Tom Peyer
Tom Peyer is an American comic book creator and editor. He is known for his 1999 revisioning of Golden Age super-hero Hourman, as well as his work on the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 1990s. An editor at DC Comics/Vertigo from 1987 to 1993, he served as assistant editor on Neil Gaiman's Sandman. Peyer has also worked for Marvel Comics, Wildstorm, and Bongo Comics. With John Layman, he wrote the 2007–2009 Tek Jansen comic book, based on the Stephen Colbert character.
Biography
Peyer started drawing political cartoons and illustrations for various student underground newspapers in his hometown of Syracuse, New York, while in high school. His professional career began as a newspaper cartoonist for The Syracuse New Times, an alternative weekly newspaper in Syracuse, New York. In this role, he came to the attention of Roger Stern, a Syracuse resident.Peyer was an editor at DC Comics/Vertigo during the same time as Mark Waid, and the two have been frequent collaborators. Another long-time collaborator is writer Hart Seely, with whom Peyer created a collection of found poetry based on the calls of baseball icon Phil Rizzuto.
Selected bibliography
As writer
DC Comics
Titles published by DC Comics and its various imprints include:Action Comics, #723, 757Adventure Comics, 80-Page Giant Adventures of Superman Annual #8, #536, 570- "All-Star Comics 80-Page Giant" Atom Special #1 and 2The Authority #23–26 Batman: Gotham Knights #15 Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #169–171 Big Book of... #6 and 7 Cruel and Unusual DC 2000, #1 and 2Doctor Fate, #35 and 36Elseworlds 80 Page Giant, #1Flash & Green Lantern: The Brave and the Bold, #1–6The Flash 80-Page Giant, #2The Flash Secret Files, #2The Flash Annual 8, #238–243Golden Age Secret Files, #1Hourman #1–25Impulse, Annual 02, #19 and 28JLA 80-Page Giant, #1 and 2JLA in Crisis Secret Files and Origins, #1JLA Secret Files and Origins, 33JLA: Tomorrow Woman, #1Justice Leagues Part I: Twilight's Last GleamingJustice Leagues Part VI: Dawn's Early LightThe Justice Society ReturnsL.E.G.I.O.N., Annual 05, #61–70Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant, #2Legends of the Legion, #1–4Legion of Super-Heroes, Annual 06 and 07, #67–108, 110–121, #1000000Legion of Super-Heroes: The Beginning of Tomorrow Legion: Secret Files, #1 and 2Legionnaires , #19–34, 40, 44, 47, 54, 75, 1000000The Making of Hourman, #1New Gods #1–5 Power of the Atom, #14–18R.E.B.E.L.S. '94, #0–2R.E.B.E.L.S. '95, #3–14R.E.B.E.L.S. '96, #15–17Secret Origins 80-Page Giant, #1Secret Origins of Super Villains, #1Showcase '96, #11 and 12Silver Age: Doom Patrol, #1Superboy, #13, 14Supergirl, Annual 02Superman, #31, 114Superman & Batman Magazine, #3Superman Plus, #1Superman: The Man of Steel, #92Team Titans, #11 and 12The Titans, #42–50V2K: Totems
- ''WildStorm Winter Special''
Marvel Comics
Titles published by Marvel include:Amazing Spider-Man Digital #13–15Amazing Spider-Man Family, #8The Amazing Spider-Man #623, 624, 628Doom 2099, #41House of M House of M: Spider-Man, Fantastic Four & X-Men Magnetic Men Featuring Magneto, #1Marvel Apes, #1 and 2Marvel Apes: Amazing Spider-Monkey Special, #1Marvel Apes: Grunt Line Special, #1Marvel Apes: Speedball Special, #1Marvel Apes: The Evolution Starts Here Marvel Team-Up, #1–6, 8–11Marvel Valentine Special, #1The Pulse: House of M Special, #1The Punisher, #9–12Quicksilver, #1–6Return to the Amalgam Age of Comics Spider-Man Team-Up, #1Spider-Man: House of M, #1–5Web of Spider-Man, #2Wha...Huh?, #1X-Nation 2099, #1–3Bongo Comics
Titles published by Bongo include:Bongo Comics Free-For-All Bongo Comics Presents Simpsons Super Spectacular, #4Simpsons Comics, #125Simpsons Comics Presents Bart Simpson, #21–23, 25, 26, 28–30, 34, 42Simpsons Comics Presents Bart Simpson vol. 06, "Big Beastly Book of Bart Simpson"Other publishers
Titles published by various American publishers include:Cthulhu Tales, #1Dragonfly & Dragonflyman, #1–5Go Boy 7: Human Action Machine, #1–4Magnus Robot Fighter, #1–18Noble Causes: Extended Family, #2Rocket Comics: Ignite, #1Smash Comics, #1Solar, Man of the Atom: Hell on Earth, #2Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen, #1–5The Wrong Earth, #1–6ZERO, #2Zombie Tales: The Series, #9As editor
- Animal Man, Annual 1, #35–63.
- Black Orchid, Annual 1, #1–4
- Constantine: The Hellblazer Collection
- Doom Force Special, #1
- Doom Patrol, Annual 02, #44–71
- Hellblazer, #29–41
- Kid Eternity, #1–8
- The Sandman, #16–25
- Shade, the Changing Man, #1–12
- Swamp Thing, #96–100
- Vertigo Jam, #1
- Vertigo Visions: The Geek, #1
- Vertigo Visions: Phantom Stranger, #1
- War of the Gods, #2–4
- Who's Who in the DC Universe, #9, 10, 15
- Wonder Woman, #43–62
Interviews
- , No Fact Zone, February 16, 2007
- , March 8, 2008
- , Comics Bulletin
- , War Rocket Ajax, October 18, 2009