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Series · 17
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Spider-Man/Black Cat

The Evil That Men Do

2007

The mysterious disappearance of an old friend brings Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat, to New York in search of answers, and a certain web-slinging ex-lover of hers is following the same trail. How long will it take before they do some... catching up? Collects Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do #1-6.
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The Sensational Spider-Man, Vol. 1

Feral

2006

Join new creative team Angel Medina (Spawn) and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (MK 4, Nightcrawler) as they take everyone's favorite wall-crawler on a blood-curdling journey into the heart of darkness. Strange changes are coming over Spidey's animalistic foes - including Dr. Curt Connors, John Jameson and Felicia Hardy - awakening the beast that dwells within them all. Sure, Spidey's beaten the Lizard, Man-Wolf and the Black Cat before, but they've never been more vicious than they are now! Collects Sensational Spider-Man #23-27.
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Spider-Man

The Death of Jean DeWolff

2011

Collects Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #107-110 & #134-136. He's the Sin-Eater, the man who takes the world's sins for himself by killing every sinner he sees - and he sees them everywhere! But the lethal lunatic bites off more than he can chew when he robs Spider-Man of a dear friend: police captain Jean DeWolff! How can the grieving hero track down a villain with targets everywhere he goes? Join the wall-crawler for a frantic search through New York City that culminates in a pivotal moment between Manhattan's two biggest solo stars - Spidey and Daredevil!
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Coleção Definitiva do Homem-Aranha, Vol. 16

Origens

2025

Faça uma viagem de volta, num balanço de teia, até os anos 1960 para o conto atemporal da espetacular origem do Homem-Aranha! Após receber incríveis poderes através da picada de uma aranha contaminada por radiação, o tímido estudante Peter Parker torna-se o mais surpreendente novo herói da Marvel. Descubra as aventuras iniciais do escalador de paredes quando ele enfrenta pela primeira vez vilões como Camaleão, Dr. Octopus, Abutre e muitos outros! Reúne Amazing Fantasy 15, The Amazing Spider-Man 1-6 e The Amazing Spider-Man Annual.
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Coleção Definitiva do Homem-Aranha, Vol. 18

O Nascimento de Venom

2025

Horrorizado ao descobrir que seu traje negro era, na verdade, um parasita alienígena, o Aranha descartou o sinistro uniforme simbionte - mas agora ele está de volta, mesclado a um novo hospedeiro e faminto por vingança! Descubra as incríveis origens de um dos mais abomináveis inimigos do Homem-Aranha quando a forma monstruosa de Venom faz sua chocante estreia! Reúne Web of Spider-Man 1 e Amazing Spider-Man 298-302
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Coleção Definitiva do Homem-Aranha, Vol. 20

O Outro: Evolução ou Morte vol. 2

2025

Brutalmente espancado por Morlun, Peter Parker entra em coma num leito de hospital e fica suspenso no limiar da morte. Incapaz de deter seu inimigo vampírico, parece que desta vez realmente não há escapatória. Mas, apesar de estar morrendo, a aranha ainda se desenvolve, e, dentro de sua mente, Peter inicia uma jornada bizarra que mudará sua vida para sempre. Reúne Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man 3-4, Marvel Knights Spider-Man 21-22 e The Amazing Spider-Man 527-528.
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Coleção Definitiva do Homem-Aranha, Vol. 22

Caça ao Aranha

2018

Quem matou Joey Z? Quando um ladrão barato é encontrado no centro de Manhattan com os pulmões cheios de fluido de teia, todas as evidências apontam para uma coisa: o Homem-Aranha se tornou um assassino! Um prêmio de cinco milhões de dólares é oferecido por sua captura, e essa recompensa irá atrair a atenção de cada vilão e vigilante da cidade. Mas isso é a última coisa que Peter Parker precisa enquanto procura desesperadamente o filho desaparecido de Harry Osborn, que foi sequestrado por forças sinistras e desconhecidas. Atenção cabeças de teia: está aberta a temporada de caça ao Aranha! Reúne Peter Parker: Spider-Man 88-89, The Sensational Spider-Man 25, The Amazing Spider-Man 432 & The Spectacular Spider-Man 254-255
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Coleção Definitiva do Homem-Aranha, Vol. 23

