You penciled a number of subjects quite well, but your misunderstood monsters and twisted mystics always pleased best, for they projected ferocity, sympathy and downtrodden majesty, all within the most intricate landscapes.
The accursed Jack Russell of Werewolf by Night is one such conspicuous example of your amazing artfulness, but there's also Ghost Rider, Frankenstein's Monster, Man-Thing, the Heap, the Hulk and that mighty, otherworldly crusader you came to co-create, Moon Knight.
You worked on Marvel's legendary, mainstream protagonists, as well, including Captain America, The Falcon, Spider-man, Doctor Strange, Thor, Sub-mariner, the Transformers, the Inhumans, the Defenders ... Alpha Flight, plus you earned award-winning praise for the speculative What If?
Later down the line, you leapt from Marvel to Valiant and invested your talents in Bloodshot (another classy co-creation); Dr. Solar: Man of the Atom, Eternal Warrior, Bad Eggs and Timewalker; and let's not overlook your contributions to DC's Unexpected and Scooby-Doo; Classics Illustrated/Jules Verne's Robur the Conqueror; American Comic Books/Will Eisner's The Spirit; Youthful Magazine's Captain Science; Dell's Hogan's Heroes; the Western Winners series; Charlton's Fightin' Army; and a respectable stint on the practical and patriotic PS: The Preventive Maintenance Monthly Magazine.
You displayed maturity in your renderings, which children embraced, and among adults, you sparked childlike wonder. You're a generational icon in this respect, Mr. Perlin, a high-caliber master who summoned heroism through peril and hope through aversity: astounding achievements if ever there were.
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