Paolo Rivera
Paolo Manuel Rivera is an American comic book artist. He is known for illustrating the Mythos series of one-shots and several issues of Spider-Man as well as his collaboration with writer Mark Waid, his father/inker Joe Rivera and colorist Javier Rodríguez on Daredevil. Although gaining acclaim and recognition through his early fully painted works, he has since moved on to more traditional comics process of pencilling, inking, and coloring (with some occasional sculpting).
Also recorded as Paolo Manuel Rivera
Paolo Rivera

Nightscream · CC BY 3.0
- Birth Name
- Paolo Manuel Rivera
- Born
- 1981
- Birthplace
- Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- penciller · illustrator · inker · colorist · comics artist
- Fields
- comic
- Education
- Rhode Island School of Design · Mainland High School
- Languages
- English
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Paolo Manuel Rivera is an American comic book artist. He is known for illustrating the Mythos series of one-shots and several issues of Spider-Man as well as his collaboration with writer Mark Waid, his father/inker Joe Rivera and colorist Javier Rodríguez on Daredevil. Although gaining acclaim and recognition through his early fully painted works, he has since moved on to more traditional comics process of pencilling, inking, and coloring (with some occasional sculpting).
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Paolo Rivera. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q12067349 · wikipedia · Paolo Rivera
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Birth Name — Paolo Manuel Rivera • Born — 1981 • Birthplace — Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. • Pencil — y • Ink — y • Notable Works — Mythos, Daredevil • Website — paolorivera.blogspot.com
Early life
Early life
Rivera graduated from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Illustration in 2003. While at RISD, he studied under comic book artist and writer David Mazzucchelli and spent his junior year studying in Rome. He met his future spouse, April Kuo while in college, together they have one child.
Career
Career
By his senior year at RISD, Rivera was already creating covers and pin-ups for writer Jim Krueger, whom he had previously met at MegaCon in Orlando, Florida while still in high school. Together they worked on a number of personal projects and pitches including Children of the Left Hand (the story of Mary-Shelly, which presented a younger take on Frankenstein's Monster; 2 covers, 6 pages of interior art and 1 poster were completed) and various other covers and pin-ups none of which were ultimately released. Thanks in part to Krueger, Rivera began to work for Marvel Comics in 2002. His first interior work was an 11-page painted Dr. Doom story in Marvel Double Shot #2. Since then Rivera has worked primarily for Marvel, even signing an exclusive contract in 2008. Upon the expiration of the contract and after ten years of almost exclusive work for Marvel, Rivera announced his departure from the company. Since then, he has illustrated The Valiant, a millennia-spanning event for the revived Valiant Entertainment and several issues of Mike Mignola's Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.. Rivera created the poster for the American television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.s episode "Providence".
Covers only
Covers only
• Iron Man vol. 3 #63 (Marvel, 2003) • Captain America: What Price Glory? #4 (Marvel, 2003) • Fantastic Four #500 (Marvel, 2003) • Hawkeye vol. 3 #1 (Marvel, 2003) • Silver Surfer vol. 3 #6, 9, 14 (Marvel, 2004) • Sabretooth vol. 3 #1-4 (Marvel, 2004–2005) • Army of Darkness: Shop till You Drop Dead #1 (Devil's Due, 2005) • Red Sonja vol. 3 #1 (Dynamite, 2005) • Books of Doom #1-6 (Marvel, 2006) • Marvel Illustrated: The Iliad #1-8 (Marvel, 2008) • The Twelve #5-12, Spearhead #1 (Marvel, 2008–2012) • Ms. Marvel vol. 2 #38, 41 (Marvel, 2009) • The Amazing Spider-Man #590, 592, 615–617, 646, 665, 698–700, 800 (Marvel, 2009–2018) • Marvel Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 (Marvel, 2009) • Young Allies Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 (Marvel, 2009) • Wolverine: Old Man Logan Giant-Size #1 (Marvel, 2009) • Daredevil #505-507, 612 (Marvel, 2010; 2019) • X-Men vol. 3 #7 (Marvel, 2011) • Wolverine vol. 4 #5.1 (Marvel, 2011) • X-Men: Legacy #245 (Marvel, 2011) • Captain America: First Vengeance #1 (Marvel, 2011) • The Spectacular Spider-Man #1000 (Marvel, 2011) • Fear Itself #1 (Marvel, 2011) • The Avengers vol. 4 #20, 34 (Marvel, 2012–2013) • Daredevil vol. 3 #8, 12, 14–15, 18–22, 26 (Marvel, 2012–2013) • Captain Marvel vol. 6 #1 (Marvel, 2012) • AVX: Consequences #1 (Marvel, 2012) • Wolverine MAX #1 (Marvel, 2012) • All-New X-Men #1 (Marvel, 2013) • Captain America vol. 7 #1 (Marvel, 2013) • Two Past Midnight #1-3 (Dark Horse, 2013) • Avenging Spider-Man #15.1, 16–17, 19-22 (Marvel, 2013) • X-O Manowar vol. 3 #11, 50 (jam cover + a variant) (Valiant, 2013; 2016) • The Green Hornet #1-13 (Dynamite, 2013–2014) • The Avengers vol. 5 #5, 34 (Marvel, 2013–2014) • Action