A Volta do Uniforme Negro

2018

A Guerra Civil terminou. O mundo do Homem-Aranha virou de cabeça para baixo. Desmascarado, e fugindo, Peter descobre que todos os seus maiores medos ornam-se realidade quando sua adorada tia May é atingida pelo disparo de um assassino contratado para matá-lo. Vestindo seu uniforme negro, o escalador de paredes parte noite adentro, determinado a fazer com que o responsável pague por isso. Mas é apenas justiça que ele busca... ou vingança? Reúne The Amazing Spider-Man 539-543 e The Sensational Spider-Man (Vol. 2) 38-40.
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Coleção Definitiva do Homem-Aranha, Vol. 24

O Rapto de Mary Jane

2018

Os recém-casados Peter Parker e Mary Jane têm pouco tempo para se ajustar à vida de casados, quando toda uma nova leva de complicações ligadas ao Homem-Aranha entre em seu caminho! Primeiro, o Aranha junta forças com Silver Sable e sua Matilha caçadora de nazistas e se envolve num roubo arriscado, cortesia de Gatuno e Raposa Negra. Porém, quando um espreitador ensandecido rapta Mary Jane, o cabeça de teia deve empreender uma caçada para encontrá-la antes que seja tarde demais. Prepare-se para outra dose de ação e muitas teias num clássico assinado por David Michelinie e Todd McFarlane! Reúne The Amazing Spider-Man 303-309
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Coleção Definitiva Homem-Aranha, Vol. 25

Um Dia a Mais

2018

Atingida pelo disparo de um assassino que pretendia matar seu sobrinho, a tia May está à beira da morte. A situação é desesperadora. De Reed Richards ao Dr. Estranho, ninguém parece ter o poder ou a habilidade de salvá-la. Agora, em seu momento mais sombrio, uma figura misteriosa aparece e se oferece para fazer um trato... Mas o quanto Peter está preparado para sacrificar se quiser salvá-la? Este volume também nos leva a um passado distante para revelar a primeira aparição de Mary Jane e um conto secreto do Aranha. Reúne The Amazing Spider-Man 42-43 e 544-545, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man 24, The Sensational Spider-Man 41 e Untold Tales of Spider-Man 16.
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Coleção Definitiva do Homem-Aranha, Vol. 26

Nada Pode Deter o Fanático!

2018

Dotado do poder místico do Cristal Escarlate de Cyttorak, o Fanático é um inimigo impossível de se deter. Mesmo assim, o Aranha precisa impedir que ele alcance o seu destino de qualquer maneira. Contudo, quando balas e bombas ricocheteiam em seu corpo encouraçado sem deixar um arranhão sequer, o que nosso herói aracnídeo pode fazer? Apesar disso, o amor parece estar à solta quando as coisas ficam sérias entre o cabeça de teia e a Gata Negra. Conseguirá ele fazer com que a ágil ladra desista de sua carreira criminosa e ande na linha? Reúne The Amazing Spider-Man 224-230.
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Coleção Definitiva do Homem-Aranha, Vol. 27

Um Novo Dia

2018

O Sol começa a nascer em Um Novo Dia, mas a vida não ficou menos complicada! Com ou sem uniforme, Peter Parker está enfrentando um monte de problemas, desde a enorme falta de dinheiro até o surgimento de perversos novos vilões como Turbo e Senhor Negativo, além da maligna Ameaça. E só pra tornar as coisas ainda mais difíceis, tem uma nova heroína ruiva estonteante em cena...Mas quem exatamente é a misteriosa Loteria? Reúne Amazing Spider-Man 546-551 e Free Comic Book Day 2007: Amazing Spider-Man 1.
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Coleção Definitiva do Homem-Aranha, Vol. 29

Loucura Total!

