Bob Layton has, for all intents and purposes, done it all in the comics industry. In 1978, with writing partner David Michelinie, Bob totally re-imagined Marvel’s Invincible Iron Man, ultimately transforming it from a low-end book into one of Marvel’s all-time best sellers. Their storyline "Demon in a Bottle" is now considered a milestone in comics history. Many of the concepts and characters David and Bob created are represented on the silver screen in the 2008 motion picture--Iron Man.

Bob also launched the first mini-series in comics’ history at Marvel with his highly-praised Hercules—Prince of Power. That series, which Bob Layton wrote and drew, spawned a successful sequel, a graphic novel and is still available to this day in trade paperback format. Layton also revived the original X-Men characters at Marvel with his groundbreaking series--X-Factor. While at Marvel, Bob designed the highly-successful Marvel Secret Wars toy line for Mattel.

Additionally, Layton co-created DC Comics' The Huntress (/with current DC President, Paul Levitz/) which has appeared most recently on the WB’s Birds of Prey live-action television series.

Second only to his tenure on Iron Man, Bob is also known for his innovative contributions to the Valiant Comics line-- first as co-architect of the Valiant Universe, and then, as Editor-in-Chief and Senior Vice President. When Bob inherited the controlling reins of the company from his predecessor, Valiant /(Voyager Communications, Inc.) /was nearly 4 million dollars in the red. Undaunted, Layton succeeded in turning the company’s fortunes around, netting the company nearly 30 million dollars in profits by his second year on the job.
In 1994, Valiant was sold to Acclaim Entertainment for the staggering price of 65 million dollars. Among other accomplishments during his tenure at Valiant, Layton created major story concepts and art designs for the highly-successful Turok, Dinosaur Hunter video game /(the largest selling game in Acclaim’s history--selling over 1.5 million units) /and won the comic industry’s most coveted award, Editor of the Year for 1993, as voted by the readers of Wizard Magazine. Bob stepped down as Senior Vice-President of Valiant in 1996.

In 1998, Bob returned to the business of creating comics as a freelance writer/artist by teaming-up with his fellow Floridian and mentor, Dick Giordano. Bob scripted and inked several co-authored projects with Giordano such as Batman: Dark Knight of the Round Table, Batman: Hollywood Knight, and the six-issue miniseries THE L.A.W. for DC Comics.

In June 2001, Dick and Bob, along with head writer David Michelinie, formed Future Comics and it's cast of distinct and unusual properties including Freemind, Deathmask, Metallix and Peacekeeper. One of Future's accomplishments was to revolutionize the distribution side of the comics business with the industry's first, totally-autonomous Internet comics company, selling to readers and booksellers alike directly through the world-wide web.

Bob has been involved in many creative aspects of film and television throughout his career, working with such Hollywood luminaries as Howard Stern, Tracy Torme' (Star Trek, Sliders, Odyssey 5), Scott Winant (Huff, My So-Called Life, Thirtysomething), John Turman (Rise of the Sliver Surfer), Patrick Massett and Jon Zinman (Tomb Raider, Deep Blue Sea) and George Romero (Night of the Living Dead).

Along with his comics work, Bob has been collaborating with co--creator David Michelinie and Executive Producers Robert Keyghobad (Carnivale', Cupid), David Uslan, and Marc Rosen on the development of new properties for major motion pictures and television since 2003.

In addition, Bob (with David Michelinie) has recently returned to Marvel Comics and Iron Man, creating two, new limited series to be released in conjunction with the Iron Man major motion picture in 2008.