Marv Wolfman

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Marvin Arthur Wolfman (born May 13, 1946) is an American comic book and novelization writer.

He worked on Marvel Comics's The Tomb of Dracula, for which he and artist Gene Colan created the vampire-slayer Blade, and DC Comics's The New Teen Titans and the Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series with George Pérez.

Early life

Marv Wolfman was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of police officer Abe and housewife Fay. He has a sister, Harriet, 12 years older. When Wolfman was 13, his family moved to Flushing, Queens, in New York City, where he attended junior high school. He went on to New York's High School of Art and Design, in Manhattan, hoping to become a cartoonist. Wolfman is Jewish.

Personal life

Wolfman is married to Noel Watkins. Wolfman was previously married to Michele Wolfman, for many years a colorist in the comics industry. They have a daughter, Jessica Morgan.

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Career

Marvin Wolfman was involved in fandom long before he began his DC Comics career in 1968. Wolfman was one of the first to publish Stephen King in Wolfman's horror fanzine Stories of Suspense No. 1. 2 (1965): This was a redesigned edition of King's first published story, "I Was a Teenage Grave Robber," which had been serialized in four issues (three published and one unpublished) of the fanzine Comics Review that same year.

In Blackhawk No. 1, Wolfman's first published work for DC Comics appeared. 242 (Aug.–Sept.) 1968 (now 1968). In Showcase No. 2, he and his longtime friend Len Wein created Jonny Double. Wolfman's script 78 (November 1968) was scripted by Wolfman. In Teen Titans No. 6, the two co-wrote "Eye of the Beholder." 18 (Dec. 1968), which would be Wein's first professional comics work. Neal Adams was asked to rewrite and redraw a Teen Titans tale that had been told by Wein and Wolfman. The tale, titled "Titans Fit the Battle of Jericho," is told. "He might have created DC's first African American superhero, but publisher Carmine Infantino refused it." In Teen Titans No. 1, the revised article appeared. 20 (March–April 1969) In Teen Titans No. 2, Wolfman and Gil Kane invented a Wonder Girl origin for Wonder Girl. 24 (July–Aug.) The character's new costume was unveiled in 1969 (which was the case).

Destiny in Weird Mystery Tales No. 1 was co-created by artist Bernie Wrightson and his partner. 1 (July–Aug.) 1972, a figure that would later be used in Neil Gaiman's book.

Wolfman began working at Marvel Comics in 1972 as a protégé of then-editor Roy Thomas. Wolfman took over as editor after Thomas resigned, first in charge of the publisher's black-and-white magazines and then the color line of comics. In 1981, Wolfman said that "Marvel never gave [its] complete commitment to" the black-and-white line. "No one wanted to commit themselves to the service." "We used to farm the books out to Harry Chester Studios [sic] and whatever they pasted up, they pasted up." I created the first production team and recruited the first layout people and paste-up people." Wolfman resigned as editor-in-chief to spend more time writing.

The Tomb of Dracula, a horror comic that debuted "one of the most critically acclaimed horror-themed comic books ever," he and artist Gene Colan created the Tomb of Dracula. They created Blade, a character that would later be portrayed by actor Wesley Snipes in a film trilogy, during their time on this series. In addition, the Marvel editors couldn't refuse to allow a writer with such a surname to write a few stories to their concurrently named Werewolf by Night, as a WOLFMAN."

In Daredevil No. 2, Wolfman co-created Bullseye. 131 (March 1976) (March 1976). In that character's eponymous first issue, he and artist John Buscema created Nova. In Marvel's John Carter's Warlord of Mars tale, Wolfman and Gil Kane turned Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom tales into comics. Starting with issue No. 14, Wolfman wrote 14 issues of Marvel Two-in-One, beginning with issue No. 25 (March 1977) (March 1977) Wolfman and artist Carmine Infantino introduced the Spider-Woman collection in April 1978. He redesigned the story as the first regular writer on Spider-Women, giving her a human name as Jessica Drew. Wolfman succeeded Len Wein as the author of The Amazing Spider-Man's debut, and No. 2 appeared in his first issue. In the following issue, Peter Parker suggested marriage to Mary Jane Watson, but she declined. In The Amazing Spider-Man No. 1, Wolfman and Keith Pollard introduced the likable rogue the Black Cat (Felicia Hardy). 194 (July 1979).

