Salvador Larroca

Salvador Larroca is a Spanish comic book artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' X-Men titles. He began his career working for Marvel UK, contributing to both Death's Head and Dark Ange]. He then went to DC Comics for a time, working with Mark Waid on The Flash, before heading to Marvel's United States division.Lambiek.net: Salvador Larroca Profile On August 9, 2003, at Wizard World Chicago, Marvel announced they had signed an exclusive four year contract with Larroca.Comic Book Resources: CHICAGO DAY 2: Larroca Exclusive to Marvel (August 10, 2003) The contract runs until the end of 2008.

With the major motion picture adaptation of Iron Man fast approaching, Marvel Comics tapped writer Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca to create a second Iron Man comic book. Invincible Iron Man #1 hit comic book shops on May 7, 2008, one week after the film arrived in theaters.Wizard Universe: Invincible Iron Man #1 Variant Covers Revealed!(April 7, 2008) The comic premiered with multiple variant covers—the most widely distributed were by Larroca himself and Marvel Comics Editor in Chief, Joe Quesada. Others were retail incentive covers by Bob Layton, Billy Tan and Marko Djurdjevic.Wizard Universe: Invincible Iron Man #1 Variant Covers Revealed!(April 7, 2008) The comic's first three issues have sold out at Diamond, with each receiving second printing Variant Covers.ComicVine: Iron Man sells out again, actually his comic does(July 11, 2008)