Comics vol. 2 #18 (DC Comics, 2013) • The Shadow vol. 7 #13 (Dynamite, 2013) • X vol. 2 #1 (Dark Horse, 2013) • Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 #2, 5-7 (Marvel, 2013) • Captain Midnight vol. 2 #1 (Dark Horse, 2013) • Hawkeye vol. 4 #10 (Marvel, 2013) • Age of Ultron #10.AI (Marvel, 2013) • Indestructible Hulk #9-10 (Marvel, 2013) • Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #1-9, 11-12 (Marvel, 2013–2014) • The Occultist #1 (Dark Horse, 2013) • Five Ghosts #7 (Image, 2013) • Unity #1 (Valiant, 2013) • Ghost vol. 4 #1 (Dark Horse, 2013) • Marvel Knights: X-Men #1 (Marvel, 2014) • Blackout #1 (Dark Horse, 2014) • Miracleman vol. 2 #3 (Marvel, 2014) • Magneto vol. 2 #1 (Marvel, 2014) • Daredevil vol. 4 #1, 1.50 (Marvel, 2014) • Elektra vol. 3 #1 (Marvel, 2014) • Rai vol. 2 #2 (Valiant, 2014) • Kick-Ass 3 #7 (Icon, 2014) • Original Sin #0 (Marvel, 2014) • The New Avengers vol. 2 #17 (Marvel, 2014) • Batman vol. 2 #33 (DC Comics, 2014) • The Delinquents #1-4 (Valiant, 2014) • God Hates Astronauts #4 (Image, 2014) • Marvel 75th Anniversary Celebration #1 (Marvel, 2014) • Batman: Arkham Knight #3 (DC Comics, 2015) • Sons of the Devil #1 (Image, 2015) • Book of Death #1-4 (Valiant, 2015) • Archie vol. 2 #2 (Archie Comics, 2015) • Горелово gn (Komilfo, 2015) • The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 4 #2, 21 (Marvel, 2015; 2017) • Howard the Duck vol. 6 #3, 6 (colors only) (Marvel, 2016) • Daredevil vol. 5 #3 (Marvel, 2016) • Web Warriors #11 (Marvel, 2016) • Faith vol. 2 #5 (Valiant, 2016) • Star Wars: The Force Awakens #6 (Marvel, 2017) • Black Panther vol. 5 #9-12 (Marvel, 2017) • Curse Words #3 (Image, 2017) • Betty and Veronica vol. 3 #3 (Archie Comics, 2017) • Captain America: Steve Rogers #18 (Marvel, 2017) • Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. #17-19 (Dark Horse, 2017) • Shirtless Bear-Fighter! #4 (Image, 2017) • Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #11 (Marvel, 2017) • Generations: The Americas #1 (Marvel, 2017) • Planet of the Apes: Ursus #1-6 (Boom! Studios, 2018) • Planet of the Apes Visionaries gn (Boom! Studios, 2018) • Venom vol. 4 #1, 21 (Marvel, 2018; 2020) • Venom: First Host #1 (Marvel, 2018) • Star Wars: The Last Jedi #5 (Marvel, 2018) • William Gibson's Alien 3 #1 (Dark Horse, 2018) • Black Panther vol. 6 #4-8, 10, 12 (Marvel, 2018–2019) • Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider #1 (Marvel, 2018) • Star Wars: Age of Republic (Marvel): • Qui-Gon Jinn #1 (2019) • Darth Maul #1 (2019) • Obi-Wan Kenobi #1 (2019) • Jango Fett #1 (2019) • Anakin Skywalker #1 (2019) • Count Dooku #1 (2019) • Padmé Amidala #1 (2019) • General Grievous #1 (2019) • Marvels Annotated #1 (Marvel, 2019) • The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 5 #15 (Marvel, 2019) • Uncanny X-Men vol. 5 #14 (Marvel, 2019) • The Avengers vol. 7 #18, 20 (Marvel, 2019) • Hellboy vs. Lobster Johnson #1 (Dark Horse, 2019) • Black Hammer: Age of Doom #11 (Dark Horse, 2019) • Planet of the Apes: After the Fall Omnibus hc (Boom! Studios, 2019) • Punisher: Soviet #1-6 (Marvel MAX, 2020) • Absolute Carnage #5 (Marvel, 2020) • Daredevil vol. 6 #18 (Marvel, 2020) • Twelve Reasons to Die tpb (Black Mask Studios, 2020) • Batman: The Adventures Continue #5 (DC Comics, 2020)
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1981
Paolo Rivera born at Daytona Beach.
Primary material
Documents and archives
institutional register
- VIAF cluster 231975459 for Paolo Rivera, aggregating national library name authorities.
General reference · VIAF
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q12067349: Paolo Rivera
General reference · Wikimedia Foundation
reference work
- “Paolo Rivera”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Awards
• 2012 Eisner Award, Best Single Issue (or One-Shot), for Daredevil #7 (shared with Mark Waid, Marcos Martín and his father/inker, Joe Rivera) • 2012 Eisner Award, Best Continuing Series, for Daredevil (shared with Mark Waid, Marcos Martín and his father/inker, Joe Rivera) • 2012 Harvey Award, Best New Series, for Daredevil
Comic book creator Paolo Rivera at the New York Comic Convention in Manhattan, April 20, 2008. Photo by Luigi Novi. This photo may be used, modified and published for any purpose, only if the photographer is visibly credited in each instance in which it is used. (See licensing information below.) For more information on my photos, you can contact me here.
Nightscream
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessinstitutional register
General referenceinstitutional register
Wikidata, structured authority record Q12067349: Paolo RiveraWikimedia Foundation
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Comics and comic art
9,920 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Panorama of HellSeries
- Panyo Panyo Di Gi CharatSeries
- Paolo BisiArtist
- Paolo PiffarerioArtist
- Pap DeanArtist
- Papa and Daddy's Home CookingSeries
- Papa Datte, ShitaiSeries
- Papa Mfumu’etoArtist
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Paolo Rivera?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.