Wolfman and artist Alan Kupperberg took over the Howard the Duck syndicated newspaper comic strip in 1978. Wolfman and John Byrne introduced Terrax, a new Galactus herald who was intended to be his favorite comic, while writing the Fantastic Four (which Wolfman said to be his favorite comic), while writing the No. 84. 211 (Oct. 1979) (Oct. In Marvel Spotlight vol. 6, a Wolfman and Steve Ditko's story was turned into a Dragon Lord tale. 2 No. 2 No. 2: No. 3 is a girl from No. 2 In the United States. 5 (March 1980): The creature that the Dragon Lord battled was supposed to be Godzilla, but since Marvel no longer had the rights to the story (which occurred earlier this year), the Dragon Lord battle was changed to a dragon named The Wani.

Wolfman returned to DC in 1980 after a controversy with Marvel. In a special preview in DC Comics Presents No. 5, teaming with penciller George Pérez, Wolfman relaunched DC's Teen Titans. Ida (October 1980): 26 (October 1980). Raven, Starfire, and Cyborg were added to the old team's Robin, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, and Beast Boy, according to the team's Robin, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, and Beast Boy (renamed Changeling). Christopher J. Mauro made the series DC's first new hit in years; it was DC's first new hit in years. Deathstroke, the first modern supervillain, was priestized by the priest as "the first modern supervillain." In 1983-1984, Wolfman wrote a series of New Teen Titans drug awareness comic books, which were released in collaboration with The President's Drug Awareness Campaign. Pérez pencilled the first in pencil and sponsored by the Keebler Company, the second was illustrated by Ross Andru and underwritten by the American Soft Drink Industry, and the third was drawn by Adrian Gonzales and funded by IBM. Wolfman and Pérez launched a second series of The New Teen Titans in August 1984.

Among Wolfman's DC projects during the 1980s included collaborating with artist Gil Kane on a run on Action Comics; a revival of Dial H for Hero with Carmine Infantino; and a nearly two-year stint with Joe Staton on Green Lantern. Wolfman and Staton created the Omega Men in Green Lantern No. 1, which was part of their collaboration on the Omega project. 141 (June 1981) (June 1981). In issue No. 6, Wolfman wrote Batman and co-created the Electrocutioner. (Jan. 1981), 331 (Jan. 1981). In 1986, Wolfman was one of the original contributors to the DC Challenge limited series.

Wolfman spent many years with other collaborators, including penciller José Luis Garca et al. Wolfman was told by Marvel writer Chris Claremont that a DC executive had approached Claremont at a holiday party and offered him the position of writer on The New Teen Titans in December 1986. Claremont refused the job straight away, telling Wolfman that the publisher was clearly trying to replace him on the title. When Wolfman confronted DC executives about this, he was told it was "just a joke," though Claremont affirmed that it was a legitimate and official offer.

Wolfman and Pérez began Crisis on Infinite Earths, a 12-issue limited series commemorating DC's 50th anniversary. It introduced thousands of characters, linked a variety of celebrities from other industries to DC continuity, and re-wrote 50 years of DC universe history to simplify it, from the beginning of the universe to the end of time. Wolfman and Pérez compiled the History of the DC Universe limited series to highlight the company's recent past.

Wolfman was involved in the relaunch of the Superman line as well as reinventing nemesis Lex Luthor and initially scripting the Adventures of Superman, with Jerry Ordway as the artist. Bibbo Bibbowski and Professor Emil Hamilton were among those who were introduced during this period.

Wolfman was embroiled in a national debate about a new ratings system that resulted in him being barred from his editorial positions by the corporation. If you want to reinstate Wolfman as an editor, rather than holding them internal to the organization, he would decline to do so.

Wolfman returned to the Dark Knight for a brief stint on Batman and Detective Comics, releasing "Batman: Year Three," assisting Abattoir and a new version of the Electrocutioner, and a commemoration of the first Batman story, as well as two other adaptations and the original. He continued as The New Titans writer and revived the series with artist Tom Grummett. Wolfman wrote the series up until the title's last issue. Although Wolfman wrote the mid-1990s DC series The Man Called A-X, his writing for comics decreased as he moved to animation and television, although he wrote the mid-1990s DC series The Man Called A-X.

