Spanish comic artist Carlos Pacheco, who worked on X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Captain America, died on November 9, 2022. He was 60 years old.

Pacheco was born on November 14, 1961, in La Linea de la Concepción, Spain. Early in his career, he worked for Planeta-DeAgostini Comics, drawing covers and posters for Spanish translations of Marvel comics. His first published superhero story was “American Soldier,” which ran as a back-up in Marvel Héroes #41.

He and writer Rafael Marin created the Spanish superhero teams, Iberia Inc. and Tríada Vértice, who starred in miniseries at Planeta-DeAgostini Comics. Pacheco’s bridge to American comics came in penciling Dark Guard for Marvel UK, which led to leading Marvel’s Bishop limited series in 1994. That year he also got work at DC on The Flash.

He worked on X-Universe, Starjammers, and Excalibur, and his art appeared in Wizard magazine. As his popularity grew, Marvel put him on X-Men and the 12-issue limited series, Avengers Forever. After that he worked on the Inhumans limited series and Fantastic Four, then worked at DC on the graphic novel JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice.  

Pacheco and Kurt Busiek teamed up for Arrowsmith, then he returned to DC on Superman/Batman. He was on Superman, did covers for Trinity, and illustrated Final Crisis. Back at Marvel, he worked on Ultimate Comics: Avengers, Age of Ultron, and Captain America.