Jim Steranko (born 5 November, 1938 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States of America) is an American graphic artist, comic book writer-artist / historian, publisher and film production illustrator. His most famous comic book work was with the 1960s superspy feature « Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. » in Marvel Comics' Strange Tales #151-168 and in the subsequent eponymous series. Jim Steranko earned lasting acclaim for his innovations in sequential art during the Silver Age, particularly his infusion of surrealism, op art and graphic design into the medium. His work has been published in many countries and his influence on the field has remained strong since his comics heyday. He was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2006.

Jim Steranko has won awards in fields as varied as magic, comics and graphic design. A partial list includes :

• in addition to himself being inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2006, his series Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. was inducted, along with Stan Lee / Jack Kirby's Fantastic Four, into comic fandom's Alley Awards Hall of Fame in 1969
• that same ceremony, Jim Steranko took three 1968 Alley Awards, for Best Pencil Artist, Best Feature Story (for « Today Earth died ! » in Strange Tales #168), and Best Cover (for Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #6)
• the following year, he won 1969 Alley Awards for Best Feature Story (for « At the Stroke of Midnight » in Tower of Shadows #1) and Best Cover (for Captain America #113)
• 1970 Shazam Award : Outstanding Achievement by an Individual : Jim Steranko (for The Steranko History of Comics)
• 2003 DragonCon's Julie Award

• 1967 : the Louvre Museum in Paris, France
• 1978 : the Winnipeg Art Gallery in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• January 1986 : the Sydney Opera House in New South Wales, Australia