During his six-year run on the Batman character, he drew a few one-shots, two of them being Batman: Holy Terror, the first DC comic book to feature the Elseworlds logo, and Batman: Birth of the Demon, which he hand painted. He drew the Batman for six years (1987–1993), penciling Detective Comics from 1987–1990, then moving to Batman to introduce the character Tim Drake as the new Robin from 1990–1992, and finally starting a new Batman series for DC titled Batman: Shadow of the Bat from 1992–1993 which saw the Grant/Breyfogle team create three new characters, Jeremiah Arkham, Mr. They introduced the Ventriloquist in their first Batman story together and the Ratcatcher in their third. Teamed with writer Alan Grant, Breyfogle worked on Detective Comics. The cover is a modernization of Batman #9 (Feb.–March 1942), drawn by Fred Ray and Jerry Robinson. Batmanīatman and Robin as drawn by Breyfogle. He then drew Whisper for First Comics in 1986–1987, his first monthly book, before landing on Detective Comics starring Batman published by DC Comics. Following that, Breyfogle wrote, illustrated, and lettered a Captain America story in Marvel Fanfare #29 (Nov. During this time he drew for Tales of Terror, a horror anthology published by Eclipse Comics. This was followed by several issues of First Comics’ American Flagg, penciling a back-up story titled "Bob Violence" in 1985. Mike Friedrich (President of Star Reach, a talent representative agency) saw Breyfogle's work hanging at the 1985 San Diego Comic-Con Art Show and began representing him. In 1984, Breyfogle penciled a six–page story for DC Comics’ New Talent Showcase. He worked as a draftsman and later as a technical illustrator designing a Space Shuttle training manual for the United Space Boosters. In 1980, he illustrated a book titled Bunyan: Lore’s Loggin’ Hero, published by Book Concern. In 1977, he submitted a design for Robin's costume, which was published in Batman Family #13.īreyfogle attended Northern Michigan University, studying painting and illustration while working as an illustrator for a local magazine and a graphics company. While in high school, he produced Tech-Team, a comic commissioned by local Michigan Technological University.
His family subsequently moved to Houghton, Michigan, and the local newspaper The Daily Mining Gazette profiled him in 1976 as "Norm Breyfogle: Near Master Cartoonist at 16".
Breyfogle began taking private art lessons at the age of twelve, and won an award at a local art show.
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