Steve Englehart (; born April 22, 1947) is an American writer of

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s and novels. He is best known for his work at

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and

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in the 1970s and 1980s. His

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have included John Harkness and Cliff Garnett.

Early life

Steve Englehart majored in psychology at

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, where he was a member of The

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, earning his

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degree in 1969. He had served in the

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, but was

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as a

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to the

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Career

Marvel Comics

Englehart's first work in comics was as an art assistant to

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on a 10-page story by writer

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's black-and-white

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magazine ''

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'' #10 (March 1971). After briefly serving as a member of the

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, Theakston, Greg and Nowlan, Kevin, et al., at Englehart started working as a full-time writer. He began with a co-writing credit, with

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, on the six-page, Englehart-drawn "Retribution" in Warren's ''

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'' #35 (Sept. 1971). Then, as Marvel editor

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said in a 2007 interview, Englehart became Englehart said he had first done uncredited co-scripting on a number of stories: This uncredited work included Friedrich's ''Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos'' #97, ''Iron Man'' #45, and ''The Incredible Hulk'' vol. 2, #152, plus two

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stories and a

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tale. Englehart then wrote two romance stories under the pseudonym Anne Spencer, in ''Our Love'' #18 (Aug. 1972) and ''My Love'' #19 (Sept. 1972), and, under his own name, a standalone supernatural story in the anthology ''

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'' vol. 2, #1 (Oct. 1972)Englehart official site
"First Marvel Scripts II"
/ref> During his first credited superhero work, on a series starring erstwhile

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member the Beast in ''Amazing Adventures'' vol. 2, #12–17 (May 1972 – March 1973), Englehart integrated the

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character, the star of a

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romantic-

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series, into the

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alongside the company's superheroes. He and artist

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launched '' The Defenders'' as an ongoing series in August 1972 and introduced the

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to the team in issue #4 (Feb. 1973). Englehart has stated that he added the Valkyrie to the Defenders "to provide some texture to the group." He wrote '' The Avengers'' from issue #105 (Nov. 1972) to #152 (Oct. 1976). During his time on that title, he wrote several major storylines including "The Avengers Defenders War" in issues #115–118 (Sept.–Dec. 1973), crossing over into ''The Defenders'' #8–11 (Sept.–Dec. 1973); "The Celestial Madonna" in #129–135 (Nov. 1974 – May 1975) and ''Giant-Size Avengers'' #2–4 (Nov. 1974 – May 1975); and "The Serpent Crown" in #141–144 (Nov. 1975 – Feb. 1976) and #147–149 (May–July 1976). In the fall of 1972, Englehart and writers

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and

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crafted a

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al unofficial

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spanning titles from both major comics companies. Each comic featured Englehart, Conway, and Wein, as well as Wein's first wife Glynis, interacting with Marvel or DC characters at the

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. Beginning in ''

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'' #16 (by Englehart with art by

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and Frank McLaughlin), the story continued in ''

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'' #103 (by Wein,

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at the United States

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), and concluded in ''

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'' #207 (by Conway and penciler

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). As Englehart explained in 2010, "It certainly seemed like a radical concept and we knew that we had to be subtle (laughs) and each story had to stand on its own, but we really worked it out. It's really worthwhile to read those stories back to back to back — it didn't matter to us that one was at DC and two were at Marvel — I think it was us being creative, thinking what would be really cool to do." Englehart had a potent run on ''

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'' (originally with artist

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, later with

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), in which Strange's mentor, the

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, died, and Strange became the new Sorcerer Supreme. Englehart and Brunner, audaciously, also created a multi-issue storyline in which a sorcerer named Sise-Neg ("Genesis" spelled backward) goes back through history, collecting all magical energies, until he reaches the beginning of the universe, becomes all-powerful and creates it anew, leaving Strange to wonder whether this was, paradoxically, the original creation (''Marvel Premiere'' #14). Editor-in-chief

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, seeing the issue after publication, ordered Englehart and Brunner to print a retraction saying this was not God but ''a'' god, so as to avoid offending religious readers. The writer and artist concocted a fake

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from a fictitious minister praising the story, and mailed it to Marvel from Texas; Marvel unwittingly printed the letter, and dropped the retraction order. Englehart's ''Doctor Strange'' #14 featured a crossover story with ''

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'' #44, another series which was being drawn by Gene Colan at the time. In Englehart's final story for the series, he sent Dr. Strange back in time to meet

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. Describing that time, Englehart said in 1998, Englehart and artist Starlin co-created the character

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, Master of Kung Fu, though they only worked on the early issues of the series. Englehart reconciled the existence of

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and sidekick Bucky in Marvel's 1950s precursor,

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, an anomaly that had been ignored since Captain America's 1964 reintroduction to Marvel presented him as having been in

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since 1945. Englehart's newly

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history stated that the 1950s Captain America and Bucky had been different characters from the ones who had debuted in the 1940s. This was followed by an extended storyline of Steve Rogers becoming so profoundly disillusioned with the United States that he temporarily abandoned his Captain America identity to become

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until he decided to refocus his purpose as the defender of America's ideals, not necessarily its government. The Englehart/Sal Buscema run on the ''Captain America'' title saw the series become one of Marvel's top-sellers. In 2010,

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ranked Englehart's work on ''Captain America'', ''The Avengers'', and ''Doctor Strange'' fourth, eighth, and ninth, respectively, on its list of the "Top 10 1970s Marvels". In March 1976, Englehart had a falling-out with Marvel and left the company.

