The man who inked more Star Wars art than any other on that 107 issue first run, helping forge a much-loved era in Star Wars storytelling has passed away. Tom Palmer Sr. was 81, and leaves behind a vast sea of artwork that encompasses both the Marvel Universe on classic runs of The Avengers and the X-Men as well as those hyperspace jumps to the Star Wars galaxy.
Tom Palmer Sr is best known as a comic book inker, especially for Marvel Comics over the decades, including with pencillers Neal Adams on Avengers, Howard The Duck and X-Men, Gene Colan, on Doctor Strange, Daredevil, and Tomb of Dracula, John Buscema, on Avengers, the entirety of John Byrne’s X-Men: The Hidden Years, , as well as Walter Simonson, Howard Chaykin, Ron Frenz and himself in Star Wars – which he inked more than anyone else, Sal Velluto on Moon Knight, Denys Cowan on Steel, Lewis LaRosa on PunisherMAX, Pat Oliffe on Scooby Apocalypse, Sean Chen on Wolverine, and John Romita Jr on Hulk, Kick-Ass and Eternals – which saw his work used on the screen in the Kick-Ass movies.
Our condolences to Tom’s family, friends and colleagues, and thanks for some incredible work.
