Whilce Portacio

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Whilce Portacio

Whilce Portacio is a Filipino-American comic book artist. Portacio started out as an inker at Marvel Comics in 1985. Over time, he was given assignments as a penciller as well. Portacio became noted for his work on such titles as The Punisher, X-Factor, and the Uncanny X-Men. However, in 1992, Portacio left Marvel to co-found Image Comics with six other high-profile artists. But, Portacio quickly withdrew from his partnership in this enterprise due to his sister's bout with lupus, eventually publishing his title Wetworks through Jim Lee's Wildstorm imprint. Other notable series that Portacio has worked on include Stone and Marvel's controversial Heroes Reborn storyline within Iron Man.

In 2006, Portacio returned to his artistic duties at Wildstorm on Wetworks vol.2, which is being written by Mike Carey. He also began art duties on the new monthly DC Comics series Batman Confidential.

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Preceded by:
Series Creator
Wetworks artist
1994–1996
Succeeded by:
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Preceded by:
Jim Lee as sole artist
Uncanny X-Men artist
(with Jim Lee)

1991–1992
Succeeded by:
Brandon Peterson
Preceded by:
Louise Simonson
X-Factor (vol. 1) writer
1991
Succeeded by:
Chris Claremont