2018

Ainda lutando para provar que não é o assassino dos rastreadores-aranha, o Homem-Aranha enfrenta um novo desafio na forma do Monstro! Mas como o cabeça de teia irá vencer um inimigo que fica mais forte cada vez que é derrotado? Em seguida, Wolverine faz uma visita ao Aranha quando uma nevasca fora de temporada atinge a cidade e faz a dupla combater um bando psicótico de guerreiros maias. Com J. Jonah Jameson ainda numa frágil condição de saúde após seu ataque cardíaco e Harry Osborn começando a agir de modo estranho, parece que Peter Parker terá de resolver muitos problemas pela frente! Reúne The Amazing Spider-Man 552-558
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A Coleção Definitiva do Homem-Aranha, Vol. 31

Destino e Morte

2018

Viaje de volta a um momento crucial na história do Homem-Aranha, quando Peter Parker tenta entender o trágico destino do capitão George Stacy, que morreu durante uma batalha com o Dr. Octopus. Agora, o cabeça de teia deve encontrar um meio de honrar sua promessa de proteger Gwen, a filha de George, de qualquer mal. Mas com o Dr. Octopus ainda à solta e a polícia de Nova York determinada a prender nosso herói aracnídeo, o Homem-Aranha encara um desafio que o levará até o limite! Reúne Spider-Man: Death and Destiny 1-3 e Spider-Man's Tangled Web 7-9
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A coleção definitiva do Homem-Aranha, Vol

33 Peter-Parker Paparazzo

2018

Peter Parker está prestes a encontrar mais um uso para suas habilidades de fotógrafo como o mais novo caçador de celebridades do C.D! Infelizmente, seu próximo alvo, o ator Bobby Carr, vem com algumas complicações extras na forma de uma superfã ciumenta dotada de superpoderes chamada Boneca de Papel - e o cabeça de teia terá de dar um fim às excentricidades mortais dela! Mas não é só! Tem alguém se fazendo passar pelo Homem-Aranha na cidade! Será ele o tal assassino do rastreador? E o que um criminoso chamado o Agenciador tem a ver com este imitador do aracnídeo? Reúne The Amazing Spider-Man 559-563.
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Coleção Definitiva do Homem-Aranha, Vol. 37

Pátria em Chamas

2019

Uma parceria com o Paladino lança o Homem-Aranha numa incrível jornada ao redor do mundo. Contratados por Silver Sable para impedir o assassinato do rei da Symkaria, o cabeça de teia e seus aliados descobrem uma conspiração tenebrosa com um objetivo mortal: fazer o país entrar num conflito com os Estados Unidos e, possivelmente, dar início à Terceira Guerra Mundial! É uma corrida contra o tempo enquanto nosso herói aracnídeo e Silver Sable fazem de tudo para chegar até o fundo desse plano sinistro. Reúne The Amazing Spider-Man 320-325 e material de The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual 10.
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Coleção Definitiva do Homem-Aranha, Vol. 40

A Vingança de Venom

2019

Quando o Homem-Aranha rejeitou o traje negro que havia adquirido no Mundo Bélico, ele nem imaginava que isso levaria à criação de um de seus mais mortais inimigos! Agora, o psicótico simbionte retornou determinado a destruir o odiado cabeça de teia de uma vez por todas! Muito cuidado, Aranha, pois Venom está de volta e louco por vingança! Reúne The Amazing Spider-Man 332-333 & 346-347 e materiais de The Amazing Spider-Man 388 & Annual 25-26, Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual 12 & Web of Spider-Man Annual 8.

Authors

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Author · 75 books

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is an American playwright, screenwriter, and comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics and for the television series Glee, Big Love, Riverdale, and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. He is Chief Creative Officer of Archie Comics. Aguirre-Sacasa grew up liking comic books, recalling in 2003, "My mom would take us out to the 7-Eleven on River Road during the summer, and we would get Slurpees and buy comics off the spinning rack. I would read them all over and over again, and draw my own pictures and stuff." He began writing for Marvel Comics, he explained, when "Marvel hired an editor to find new writers, and they hired her from a theatrical agency. So she started calling theaters and asking if they knew any playwrights who might be good for comic books. A couple of different theaters said she should look at me. So she called me, I sent her a couple of my plays and she said 'Great, would you like to pitch on a couple of comic books in the works?'" His first submissions were "not what [they were] interested in for the character[s]" but eventually he was assigned an 11-page Fantastic Four story, "The True Meaning of...," for the Marvel Holiday Special 2004. He went on to write Fantastic Four stories in Marvel Knights 4, a spinoff of that superhero team's long-running title; and stories for Nightcrawler vol. 3; The Sensational Spider-Man vol. 2; and Dead of Night featuring Man-Thing. In May 2008 Aguirre-Sacasa returned to the Fantastic Four with a miniseries tie-in to the company-wide "Secret Invasion" storyline concerning a years-long infiltration of Earth by the shape-shifting alien race, the Skrulls,and an Angel Revelations miniseries with artists Barry Kitson and Adam Polina, respectively. He adapted for comics the Stephen King novel The Stand. In 2013, he created Afterlife with Archie, depicting Archie Andrews in the midst of a zombie apocalypse; the book's success led to Aguirre-Sacasa being named Archie Comics' chief creative officer.

Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith
Author · 35 books

Kevin Patrick Smith is an American screenwriter, director, as well as a comic book writer, author, and actor. He is also the co-founder, with Scott Mosier, of View Askew Productions and owner of Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash comic and novelty store in Red Bank, New Jersey. He also hosts a weekly podcast with Scott Mosier known as SModcast. He is also known for participating in long, humorous Q&A Sessions that are often filmed for DVD release, beginning with An Evening with Kevin Smith. His films are often set in his home state of New Jersey, and while not strictly sequential, they do frequently feature crossover plot elements, character references, and a shared canon in what is known by fans as the "View Askewniverse", named after his production company View Askew Productions. He has produced numerous films and television projects, including Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Clerks II.

Barry Kitson
Barry Kitson
Author · 2 books
British comics artist best known as a penciler of major superhero comic books published by Marvel Comics and DC Comics.
Joe Bennett
Author · 8 books

comic book artist real name: Benedito José Nascimento http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Benn... Librarian note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name

Phil Jimenez
Phil Jimenez
Author · 26 books
Philip Jiménez is an American comics artist and writer, known for his work as writer/artist on Wonder Woman from 2000 to 2003, as one of the five pencilers of the 2005–2006 miniseries Infinite Crisis, and his collaborations with writer Grant Morrison on New X-Men and The Invisibles.
Marcos Martín
Marcos Martín
Author · 7 books

Marcos Martín is a Catalan comic book artist whose work at Marvel and DC includes such titles as Batgirl: Year One, Breach, Dr.Strange: The Oath, Amazing Spider-man, and Daredevil. In 2013 he founded the online platform Panel Syndicate together with writer Brian K. Vaughan and illustrator/colorist Muntsa Vicente in order to distribute their creator-owned comic, The Private Eye. The series went on to win an Eisner Award for Best Digital/Webcomic and the Harvey Award for Best Online Comics Work. The Private Eye and Panel Syndicate have received critical acclaim and media attention for their role as one of the first DRM-free, pay-what-you-want comics and has continued to publish other works by the same team (Barrier, The Walking Dead: The Alien) as well as opening up to other renowned creators like Jay Faerber, Ken Niimura, David López or Albert Monteys. Image Comics has since published both The Private Eye as a deluxe hardcover graphic novel and Barrier as a deluxe five-issue miniseries in their original widescreen format.

Steve McNiven
Steve McNiven
Author · 3 books

Steven McNiven (born in 1967) is a Canadian comic book artist. (source: Wikipedia)

Rick Leonardi
Rick Leonardi
Author · 3 books
Rick Leonardi is an American comic book illustrator.
Joe Quesada
Joe Quesada
Author · 21 books

Joseph "Joe" Quesada (born January 12, 1962)is an American comic book editor, writer and artist. He became known in the 1990s for his work on various Valiant Comics books, such as Ninjak and Solar, Man of the Atom. He later worked on numerous books for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, such as Batman: Sword of Azrael and X-Factor, before forming his own company, Event Comics, where he published his creator-owned character, Ash.

Pat Olliffe
Pat Olliffe
Author · 3 books
Olliffe is best known for his work for Marvel Comics on Untold Tales of Spider-Man (1995) and Spider-Girl (1998). Pat Olliffe is a published author and an illustrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Pat Olliffe include Spider-Girl Volume 8: Duty Calls Digest (Spider-Girl), Spider-Man: Saga of the Sandman, JSA Classified: Honor Among Thieves, and Avengers: Galactic Storm, Vol. 2. Other titles he has worked on include New Excalibur (2007), Last Planet Standing (2006), Last Hero Standing (2005), Nomad (1992), Thor (1991) and Warlock and the Infinity Watch (1994). At DC Comics, he worked on a three-issue arc of JSA Classified with Jen Van Meter, and was part of the artist rotation for 52. He is currently working on 52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen with Keith Giffen.
Phil Winslade
Author · 4 books
Phil Winslade (born 1965) is a British comic book artist.
Stan Lee
Stan Lee
Author · 469 books

Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) was an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics. With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.

