Jim Beard
Author · 7 books
Jim Beard became a published writer when he sold a story to DC Comics in 2002. Since that time he's written official Star Wars and Ghostbusters comic stories and contributed articles and essays to several volumes of comic book history. His prose work includes SPIDER-MAN: ENEMIES CLOSER, an original novel; co-editing and contributing a story to PLANET OF THE APES: TALES FROM THE FORBIDDEN ZONE; a story for X-FILES: SECRET AGENDAS; GOTHAM CITY 14 MILES, a book of essays on the 1966 Batman TV series; SGT. JANUS, SPIRIT-BREAKER, a collection of pulp ghost stories featuring an Edwardian occult detective; MONSTER EARTH, a shared-world giant monster anthology; and CAPTAIN ACTION: RIDDLE OF THE GLOWING MEN, the first pulp prose novel based on the classic 1960s action figure. Jim also currently provides regular content for Marvel.com, the official Marvel Comics website.
Series
Books
Running Home to Shadows
Memories of TV's First Supernatural Soap from Today's Grown-Up Kids
2022
Monster Aces
2012
BIFF! BAM! EEE-YOW! The Subterranean Blue Grotto Guide to Batman '66,Season Two
2021
Sgt. Janus Returns
2014
ZLONK! ZOK! ZOWIE! The Subterranean Blue Grotto Guide to Batman '66, Season One
2020
Oooff! Boff! Splatt! The Subterranean Blue Grotto Essays on Batman '66, Season Three
2022
Sgt. Janus, Spirit-Breaker
2012
