Iconic Inker Tom Palmer Passes Away At 81! RIP

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Iconic Inker Tom Palmer Passes Away At 81! RIP.

His son, Tom Palmer Jr., announced the elder’s death on his FB page.

FT adds.

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.

On behalf of the Comics Nexus team, I offer our condolences to the family, friends and fellow fans of Tom Palmer.

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