Ron Lim
Ron Lim
Author · 4 books
Ronald "Ron" Lim (born 1965) is an American comic book artist living in Sacramento, California.
Mike Deodato Jr.
Mike Deodato Jr.
Author · 3 books
Mike Deodato, sometimes credited as Mike Deodato Jr., is the professional pseudonym of Brazilian comic book artist Deodato Taumaturgo Borges Filho.
Greg LaRocque
Author · 1 books

Greg LaRocque is an American comics artist best known for his work on the Legion of Super-Heroes and The Flash. Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, LaRocque worked as an assistant teacher at the Professional Institute of Art while still a teenager. He started his art career in the advertising field.

Glenn Herdling
Glenn Herdling
Author · 7 books

Glenn Herdling, a graduate of Bucknell University, began his publishing career in 1987 at Marvel Comics. As assistant editor on Marvel’s flagship Spider-Man titles, he was instrumental in increasing circulation to a record 3 million. Glenn was promoted to Editorial Director of Marvel’s Custom Publishing division where he served as an account executive and designed the company’s first award-winning Annual Reports. In 1996, Glenn became the Creative Director at Unicorn Publishing, which engaged in traditional book publishing, packaging, and design. The company also represented artists on an exclusive basis, particularly the renowned fantasy painters, Greg and Tim Hildebrandt. In 1999, he became Wizard Entertainment’s Manager of Business Development and supervised the launch of its new comic book division, Black Bull Entertainment. In May 2005, Glenn received a Master of Science Degree in Publishing from New York University where he was awarded the Condé Nast Award in Magazine Publishing. A New Jersey resident all his life, Glenn currently works in the healthcare sector as a communications specialist. He has contributed to numerous published works and has written over 80 comic books. Piper Houdini: Apprentice of Coney Island is his first novel.

Mike Wieringo
Author · 4 books

Michael Lance Wieringo, who sometimes signed his work under the name Ringo, was an American comics artist best known for his work on DC Comics' The Flash, Marvel Comics' Spider-Man and Fantastic Four, as well as his own creator-owned series, Tellos. (source: Wikipedia)

Paris Cullins
Paris Cullins
Author · 1 books
Paris Cullins is an American comics artist best known for his work on DC Comics' Blue Devil and Blue Beetle and Marvel Comics' Hyperkind.
Louise Simonson
Louise Simonson
Author · 74 books

Louise Simonson (born Mary Louise Alexander and formerly credited as Louise Jones, when married to artist Jeff Jones) is an American comic book writer and editor. She is best known for her work on comic book titles such as Power Pack, X-Factor, New Mutants, Superman, and Steel. She is sometimes referred to by the nickname "Weezie". Since 1980 she is married to comic book writer and artist Walter Simonson

John Romita Jr.
John Romita Jr.
Author · 16 books

John Salvatore Romita, Jr. is an American comic book artist best known for his extensive work for Marvel Comics from the 1970s to the 2000s. He is often referred to as JRJR (the abbreviation of John Romita, Jr.) He is the son of comic book artist John Romita Sr.

Steve Ditko
Steve Ditko
Author · 16 books

Stephen J. "Steve" Ditko was an American comic book artist and writer best known as the co-creator of the Marvel Comics heroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. He was inducted into the comics industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1990, and into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 1994.

Aaron Lopresti
Aaron Lopresti
Author · 3 books
Aaron Lopresti is an American comic book artist who has worked for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, CrossGen Comics and Image Comics.
Zeb Wells
Zeb Wells
Author · 90 books
Zeb Wells is an American comic book writer known for his work at Marvel Comics, as well as his work on the animated TV series Robot Chicken.
Howard Mackie
Howard Mackie
Author · 58 books
Howard Mackie is an American comic book editor and writer. He has worked almost exclusively for Marvel Comics.
Todd McFarlane
Todd McFarlane
Author · 42 books

