Dwayne Turner was born in Brooklyn, New York and began his career as a comic book artist during the end of high school.Turner got his start at Marvel Comics on various titles such as Transformers, Wolverine and Avengers Spotlight. In 1995, he co-created the title Sovereign Seven for DC Comics with writer Chris Claremont. He has also worked on Todd McFarlane's Spawn titles. More recently he was the penciller on Wildstorm's The Authority.