Dheeraj VermaDheeraj Verma (22 October 1967 - 7 June 2021) was an Indian comic book artist and creator. He is often credited with being the first Indian to enter the U.S. comics industry. In 2004, he got his big break in the American comic book industry with Avatar Press, where he worked as an artist on writer Joe R. Lansdale's by Bizarre Hands. His most extensive series with Avatar was Escape of the Living Dead, Plague of the Living Dead, Yuggoth Creatures, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Night of the Living Dead. He also worked on Dynamite's The Complete Dracula series, written by Alan Moore's daughter, Leah Moore. He also did cover art for Marvel Comics's Invincible Iron Man. He worked on the Transformers series published by IDW Publishing. His first series for IDW, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, was a superhit series on ComiXology, which was launched in August 2012. After this series, he worked on Transformers: Robots in Disguise # 19 in July 2013, and it entered the Top 300 comicsHe was an avid Martial artist and passed away in 2020 under mysterious circumstances. He, Chris Perguidi, and Randy Vogel would often practice sparring whenever he was in the USA. Read More Read Less