Editing Dave Cockrum (section)

{{Short description|American comics artist (1943–2006)}}
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{{Infobox comics creator
| image         = Dave Cockrum.jpg
| caption       = Dave Cockrum by [[Michael Netzer]]
| birth_name    = David Emmett Cockrum
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1943|11|11}}
| birth_place   = [[Pendleton, Oregon]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{nowrap|{{Death date and age|2006|11|26|1943|11|11}}}}
| death_place   = [[Belton, South Carolina]], U.S.
| write         = y
| pencil        = y
| ink           = y
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| notable works = [[Legion of Super-Heroes]]<br/>''[[Uncanny X-Men]]''
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| awards        = [[Inkpot Award]] (1982)
}}
'''David Emmett Cockrum''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɒ|k|r|ə|m}}; November 11, 1943 – November 26, 2006)<ref>[https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J5RR-TWR David Emmett Cockrum] at the [[Social Security Death Index]] via FamilySearch. Retrieved on June 22, 2013.</ref> was an American [[comics artist]] known for his co-creation of the new [[X-Men]] characters [[Nightcrawler (character)|Nightcrawler]], [[Storm (Marvel Comics)|Storm]], [[Colossus (character)|Colossus]], and [[Mystique (character)|Mystique]], as well as the antiheroine [[Black Cat (Marvel Comics)|Black Cat]]. Cockrum was a prolific and inventive costume designer who updated the uniforms of the [[Legion of Super-Heroes]] and the X-Men in the 1970s and early 1980s.