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Ian Akin
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Biography
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Ian Akin is a comics artist particularly associated with inking, the stage in which pencilled pages are developed into the line work used for reproduction. His credited Marvel work includes Iron Man, Avengers, What If?, Alpha Flight and Darkhawk. He also contributed as a writer and penciller to the humour issue What If? No. 34.
Akin's work with Brian Garvey and Don Perlin forms part of the original comics adaptation of The Transformers: The Movie. Skybound and Image credited all three artists again for the interiors and Cover B of the 2026 fortieth-anniversary edition.
Reviewed 2026-09-06Selected sources
- Marvel — Ian Akin creator bibliographyRange of credited series.
- Marvel — Darkhawk No. 30Explicit interior and cover inking credits.
- Marvel — What If? No. 34Writing, pencilling and inking credits.
- Image Comics — Transformers anniversary edition No. 1Exact 2026 edition, original adaptation, interior artists and Cover B.