Arvell Jones facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Arvell Jones
Jones in October 2011
Born	Arvell Malcolm Jones September 5
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller
Notable works	All-Star Squadron; Misty Knight

Arvell Jones is an American comics artist who drew for popular companies like Marvel Comics and DC Comics. He also worked for Milestone Media, which was a special part of DC Comics. His earliest work was sometimes credited as Arvell Malcolm Jones.

Early Life and Career Beginnings

Arvell Jones grew up in Detroit, Michigan, with his brother, Desmond. They both loved comic books and were very involved in the early comic book fan community, called fandom.

Arvell and his friends, who also became famous comic artists later, helped create the Detroit Triple Fan Fair. This was one of the first big events for comic book fans, known as a comic book convention. They also made their own fan magazine, called a fanzine, named Fan Informer.

Arvell started his career in comics by helping Rich Buckler, who was the first of his Detroit friends to become a professional artist. He helped Buckler with characters like Black Panther and Deathlok.

First Published Work

Arvell Jones got his first official credit for helping with the art in Thor #228 in 1974. He then drew the basic layouts, called "breakdowns," for a story in Marvel Two-in-One #15. This story featured the Thing and Morbius, the Living Vampire.

His first full story as a main artist, or "penciller," was for the superhero Iron Fist. This appeared in Marvel Premiere #20 in 1975. He drew the next two Iron Fist stories too. During this time, he also helped create the character Misty Knight with writer Tony Isabella. Arvell Jones also worked on the Iron Man comic series.

Work at DC Comics

Later, Arvell Jones moved to DC Comics. There, he worked with writer Gerry Conway on a comic called Super-Team Family. This comic brought together different DC characters, like the Atom, to work as a team.

After Super-Team Family ended, a special team-up story Arvell drew, featuring Supergirl and the Doom Patrol, was published in The Superman Family #191–193.

All-Star Squadron and Later Work

In the mid-1980s, Jones worked on the DC series All-Star Squadron. He drew most of the issues for this comic between 1985 and 1987.

After this, he took a break from comics for several years. During this time, he worked in television and focused on graphic design.

Arvell Jones returned to comics in 1994. He drew for Marvel Comics' Captain America Annual #13. He also worked on comics for DC/Milestone Media, such as Kobalt, Hardware, and Blood Syndicate. His last published comic was Marvel's Daredevil #343 in 1995.

Audio/video

• "Kids Read Comics Interview - Arvell Jones Bonus Story", TGTWebcomics, YouTube, June 23, 2010
• "Arvell Jones Interview!", The Comic Book Syndicate, YouTube, April 30, 2011