Matt S. Wayne is an American writer of comic books and

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. Wayne is probably best known for his work on the animated series ''

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'' and '' Ben 10: Omniverse'', and writing and editing comic books for Milestone Media.

Biography

Wayne was born in Cleveland, Ohio, grew up in

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, and attended the

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. He was childhood friends with writer

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and was high school and college friends with writer

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Comic books

Wayne's first comic book credit was for material in ''Marvel Year-In-Review'' #1 for

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. He then wrote several stories for Hamilton Comics. When McDuffie co-founded the comic book company Milestone Media, Wayne was hired as an editor on titles such as ''

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'' and '' Hardware''. Wayne also wrote several titles, including the series '' Shadow Cabinet'' and ''

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''. After Milestone ceased publishing monthly comics in 1997, Wayne wrote for

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Television

Wayne credits his friend

for helping him get his first job writing in television for the animated series '' Poochini''.Toonzone Interview 1
His friendship and past work with

led to other television writing work, including ''

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'', '' Danny Phantom'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Wayne was hired to write several episodes of the animated series ''

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'' and was eventually promoted to story editor. Continuing his work on animated projects based on popular comic books, he also wrote several episodes of '' Legion of Super Heroes'' and ''

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''. Wayne also wrote the screenplay for the animated film, '' Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms''.

Screenwriting credits

* series head writer denoted in bold

Television

*'' Poochini%27s Yard'' (2002-2003) *''

'' (2004) *''

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'' (2005) *''

'' (2005-2006): season 3 head writer *'' Danny Phantom'' (2006) *''

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'' (2006) *''

'' (2006) *'' Legion of Super Heroes'' (2007) *''

'' (2007) *''

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'' (2008) *'' Ben 10: Alien Force'' (2008) *''

'' (2008-2009) *'' Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' (2009) *'' My Friends Tigger %26 Pooh'' (2009) *''

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'' (2009-2011) *'' Ben 10: Ultimate Alien'' (2010-2012) *'' Green Lantern: The Animated Series'' (2012) *'' Transformers: Prime'' (2012) *'' Hero: 108'' (2012) *'' Ben 10: Omniverse'' (2012-2014) * ''

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'' (2013, 2015-2016) *'' Thunderbirds Are Go'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2015-2016) * '' Avengers Assemble'' (2016) * ''

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'' (2017) * '' Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2017-2018) * ''

'' (2017-2019) * ''

'' (2019) * '' Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures'' (2020-present) * '' Action Pack'' (2022-present) * '' Stillwater'' (2022) * '' Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles'' (2022-present)

Films

* '' Hellboy: Sword of Storms'' (2006) * '' Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload'' (2013) * '' Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon'' (2016)

Bibliography

Writer

* ''Marvel Year-In-Review'' #1 (Marvel Comics, 1990) – (one-shot) * ''Betty and Me'' #198–199 (Archie Comics, May–June 1991) * ''Toxic!'' #30–31, (Apocalypse .K.October 17–24, 1991) *''Maggots'' #1 (Hamilton Comics, November 1991) *'' Shadow Cabinet'' #4–11 (DC Comics ilestone September 1994 – April 1995) *'' Shadow Cabinet'' #13–17 (DC Comics ilestone June 1995 – October 1995) * ''Hardware'' #23–24 (DC Comics ilestone January–February 1995) (credited as Denton Fixx, Jr.) * ''Hardware'' #40–41 (DC Comics ilestone June–July 1996) * ''Static'' #36 (DC Comics ilestone June 1996) * ''Madraven Summer Solstice Special'' #1 (Hamilton Comics, Summer 1996) * ''

'' #1–6 (DC Comics ilestone May 1996 – November 1996) * ''

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'' #2 (DC Comics, September 1997) * ''

'' #8 (DC Comics, March 1997) * ''

'' #9 (DC Comics, April 1997) * ''

'' #11 (DC Comics, June 1997) * ''

'' #15 (DC Comics, November 1997) * ''Flintstones and the Jetsons'' #5 (DC Comics, December 1997) * ''Flintstones and the Jetsons'' #9 (DC Comics, April 1998) * ''Flintstones and the Jetsons'' #14 (DC Comics, October 1998) * ''Flintstones and the Jetsons'' #17–18 (DC Comics, January–February 1999) * ''Gross Point'' #3–14 (DC Comics, October 1997 – August 1998) * ''Animaniacs'' #41–43 (DC Comics, October 1998 – December 1998) * ''Animaniacs'' #47 (DC Comics, April 1999) * ''Animaniacs'' #54 (DC Comics, November 1999) * ''Animaniacs'' #57 (DC Comics, February 2000) * '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #213 (DC Comics, February 2007) * ''

'' #37–38 (DC Comics, November 2007 – December 2007) * ''

'' #46 (DC Comics, August 2008) * ''Cartoon Network Action Pack'' #27 (DC Comics, September 2008) * '' Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' #1–4 (DC Comics, January 2009 – April 2009) * ''

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'' #24 (DC Comics, August 2009)

Editor

*'' Hardware'' #11–41 (DC Comics ilestone January 1994 – July 1996) *''

'' #9–38 (DC Comics ilestone January 1994 – October 1996) *'' Worlds Collide'' #1 (DC Comics ilestone July 1994) – (one-shot) *''

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'' #31–35 (DC Comics ilestone October 1995 – February 1996) *''

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'' #44–45 (DC Comics ilestone February 1997 – March 1997)

Notes

References

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wayne, Matt American male screenwriters American comics writers Comic book editors Living people Writers from Cleveland University of Michigan alumni People from Milford, Michigan Screenwriters from Ohio Screenwriters from Michigan Year of birth missing (living people)