Todd McFarlane is a Canadian comic book artist, writer, toy manufacturer/designer, and media entrepreneur who is best known as the creator of the epic occult fantasy series Spawn. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, McFarlane became a comic book superstar due to his work on Marvel Comics' Spider-Man franchise. In 1992, he helped form Image Comics, pulling the occult anti-hero character Spawn from his high school portfolio and updating him for the 1990s. Spawn was one of America's most popular heroes in the 1990's and encouraged a trend in creator-owned comic book properties. In recent years, McFarlane has illustrated comic books less often, focusing on entrepreneurial efforts, such as McFarlane Toys and Todd McFarlane Entertainment, a film and animation studio. In September, 2006, it was announced that McFarlane will be the Art Director of the newly formed 38 Studios, formerly Green Monster Games, founded by Curt Schilling. McFarlane used to be co-owner of National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers but sold his shares to Daryl Katz. He's also a high-profile collector of history-making baseballs.

Peter David
Peter David
Author · 478 books

aka David Peters Peter Allen David (often abbreviated PAD) is an American writer, best known for his work in comic books and Star Trek novels. David often jokingly describes his occupation as "Writer of Stuff". David is noted for his prolific writing, characterized by its mingling of real world issues with humor and references to popular culture. He also uses metafiction frequently, usually to humorous effect, as in his work on the comic book Young Justice.

Kurt Busiek
Kurt Busiek
Author · 143 books

Kurt Busiek is an American comic book writer notable for his work on the Marvels limited series, his own title Astro City, and his four-year run on Avengers. Busiek did not read comics as a youngster, as his parents disapproved of them. He began to read them regularly around the age of 14, when he picked up a copy of Daredevil #120. This was the first part of a continuity-heavy four-part story arc; Busiek was drawn to the copious history and cross-connections with other series. Throughout high school and college, he and future writer Scott McCloud practiced making comics. During this time, Busiek also had many letters published in comic book letter columns, and originated the theory that the Phoenix was a separate being who had impersonated Jean Grey, and that therefore Grey had not died—a premise which made its way from freelancer to freelancer, and which was eventually used in the comics. During the last semester of his senior year, Busiek submitted some sample scripts to editor Dick Giordano at DC Comics. None of them sold, but they did get him invitations to pitch other material to DC editors, which led to his first professional work, a back-up story in Green Lantern #162 (Mar. 1983). Busiek has worked on a number of different titles in his career, including Arrowsmith, The Avengers, Icon, Iron Man, The Liberty Project, Ninjak, The Power Company, Red Tornado, Shockrockets, Superman: Secret Identity, Thunderbolts, Untold Tales of Spider-Man, JLA, and the award-winning Marvels and the Homage Comics title Kurt Busiek's Astro City. In 1997, Busiek began a stint as writer of Avengers alongside artist George Pérez. Pérez departed from the series in 2000, but Busiek continued as writer for two more years, collaborating with artists Alan Davis, Kieron Dwyer and others. Busiek's tenure culminated with the "Kang Dynasty" storyline. In 2003, Busiek re-teamed with Perez to create the JLA/Avengers limited series. In 2003, Busiek began a new Conan series for Dark Horse Comics, which he wrote for four years. In December 2005 Busiek signed a two-year exclusive contract with DC Comics. During DC's Infinite Crisis event, he teamed with Geoff Johns on a "One Year Later" eight-part story arc (called Up, Up and Away) that encompassed both Superman titles. In addition, he began writing the DC title Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis from issues 40-49. Busiek was the writer of Superman for two years, before followed by James Robinson starting from Superman #677. Busiek wrote a 52-issue weekly DC miniseries called Trinity, starring Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. Each issue (except for issue #1) featured a 12-page main story by Busiek, with art by Mark Bagley, and a ten-page backup story co-written by Busiek and Fabian Nicieza, with art from various artists, including Tom Derenick, Mike Norton and Scott McDaniel. Busiek's work has won him numerous awards in the comics industry, including the Harvey Award for Best Writer in 1998 and the Eisner Award for Best Writer in 1999. In 1994, with Marvels, he won Best Finite Series/Limited Series Eisner Award and the Best Continuing or Limited Series Harvey Award; as well as the Harvey Award for Best Single Issue or Story (for Marvels #4) in 1995. In 1996, with Astro City, Busiek won both the Eisner and Harvey awards for Best New Series. He won the Best Single Issue/Single Story Eisner three years in a row from 1996–1998, as well as in 2004. Busiek won the Best Continuing Series Eisner Award in 1997–1998, as well as the Best Serialized Story award in 1998. In addition, Astro City was awarded the 1996 Best Single Issue or Story Harvey Award, and the 1998 Harvey Award for Best Continuing or Limited Series. Busiek was given the 1998 and 1999 Comics Buyer's Guide Awards for Favorite Writer, with additional nominations in 1997 and every year from 2000 to 2004. He has also received numerous Squiddy Awards, having been selected as favorite writer four years in a row from 1995 to 1998,

