Jeff Parker (born October 25, 1966) is an American comic book writer and artist. He is a member of Helioscope Studio (formerly Periscope Studio, also known as Mercury Studio). Early life Parker, a son of a grocery store owner, grew up in Burlington, North Carolina. His first exposure to comics came from reading the titles sold on the store's spinner racks, which included Dennis the Menace as well as various Archie and Harvey publications. After graduating from East Carolina University, where he majored in English Literature and Communications, Parker joined the Hillsbourough-based illustration studio Artamus Studios, whose other members over the years included Mike Wieringo, Richard Case, Scott Hampton, Dave Johnson, Craig Gilmore and Casey Jones. Career Parker began his career in comics as an artist, inking various projects pencilled by his Artamus Studios colleagues and illustrating Solitaire for Malibu and Wonder Woman for DC Comics. In 1999, Parker moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a storyboard artist on the Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot animated series while contributing art to a number of short stories featuring the Escapist and Buffy the Vampire Slayer for Dark Horse and various ancillary Batman characters for DC. Parker's first major work as a writer was the 2003 graphic novel The Interman, which he also pencilled, inked, lettered, colored and self-published under the Octopus Press name. In 2006, Parker announced a continuation of the story in the form of a 32-page release titled The Interman #0, to be illustrated by artist Tomm Coker, but the issue never came out. In 2005, Parker began working as a writer for Marvel, penning short stories for various anthology titles as well as the Fantastic Four ongoing series for the all-ages imprint Marvel Adventures, followed by Marvel Adventures: The Avengers. In 2006, Parker and artist Leonard Kirk launched Agents of Atlas, a six-issue mini-series featuring the adventures of the eponymous superhero team composed of seldom-used Golden Age characters, such as Marvel Boy, Jimmy Woo and Namora. The mini-series was followed by several short stories and eventually the second volume of Agents of Atlas, launched in 2009. This iteration lasted for 11 issues, and was followed by two mini-series that saw Agents of Atlas crossover with Avengers and X-Men. In 2010, Parker and artist Gabriel Hardman launched another attempt at an ongoing series, titled simply Atlas, which ended after five issues. Between 2006 and 2009,