Brett Breeding - Steel

2018.10.13 Lehigh Valley Comic Con, Schnecksville, Pa

The Folk Heroes stamp was issued in 1996, featuring Mighty Casey at the Bat, Paul Bunyun, Pecos Bill and John Henry.  John Henry the steel driving man, who challenged a steam driven rock-drilling machine and won, only to die in victory when his heart gave out...

The character of Steel, John Henry Irons, from the Death of Superman series in 1993 was created by Louise Simonson and Jon Bogdanove, has roots to the original John Henry

Brett Breeding, worked primarily as an inker for DC Comics Superman character and is the co-creator of the characters Doomsday, Shadowdragon, Saviour, Blaze and Satanus.

Breeding started his career as a background assistant to Bob Layton, inking backgrounds on Iron Man. At DC Comics, he would work on Weird Tales, The Superman Family and Green Arrow backup stories. He would work with Don Heck and George Perez onJustice League of America, as well as many other titles

I had been looking for someone to draw a Steel sketch for a while and felt Breeding was the right person for this

Comments