviour, and Blaze and Satanus. Biography Early career Breeding got his first professional comics work three months after graduating high school in 1979 as Bob Layton's background assistant. He started out inking backgrounds on the popular David Michelinie/Layton first run of Iron Man, and also worked on the 1981 intercompany crossover book Superman and Spider-Man. Breeding began his career at DC Comics in 1980 on Weird War Tales, moving on to The Superman Family and Green Arrow backup stories, and eventually working with Don Heck and George Pérez on Justice League of America. Marvel Comics Breeding moved to Marvel in late 1980 where he worked regularly through 1987.