Brian Anthony David-Marshall, often credited as Brian Marshall, (b. 1967 in

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and

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industry figure. He has worked in all facets of both industries, from publishing to retail, from writing to editorial. He was a founding partner of

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company InterPop. Marshall got his start in comics publishing in 1985–1986 as an editor with the short-lived company

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/Lodestone Publishing, where he did some writing for the series ''Codename: Danger'' and ''Wally Wood's

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''. In 1986, he and writer-editor

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co-founded the

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TriCorp Entertainment. With private financing from comics distributor

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, Marshall and Tony Eng formed

(at that point based in Brooklyn, New York). Campiti packaged material for Eternity Comics to publish. Later in the year, after Marshall and Campiti dissolved their association, Rosenberg created

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, installing Marshall as head of the company, while remaining head of Eternity.

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served as an editor for Imperial Comics. In the spring of 1987, Rosenberg revealed his involvement with Eternity, Imperial, and three other small comics publishers:

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, Amazing, and Wonder Color. The resulting fallout led to the consolidation of the various Rosenberg properties: Imperial was shut down, but Marshall moved to Eternity Comics (at that point a division of Malibu Comics) as Vice President and Publisher. With the move, the Imperial titles ''Battle to the Death'', ''Nazrat'', and ''Probe'' all moved over to Eternity Comics. Marshall's stint at Eternity didn't last long, and by the mid-1990s, he was working as an editor at

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. It was at this point that he started going by the name "Brian David-Marshall" and became involved in the

industry. David-Marshall was one of the founders of Gray Matter Conventions, one of the first

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tournament organizers; and Neutral Ground, formerly the largest gaming location in

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. Starting around 2003, David-Marshall became a featured writer for magicthegathering.com, with a weekly column, ''The Week That Was''. He was a commentator on the Pro Tour circuit, and was the historian for Magic: The Gathering. He previously played on the Pro Tour as a member of Team Monkey Dog. In addition, David-Marshall was a tournament organizer for the

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and

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. In 2020, David-Marshall and his partners formed InterPop, launching an

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line of comics where readers could choose the ultimate direction of the stories.

Bibliography

; As writer, unless otherwise noted. * ''Shuriken Team-Up'' #1 (Eternity, 1988) * (with

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) "Relics", ''

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'' vol. 3, #50: (Marvel, 2002) * (with

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and Brett Weldele) '' The Craptacular B-Sides'' #1 (Marvel, 2002)

References

External links

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