Adrian Gonzales began his career as a comic book artist in the 1960s working for such
Philippine comics publications as
Hiwaga Komiks and
Tagalog Klasiks. He made his debut in the
US comics market with the story "The Young Wolves" in
Our Army at War #252 (Dec. 1972) published by
DC Comics. He only did sporadic work for US publishers until 1981 when he became the
penciler on the
All-Star Squadron series. Editor
Len Wein hired Gonzales as a replacement for the previous artist
Rich Buckler and notified the title's creator/writer
Roy Thomas with a note stating "You're going to like Adrian Gonzales". He drew the series for 13 issues and then became the artist on the
Arak, Son of Thunder title. and Gonzales drew
one of them. In addition, he contributed to
Archie Comics' 1983 revival of the
Mighty Crusaders series. That same year, he penciled the
Super Powers limited series which tied-in with the
Kenner Products toyline of the same name. After a brief stint working on the
Sgt. Rock series, Gonzales left the comics industry in 1985 and became a
storyboard artist for several animation studios including
Hanna-Barbera and
Ruby-Spears. ==Bibliography==