David F. Walker is the multiple Eisner Award-winning writer of Bitter Root with Chuck Brown and Sanford Greene. He picked up another Eisner Award with artist Marcus Kwame Anderson for The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History. Their latest collaboration is the Alex Award-winning and NAACP Image Award-nominated Big Jim and the White Boy. He just launched a Patreon and will be Kickstarting his next graphic novel, The Death of Bobby Hart, soon!

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"Planet of the Apes" - Adventures on the Planet of the Apes #1, written by Doug Moench, art by George Tuska, Mike Esposito, and John Romita, letters by Gaspar Saladino, colors by George Roussos, edited by Jenny Isabella, ©1975 Marvel Comics

"The World Still Needs... The Champions!" - Champions #1, written by Jenny Isabella, art by Don Heck and Mike Esposito, letters by Dave Hunt, colors by Petra Goldberg, edited by Marv Wolfman, ©1975 Marvel Comics

"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 4 written by Robb Milne and performed by Robb Milne and Barb Allen. All incidental music by Robb Milne.

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