Ben Raab

Benjamin Raab (born October 13, 1970, in New York City, New York) is an American screenwriter, television producer, comic book writer and editor.

Early life

Raab is a native of Cedarhurst, New York, and attended Lawrence High School. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in English Literature and Composition.

Career

Raab made his Marvel debut as an interviewer for artist Gary Kwapisz in '' Marvel Age Special: The Punisher Anniversary Magazine''. In the letters section of ''X-Men'' vol. 2 #31, Raab was announced as the new assistant editor on X-Men books edited by Bob Harras, receiving that credit on several titles cover-dated April 1994 to September 1996, including ''X-Men'', ''Uncanny X-Men'', ''Wolverine'', ''X-Force'' and ''Generation X''. During that time, Raab also joined New York University's '' Stan-hattan Project''. Administered by his editorial colleague James Felder, the project sought out and trained potential comic book writers.

Written work by Raab includes stints on ''The Phantom'' (both for Moonstone Books and Scandinavian publisher Egmont) and ''Excalibur'' (vol. 1 and 2) as well as the second of volume of '' X-Men/Alpha Flight'' and ''Union Jack'' with artist John Cassaday for Marvel Comics. For DC Comics, Raab penned a number of issues on ''Green Lantern'' following Judd Winick's run, co-wrote several Teen Titans-centric short stories and mini-series with Geoff Johns as well as '' The Human Race'' mini-series, the Elseworlds one-shot '' JLA: Shogun of Steel'' and several titles for the Wildstorm imprint. Later work includes the four-issue series '' Living in Infamy'' for Ludovico Technique, co-written with Deric A. Hughes, and the 96-page graphic novel ''The Phantom: Legacy'', a retelling of the character's origin.

In 2009, Raab returned to The Phantom, serving as editor for ''The Phantom: Ghost Who Walks'' series by Moonstone Books. In 2012, Raab and artist Pat Quinn began self-publishing their 8-issue series '' Cryptopia'', previously released as a one-shot via Image.Cryptopia Home
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Television

Raab and his writing partner Deric A. Hughes were staff writers on '' Warehouse 13'' writing their first episode "Duped" which aired August 25, 2009. They penned seven episodes over the 5 season run and eventually became the producers on the final season. In 2015, Raab and Hughes joined '' Beauty & the Beast'' as supervising producers penning four episodes of the show. Following the series conclusion, they contributed to the 2016–2017 season of ''The Flash'' writing the episode "King Shark", before joining Season 3 as co-executive producers and writers. The duo subsequently joined the writing team of the third season of ''Scream'' and acted as writers and producers for the final season of '' Arrow''.

Bibliography

Marvel Comics

As editor

Assistant editor:
*''X-Men'' vol. 2 #31–56 (1994–1996)
*''Uncanny X-Men'' #311–336 (1994–1996)
*''Wolverine'' vol. 2 #80–105 (1994–1996)
*''X-Force'' #33–58 (1994–1996)
*''Generation X'' #1–19 (1994–1996)
*''Weapon X'' #1–4 (1995)
*'' The All-New Exiles vs. X-Men'' ( one-shot, Ultraverse, 1995)
*'' The All-New Exiles'' #3 (as "X-Pert", Ultraverse, 1995)

Reprint editor:
*'' X-Men Archives'' #1–4 (1995)
*'' Wolverine: Triumphs and Tragedies'' (tpb, 164 pages, 1995, )

