Romeo Tanghal

Romeo Tanghal (born July 24, 1947) is a Filipino comics artist who has worked primarily as an inker. He became well known in the industry in the 1980s for his work on DC Comics' The New Teen Titans.

Romeo Tanghal was born and raised in the Philippines. A self–taught artist, he often brought comic books to school instead of his textbooks. Drawing inspiration from artist Joe Kubert's work on The Brave and The Bold, he began doing comics illustrations after graduating high school, working for Gold Star Publications for two years as a production assistant for paste-ups, mechanicals, and corrections.

Tanghal briefly worked with various local publications before emigrating to Detroit in 1976 with his wife, Aurora. After meeting DC Comics editor Joe Orlando in New York, Tanghal's first published work in the U.S. was "If There Were No Batman... I Would Have to Invent Him" in Batman #284 (Feb. 1977). Following Orlando's advice, he then drew short stories for House of Mystery, House of Secrets, and Weird War Tales to adapt his style to better fit American comics. He later worked on such features as Super Friends, "Scalphunter" in Weird Western Tales, and "Gravedigger" in Men of War.

In 1980, Tanghal became the inker of George Pérez's penciled artwork on The New Teen Titans. Tanghal drew two origin stories for DC's digest line during this time, a ten-page short story in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5 (Nov.–Dec. 1980) featuring Zatara and Zatanna, and the origin of the Penguin in The Best of DC #10 (March 1981). Tanghal began working for Marvel Comics in 1986. He inked the comics adaptations of such films as Labyrinth, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, and Willow. Tanghal did character design and storyboards for Sunbow Entertainment from 1985 to 1987.

Tanghal received an Inkpot Award in 2013.

• Crazyman #1 (1992)

• Airboy #13–14 (1987)

• Alien Encounters #14 (1987)

• Hotspur #1–3 (1987)

• Strike! #1–6 (1987–1988)

• Total Eclipse #2, 4 (1988–1989)

• Quantum and Woody #7 (1997)

• Romeo Tanghal at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

• Romeo Tanghal at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

• "Romeo Tanghal Interview". Fantastic Four Headquarters. August 17, 2016. Archived from the original on October 11, 2016.