J. Michael Straczynski
J. Michael Straczynski
Author · 171 books

Joseph Michael Straczynski, known professionally as J. Michael Straczynski and informally as Joe Straczynski or JMS, is an American writer and television producer. He works in films, television series, novels, short stories, comic books, and radio dramas. He is a playwright, a former journalist, and author of The Complete Book of Scriptwriting. He was the creator and showrunner for the science fiction TV series Babylon 5 and, from 2001 to 2007, the writer for the long-running Marvel comic book series The Amazing Spider-Man.

Erik Larsen
Erik Larsen
Author · 170 books

As a child growing up in Bellingham, Washington and Albion, California, Erik Larsen created seveal comic books featuring versions of a character named 'Dragon.' He eventually published a fanzine, which led to his doing professional work on a comic book called Megaton for creator Gary Carlson. It was here that he introduced the Dragon, a super powered superhero, to the comic-reading masses. After a multitude of mailings, showing his work, Erik became aquainted with Jim Shooter, who was, at that point, Marvel's Editor-in-Chief. Erik eventually met Jim at a convention in Chicago and Jim was impressed enough with Erik's work that he consented to co-plot a story with him on the spot. That story was a battle between Marvel Comics characters Hulk & Thor. Although it wasn't actually published until years later, it did impress a variety of Editors enough to get Larsen some more high-profile work in the funnybook field. Erik jumped around various books in this part of his career. He did an Amazing Spider-Man fill-in story at Marvel, a few issues of DNAgents for Eclipse, and he eventually took over the art chores on DC's Doom Patrol. Soon afterwards, he left DC and moved on to the Punisher for Marvel. Five issues of that book was about as much pain as that poor Minnesota boy could stand. Erik wanted to write and when a Nova serial was given the thumbs up to run in Marvel Comics Presents with Erik as the writer/artist, he gladly left the Punisher. But it was not to be! The powers that be had other plans for Nova and Erik's yarn didn't fit in with the impending New Warriors series. Editor Terry Kavanaugh gave Larsen an Excalibur serial to draw for Marvel Comics Presents while the poor bastard waited for his big break. When ever-popular artist Todd McFarlane left his artistic duties on Amazing Spider-Man, Larsen was chosen to be his successor. That run was astoundingly well-recieved, and included popular stories like 'The Return of the Sinister Six', 'The Cosmic Spider-Man', and 'The Powerless Spider-Man'. Although he was comfortable with his position as Amazing Spider-Man penciller, he was frustrated drawing other people's stories. Larsen found that his ravenous desire to write had only gotten stronger. He left Amazing Spider-Man, quite pooped. By this time, the New Warriors was going full tilt and Erik tossed together a proposal for a Nova ongoing series. While he waited for it to get the nod, Todd McFarlane left the new Spider-Man title that he had launched. Erik was called upon once again picked up the torch - and he ran with it. Larsen created a memorable albeit brief run on that title, despite a traumatic event in his personal life - his house burned to the ground, destroying all of his childhood drawings and comic books. After this period, creator Rob Liefeld invited Larsen to help found a new comic book imprint called 'Image' at Malibu comics, alongside notorious creators Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld, Jim Lee, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino. Erik's flagship comic book at Image (which soon left Malibu and became the third lagest comic book publisher in the United States) was an updated version of his childhood creation — 'The Savage Dragon.' Larsen has been succeeding with his ideas ever since, through his creations Freak Force, Star, SuperPatriot and the Deadly Duo as well as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles which he helped revitalize and bring to Image. As of 2004, Erik Larsen became the Publisher of Image Comics and shows no sign of slowing down.

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