Wolfman appeared on Disney Comics in the early-1990s. He wrote scripts for a seven-part DuckTales story ("Scrooge's Quest") as well as several others – featuring the Mickey Mouse characters from the Mickey Mouse Adventures. For the first years of the magazine, he was editor of the comics section.

Wolfman sued Marvel Characters Inc. in 1997, on the eve of the Blade motion picture's impending release, suing for all characters he had created for Marvel Comics. On November 6, 2000, a decision in Marvel's favour was released. Wolfman's position was that he had not signed work-for-hire contracts when he began creating stories such as Blade and Nova. The judge found that Marvel's later use of the characters was sufficiently different from Wolfman's assertion of copyright ownership.

Wolfman created the Transformers TV show Beast Machines, which aired on Fox Kids for two seasons from 1999 to 2000. The Beast Wars series was a direct sequel to the original Generation One Transformers exhibit, which was a direct continuation of the original Generation One Transformers show. Beast Machines received mixed reviews, although the show was lauded for its plot, but the show was criticized for its emphasis on spirituality. Wolfman wrote the tale about Optimus Prime's return in the third season of Transformers "The Return of Optimus Prime".

Wolfman started writing in comics again, scripting Defex, the flagship product of Devil's Due Productions' Aftermath line, a decade ago. He wrote an "Infinite Crisis" chapter of DC's "Secret Files" and collaborated with writer Geoff Johns on a number of topics relating to The Teen Titans. Wolfman wrote a book based on Infinite Earths, but rather than following the original story, he wrote a new one starring Barry Allen Flash, which takes place during the original Crisis tale. Wolfman wrote the script for Superman Returns and appeared in The Condor, a direct-to-video animated film created by Stan Lee's Pow Entertainment.

Wolfman, the editorial director of Impact Comics (no connection to the DC Comics imprint), a publisher of educational manga-style comics for high school students. This year was the same as last year, starting with issue No. Wolfman's Nightwing collection began in DC. Wolfman's run was originally intended for a four-issue run, and he ended with No. 13 issues. 137. Wolfman introduced a new Vigilante character during his run. The Vigilante was spun off into his own short-lived title following Wolfman's departure from the pages of Nightwing, according to Wolfman. He created a miniseries starring the Teen Titan Raven, a character he and George Pérez co-created during their tenure on The New Teen Titans, assisting in the design and updating the story. He worked on a direct-to-DVD movie based on Pérez's classic "Judas Contract" storyline during their time on Teen Titans.

Pérez and Hecopol wrote the New Teen Titans: Games graphic novel in 2011, which they had started working on in the late 1980s. In 2012, Wolfman revived his Night Force project with artist Tom Mandrake. He served as a writing consultant on Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, which was nominated for the coveted Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing. Wolfman wrote an introduction to Batman: Arkham Knight in 2015. He also published the Suicide Squad novelization through Titan Books in 2016. In 2017, he received the Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award. Wolfman's first appearance for Marvel since 1998: a backstory for Bullseye #1 starring the titular character who he co-created in 1976. The massive, 100-page comic book Man and Superman, Marv Wolfman's retelling of Superman's origin story, received high praise in 2019.

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Awards

• Inkpot Award in 1979.
• 1982 Eagle Award for "Best New Book" and 1984 and 1985 Eagle Awards for "Best Group Book" for New Teen Titans.
• Wolfman and artist George Pérez' Crisis on Infinite Earths won the 1985 and 1986 Jack Kirby Awards for Best Finite Series.
• In 1985, DC Comics named Wolfman as one of the honorees in the company's 50th anniversary publication Fifty Who Made DC Great.
• 1986 Nominated for the Comics Buyer's Guide Award for Favorite Writer in 1986, and his work on the "Batman: Year Three" story arc in Batman #436–439 was nominated Comics Buyer's Guide Favorite Writer Award in 1990.
• 2007 Scribe Award for "Adapted Speculative Fiction Novel", given by writers of novelization and tie-in fiction for his novel based on Superman Returns.
• 2007 National Jewish Book Award for "Children's and Young Adult Literature", for Homeland: The Illustrated History of the State of Israel
• 2011 induction into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame
• Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017