As writer

*'' The Avengers'':
** "A Bigger Man Than I..." (with Yancey Labat, co-feature in #375, 1994) collected in ''The Avengers: The Gathering'' (hc, 1,152 pages, 2021, )
** "The Door: Synchronicity" (with Jeff Matsuda, co-feature in #382, 1995) collected in ''The Avengers: Taking A.I.M.'' (tpb, 504 pages, 2022, )
** "The Crossing" (script by Raab from a plot by Raab and Terry Kavanagh, art by Mike Deodato, Jr., in #393–394, 1995–1996) collected in ''The Avengers: The Crossing'' (hc, 792 pages, 2012, )
** "First Sign" (script by Raab from a plot by Raab and Terry Kavanagh, art by Mike Deodato, Jr., in #398–399, 1996) collected in ''The Avengers/Iron Man: First Sign'' (tpb, 344 pages, 2013, )
*'' X-Men: Time Gliders'' #1–4 (with Mike Gustovich (#1), David Boller (#2), John Hebert (#3) and Roman Morales (#4), 1995)
** Series of promotional giveaway minicomics included with kids' meals at Hardee's fast-food restaurants.
*'' The Vision'' #3: "Visionary Dreams" (plot assist; written by Bob Harras, art by Manny Clark, 1995) collected in ''The Avengers: Ultron Unbound'' (tpb, 224 pages, 2015, )
*'' The All-New Exiles'' (Ultraverse):
** "Out of the Frying Pan..." (dialogue assist; written by Terry Kavanagh, art by M. C. Wyman and Ken Lashley, in #1, 1995)
** "Fresh Blood" (script by Raab from a plot by Terry Kavanagh, art by M. C. Wyman and Ken Lashley, in #2, 1995)
** "Sixx of One..." (with M. C. Wyman, co-feature in #5, 1996)
*'' Daredevil'':
** "Smoky Mirrors" (with Shawn McManus, in #352, 1996) collected in ''Daredevil: Purgatory and Paradise'' (tpb, 504 pages, 2019, )
** "Weight of the World" (plot assist; written by Joe Kelly, art by Richie Acosta, in #373, 1998) collected in ''Daredevil: Widow's Kiss'' (tpb, 504 pages, 2015, )
*Marvel 2099:
**''X-Nation 2099'':
*** "Vertigo" (co-written by Raab and Tom Peyer, art by Humberto Ramos, Roberto Flores and Mike S. Miller, in #3, 1996)
*** "X-Nation's Final Hour" (script by Raab from a plot by Raab and Terry Kavanagh, art by Eric Battle, in #4–6, 1996)
**''Fantastic Four 2099'' #6–8 (script by Raab from a plot by Raab and Terry Kavanagh, art by Pasqual Ferry, 1996)
**''Spider-Man 2099'' #45–46 (script by Raab from a plot by Raab and Terry Kavanagh, art by Mike McKone, 1996)
**'' 2099: World of Tomorrow'' #1–8 (co-written by Raab and Joe Kelly, art by Pasqual Ferry, Jason Armstrong, David Brewer, Karl Moline (#3–4) and Yancey Labat (#4), 1996–1997)
*'' Uncanny Origins'' #1: "The Origin of Cyclops" (with Dave Hoover, anthology, 1996) collected in ''Uncanny Origins: Mutants and Monsters'' (tpb, 168 pages, 2019, )
*'' What If...?'' vol. 2 (anthology):
** "Arachnamorphosis" (with Ariel Olivetti, in #88, 1996)
** "The Fantastic Farce" (with Mike S. Miller, in #89, 1996)
** "The Traitor" (with Ariel Olivetti, in #-1, 1997)
*'' Black Knight: Exodus'': "The Bond" (with Jim Cheung, one-shot, 1996)
** Collected in ''Avengers/X-Men: Bloodties'' (hc, 216 pages, 2012, )
** Collected in ''X-Men: The Rise of Apocalypse'' (tpb, 400 pages, 2016, )
*'' X-Force Annual'' '96: "Denouement" (script by Raab from a plot by Terry Kavanagh, art by Ed Benes, co-feature, 1996) collected in ''Cable and X-Force: Onslaught!'' (tpb, 456 pages, 2019, )
*''Domino'' #1–3 (with David Perrin, 1997) collected in ''X-Men: Domino'' (tpb, 288 pages, 2018, )
*''Excalibur'':
**''The Battle for Britain'' (tpb, 504 pages, 2022, ) includes:
*** "Portrait of the Artist" (with Randy Green, Rob Haynes, Casey Jones and Aaron Lopresti, in #106, 1997)
*** "The Battle for Britain" (with Salvador Larroca, in #107–110, 1997)
*** "A True and Terrible Sacrifice" (with Rob Haynes and Casey Jones, in #-1, 1997)
*** "Broken Vows" (with Robert Stotz (#111) and Pete Woods, in #111–114, 1997)
*** "Missionaries" (with Mel Rubi, in #115, 1997)
*** ''Colossus'': "A Most Dangerous Game" (with Bryan Hitch, one-shot, 1997)
*** '' New Mutants: Truth or Death'' #1–3 (with Bernard Chang, 1997–1998)
** "Sins of the Past" (with Mel Rubi, in #116–117, 1998)
** "Preludes and Nightmares" (with Mel Rubi and Jim Calafiore (#119), in #118–120, 1998)
** "The Search" (with Trevor Scott and Dale Eaglesham (#122), in #121–123, 1998)
** "Tying the Knot" (with Dale Eaglesham, in #124–125, 1998)
*'' Psylocke and Archangel: Crimson Dawn'' #1–4 (with Salvador Larroca, 1997)
*''X-Men: The Trial of Gambit'' (tpb, 400 pages, 2016, ) includes:
**''X-Men'' vol. 2 #62–64: "Games of Deceit and Death" (script by Raab from a plot by Scott Lobdell, art by Carlos Pacheco, 1997)
**''Uncanny X-Men'' #345: "Moving On" (script by Raab from a plot by Scott Lobdell, art by Joe Madureira and Mel Rubi, 1997)
*'' Star Trek: Voyager'' #6–8: "Relicquest" (with Jesus Redondo, 1997)
*''X-Men Unlimited'' (anthology):
** "Primal" (with Mel Rubi, in #16, 1997)
** "Unforgiven" (with Jim Calafiore, in #19, 1998)
** "Lessons" (with Al Rio, in #23, 1999) collected in ''X-Men: The Magneto War'' (tpb, 504 pages, 2018, )
*''Journey into Mystery'' #514–516: "Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu" (with Brian Hagen, anthology, 1997–1998)
*'' X-Man: All Saints' Day'' (with Terry Dodson, graphic novel, 48 pages, 1997, )
*''Wolverine'' #½: "Resolutions" (with Joe Phillips, Wizard, 1997)
*'' X-Men/Alpha Flight'' vol. 2 #1–2 (with John Cassaday, 1998)
** Collected in ''X-Men/Alpha Flight'' (hc, 280 pages, 2011, ; tpb, 2016, )
** Collected in ''Alpha Flight by John Byrne Omnibus'' (hc, 1,248 pages, 2017, )
*''Union Jack'' #1–3 (with John Cassaday, 1998–1999) collected as ''Union Jack'' (tpb, 96 pages, 2002, )
*'' Mutant X'' #13: "The Hunger" (with Mike S. Miller, 1999) collected in ''Mutant X: The Complete Collection Volume 1'' (tpb, 480 pages, 2018, )
*'' Uncanny X-Men Annual'' '99 (with Anthony Williams, 1999) collected in ''X-Men vs. Apocalypse: The Ages of Apocalypse'' (tpb, 288 pages, 2008, )
*'' X-Men: The Hellfire Club'' #1–4 (with Charlie Adlard, 2000)
*''Excalibur'' vol. 2 #1–4 (with Pablo Raimondi, 2001)

DC Comics

*Green Lantern:
**'' Green Lantern 80-Page Giant'' #1: "Shepherd" (with Josh Hood, anthology, 1998)
**'' DC First: Green Lantern/Green Lantern'' (with Jamal Igle

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