DC Comics

Englehart, in fact, planned to quit comics altogether and pursue novels, but

publisher

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persuaded him to come to DC. His only previous credited work for the company had been scripting the

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story "Night of the Stalker!" in ''

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'' #439 (Feb–March 1974). "I said, 'Okay I'll fix '' Justice League f America/nowiki>'' for you, but I'm only going to do this for a year."Englehart in To that end, he wrote ''Justice League of America'' #139–146 and 149–150, with artist

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and

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. In this arc, he recreated the Batman as a pulp-oriented, dark character; the Joker's persona as a homicidal maniac; and introduced love interest

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. Englehart claims this storyline was adapted as the first Batman film in 1989, with Englehart providing uncredited development. The Englehart and Rogers pairing was described in 2009 by comics writer and historian

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as "one of the greatest" creative teams to work on the Batman character. DC Comics writer and executive

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noted that "Arguably fans' best-loved version of Batman in the mid-1970s, writer Steve Englehart and penciller Rogers's ''Detective'' run featured an unambiguously homicidal Joker...in noirish, moodily rendered stories that evoked the classic Kane-Robinson era." In their story "The Laughing Fish", the Joker is brazen enough to disfigure fish with a rictus grin, then expects to be granted a federal

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on them, only to start killing bureaucrats who try to explain that obtaining such a claim on a natural resource is legally impossible. The ''Detective Comics'' storyline was reprinted in trade paperback in 1999 as ''Batman: Strange Apparitions''. Englehart and Rogers had a short run on DC's revived ''

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'' series as well. His run on ''Justice League of America'' included another unofficial crossover between DC and Marvel in issue #142 by reworking his character

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into the DC Universe as a character named "Willow". Other contributions to the series were crafting a new origin for the team and the induction of the character

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into the team's membership. Englehart temporarily left comics at this juncture, moving to Europe before his first issue of ''Detective'' was published. During this time he wrote a

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novel, ''The Point Man'', which was republished in 2010. A 25-page Englehart-Rogers story featuring

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, originally commissioned for ''Doorway to Nightmare'', sat in inventory for years before being published as the

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''Madame Xanadu'' in 1981, in DC's first attempt at marketing comics specifically to the "

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" of fans and collectors.

Return to Marvel

In 1983, Marvel's

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imprint

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published ''

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'', a series he had earlier created at

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with Rogers, in collaboration with artist

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. Among those he collaborated with on the title was a young

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, whom Englehart hired on the basis of McFarlane's ''Coyote'' art samples, which was McFarlane's first comic book work.Vaughan, Kenton (Director, 2000)
''The Devil You Know: Inside the Mind of Todd McFarlane''

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.Kershner, Jim (June 3, 1997)
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''

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''.McFarlane, Todd (November 2012). ''The Art of Todd McFarlane: The Devil's in the Details''. Todd McFarlane Productions/Image Comics. McFarlane would go on to become one of the industry's most prominent and successful artists and publishers, a toy-company founder, and a Grammy Award- and Emmy Award-winning animator.

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(August 1992)
"'…That's the Spice of Life, Bud': The Todd McFarlane Interview"
''

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'' #152. Englehart returned to mainstream Marvel comics later that decade with stints on ''

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'', the second ''

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and the

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'' limited series (with artist

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), ''

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'' (again with Rogers), and ''

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'' (during which editorial disputes led to his using the pseudonym John Harkness, a name he had first used on his last issue of ''Mister Miracle''). Englehart was going to be the regular writer of '' Daredevil'' in 1986 but left after only one issue due to an editorial conflict. Simultaneously, Englehart wrote DC Comics' ''

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'', overseeing the title's name change to ''Green Lantern Corps.'' During that time he also wrote both the DC weekly crossover series ''

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'' (Jan–Feb 1988) and the first two issues of the spin-off The New Guardians. Issue #2 was notable for featuring the villain SnowFlame, a superpowered human who derived his powers from cocaine.

Other comic work

In 1992,

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hired Englehart to write for

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where he scripted issue #1–4 of ''X-O-Manowar'' and the first issue of '' Shadowman''. Also in 1992, he co-created the

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comics universe for

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and wrote ''

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'' and the superhero-team series '' The Strangers''. ''Night Man'' was later adapted for a syndicated television series which ran for two seasons. Englehart wrote three episodes of the television series. He also wrote issues of other Malibu comic series like ''

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'', '' Hardcase'' and ''Prototype''. For

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, he wrote the supernatural series ''Phantom of Fear City'' #1–12 (May 1993 – May 1995) and, for

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, several ''

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'' limited series in the years 1993 to 1995.

