Roger McKenzie (born November 8) is an

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writer best known for his work on '' Daredevil'' with

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Biography

Roger McKenzie's first comics work was a seven-page short story titled "Ground Round" in ''

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'' #50 (April 1976) published by

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. He wrote stories for Warren's black and white magazine titles ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''Vampirella'' from 1976–1982. He worked for

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as well, creating the western character

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and several stories for the company's horror titles. McKenzie and Frank Miller's first collaboration was on a two-page story entitled "Slowly, painfully, you dig your way from the cold, choking debris..." published in DC Comics' ''

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'' #68 (Oct. 1978). McKenzie became the writer on

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' ''Daredevil'' with issue #151 (March 1978), and gave the series a dark tone reminiscent of his horror writings. Miller joined McKenzie on the series starting with #158 (May 1979). In 1979, he collaborated with artist

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on an adaptation of ''

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'' for Marvel. McKenzie wrote ''

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'' (1978–1980) as well. McKenzie and artist

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developed the idea of Captain America running for the office of

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. Marvel originally rejected the idea but it would be used later by

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and John Byrne in ''Captain America'' #250 (October 1980). McKenzie and Perlin received credit for the idea on the letters page at Stern's insistence. McKenzie and Perlin would also receive credit in the follow-up story in '' What If?'' #26 (April 1981). McKenzie wrote several stories for the ''

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'' anthology series including a two-part

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vs.

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tale drawn by

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. McKenzie has written for a variety of independent publishers such as

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, Comico Comics,

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, and

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. He wrote the ''

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'' newspaper comic strip for

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in 1981. McKenzie serves as Executive Editor of the Charlton Neo line of comics, where he writes for '' The Charlton Arrow'' and '' Charlton Wild Frontier''. Since February 2015, he has been writing the Spookman weekly comic strip with

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for Pix-C, a

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site.

Bibliography

Charlton Neo

* '' The Charlton Arrow'' #1–5 (2014–2016) * '' Charlton Wild Frontier'' #1 (2015)

Checkmate Comics

* ''Bud Colbert Time-Travelin' Janitor'' (editor) * ''Big Busty Broads of WWII'' (editor)

Comico: The Comic Company

* ''Next Man'' #1–5 (1985)

DC Comics

* ''

Batman Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on ...

'' #325 (1980) * ''

Black Lightning Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character, created by writer Tony Isabella and artist Trevor Von Eeden, first appeared in ''Black Lightning'' #1 (April 1977), during ...

'' #11 (

The Ray The Ray is the name of four superheroes in the DC Comics Universe. All versions of the character have the superpower of manipulating visible light in some manner. The first Ray was Langford "Happy" Terrill, a Quality Comics character. When D ...

backup story) (1978) * ''

Cancelled Comic Cavalcade The "DC Explosion" and "DC Implosion" were two events in 1978 – the first an official marketing campaign, the second a sardonic reference to it – in which DC Comics expanded their roster of publications, then abruptly cut it back. The DC Explos ...

'' #1 (1978) * '' Doorway to Nightmare'' #3 (1978) * ''

House of Mystery ''The House of Mystery'' is the name of several horror, fantasy, and mystery Comics anthologies published by DC Comics. It had a companion series, ''The House of Secrets''. It is also the name of the titular setting of the series. First serie ...

'' #259, 299 (1978–1981) * '' House of Secrets'' #151 (1978) * '' Men of War'' #5–11 (Gravedigger) (1978) * '' The Unexpected'' #187, 191 (1978–1979) * ''

'' #61–64, 68 (1978) * ''

Weird Western Tales ''Weird Western Tales'' is a Western genre comics anthology published by DC Comics from June–July 1972 to August 1980. It is best known for featuring the adventures of Jonah Hex until #38 (Jan.–Feb. 1977) when the character was promoted to hi ...

'' #48–49 (

) (1978) * ''

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'' #9 (1978)

Deluxe Comics

* ''

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'' #5 (1986)

Eclipse Comics

* ''Sun Runners'' #4–7 (1984–1985)

Gold Key Comics

* '' Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom'' #29–31 (1981–1982) * ''

Gremlins ''Gremlins'' is a 1984 American black comedy horror film directed by Joe Dante, written by Chris Columbus, and starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday, and Frances Lee McCain, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of ...

'' #11365 (1984) * ''Grimm's Ghost Stories'' #59–60 (1982)

Image Comics

* ''

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'' #195, 200, 204 (Knight Watchman backup stories) (2014–2015)

Marvel Comics

* ''

'' #1–7, 11–16 (1979–1980) * ''

'' #226–237, 243–245, 250 (1978–1980) * '' Captain Marvel'' #57 (1978) * '' Daredevil'' #151–161, 163–166, 183 (1978–1980, 1982) * '' Epic Illustrated'' #6, 10 (1981–1982) * ''

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'' #28–34 (1978–1979) * ''

'' #159 (1982) * ''

'' #1–2, 5, 14–15, 18, 22–23, 32 (1982–1987) * ''

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'' #8 (Battlestar Galactica) (1978) * ''

Marvel Team-Up ''Marvel Team-Up'' is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series featured two or more Marvel characters in one story. The series was originally published from March 1972 through February 1985, and featured Spider-Man as ...

'' #98, 104 (1980–1981) * ''

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'' #124 (1987) * ''

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'' (black and white magazine) #4–5 (1980) * '' What If?'' #26 (1981)

Collections

* ''Daredevil/Punisher: Child's Play'' includes ''Daredevil'' #183, 70 pages, February 1988, * ''Daredevil: Marked for Death'' collects ''Daredevil'' #159–161, 163–164, 96 pages, March 1991, * ''Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson Omnibus'' collects ''Daredevil'' #158–161, 163–166, and 183, 840 pages, March 2007,

New Comics Group

* ''Young Master'' #6 (1988)

Pacific Comics

* ''Sun Runners'' #1–3 (1984)

Pied Piper Comics

* ''Kamikaze Cat'' #1 (1987) * ''

Lawrence Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Preparator ...

& Lim's

Ex-Mutants ''Ex-Mutants'' was a comic book series created by writer David Lawrence and artist Ron Lim along with editor David Campiti in 1986. It was first published by Eternity Comics and then Pied Piper Comics' black-and-white imprint, Amazing Comics (cont ...

'' #8 (1987)

Sirius Comics

* ''Tales of the Sun Runners'' #1–2 (1986)

Warren Publishing

* ''

'' #81, 84–87, 89–90, 92–95, 99, 104–105, 114–115, 120, 122, 124–125, 127, 129, 132, 134, 140 (1976–1982) * ''

'' #81, 83, 85, 87, 90, 92, 96, 102 (1977–1979) * ''U.F.O. and Alien Comix'' #1 (1977) * ''

'' #50, 53, 57–59, 63, 65–67, 82, 91, 94 (1976–1981) * ''Warren Presents'' #1, 6 (1979)

References

External links

*
"DC Profiles #34: Roger McKenzie"
at the Grand Comics Database
Roger McKenzie
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators {{DEFAULTSORT:McKenzie, Roger American comics writers Comic book publishers (people) Living people Marvel Comics writers Year of birth missing (living people)