Return to Marvel and DC

In the early 2000s, Englehart returned to comics to write the miniseries '' Hellcat'', ''Fantastic Four: Big Town'' and '' Avengers: Celestial Quest'' for Marvel and stories for ''The'' ''Batman Chronicles'' and ''Legends of the DC Universe'' for DC. In 2005, he reunited with Rogers and Austin on the

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''Batman: Dark Detective'', elements of which he alleged were adapted into the Batman film ''

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''. The next year, he wrote a storyline featuring the Detroit Era Justice League and the

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that ran in ''

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'' #22–25 and ''

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'' #14–16 for DC, and the one-shot ''Strange Westerns starring the Black Rider'' for Marvel.

Novels

Starting in 1994, he wrote a series of young adult books for Avon, including the ''DNAgers'' series (with his wife, Terry) and the ''Countdown'' series. ''Countdown to Flight'' was selected by

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for its school curriculum on the Wright Brothers. In the mid-2000s, Englehart turned his 1980 novel, ''The Point Man'', into Book Zero for a series concerning its hero, Max August. The first sequel, ''The Long Man'', was published in 2009, ''The Plain Man'' in 2011, and ''The Arena Man'' in 2013. In the series, Max became immortal in 1985 and is dealing with the consequences two decades later in real time. He has admitted to writing the novel ''Hellstorm'' in the TALON Force series under the house pseudonym Cliff Garnett.Steve Englehart official site: Prose - ''Hellstorm''
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Film & TV

For producer

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, Englehart wrote early treatments and served as script doctor for the ''Batman'' film that was based on his comics series; it was later scripted by

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and directed by

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. He wrote three episodes of the television series ''

'', an adaptation of the

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of the same name that he had created for Malibu Comics. Englehart also worked in animation, with episodes of ''

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'' and '' G.I. Joe Extreme'', and wrote one of the three episodes in Disney's '' Atlantis: Milo's Return'' film. His screenplay for an unproduced film, ''Majorca'', was published as a book by Black Coat Press. In 2014, the film ''

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'' starred his creation,

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. Its 2017 sequel, ''

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'', again starred Star-Lord and, in addition, featured

, another Englehart creation. Both characters appear in 2018's '' Avengers: Infinity War'' as well. In 2021, the film ''

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'' starred his creation,

Music

in 2019, Steve Englehart appeared in the music video for "Welcome To My World" by ZorDonofDoom. In 2021, Englehart created titles and themes based on

for the album ''Prism Club'' from InRage Entertainment.

Personal life

Englehart married Marie-Therese (Terry) Beach in 1975. They have two sons, Alex and Eric.

Awards

* 1977: nominated for Favourite Comicbook Writer at the

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* 1978: Favourite Writer at the Eagle Awards * 1978: Roll of Honour at the Eagle Awards * 1978: nominated for Favourite Single Story at the Eagle Awards for ''Detective Comics'' #472: ''I am the Batman'' with

Marshall Rogers William Marshall Rogers III (January 22, 1950 – March 24, 2007),William Marshall Rogers III

* 1978: nominated for Favourite Continued Story at the Eagle Awards for ''Detective Comics'' #471–472 with Marshall Rogers * 1979:

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* 1979: nominated for Best Comic Book Writer (US) at the Eagle Awards * 1979: nominated for Best Continued Story at the Eagle Awards for ''Detective Comics'' #475–476 with Marshall Rogers

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

Antarctic Press

* ''

Warrior Nun Areala Warrior Nun Areala is a manga-style American comic book character created by Ben Dunn and published by Antarctic Press, first appearing in ''Ninja High School'' #37 in March 1993 as Shanna Masters. The story later revolves around 'Sister' Sha ...

: Scorpio Rose'' #1–4 (1996–1997)

Claypool Comics

* ''Phantom of Fear City'' #1–12 (1993–1995)

DC Comics

* ''

'' #311 (1979) * ''

The Batman Chronicles ''The Batman Chronicles'' is a series of comics published by DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comic ...

'' #19 (2000) * ''Batman: Dark Detective'' #1–6 (2005) * '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #109–111 (1998) * ''

Congorilla Congorilla, originally a human character known as Congo Bill, is a superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics and Vertigo Comics. Originally co-created by writer Whitney Ellsworth and artist George Papp, he was later transformed int ...

'' #1–4 (1992–1993) * ''

DC Comics Presents ''DC Comics Presents'' is a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1978 to 1986 which ran for 97 issues and four ''Annual''s. It featured team-ups between Superman and a wide variety of other characters in the DC Universe. A recurring back ...

'' #8, 12, 88 (1979–1985) * ''

'' #439, 469–476 (1974–1978) * ''

'' vol. 2 #188–200 (1985–1986) * ''

Green Lantern Corps Green Lantern Corps is the name of a fictional intergalactic law enforcement organization appearing in comics published by DC Comics. They patrol the farthest reaches of the DC Universe at the behest of the Guardians, a race of immortals residin ...

'' #201–223 (1986–1988) * ''

Heroes Against Hunger ''Heroes Against Hunger'' is a 1986 all-star benefit comic book for African famine relief and recovery. Published by DC Comics in the form of a "comic jam" or exquisite corpse, the book starred Superman and Batman. Spearheaded by Jim Starlin and B ...

'' #1 (1986) * ''

'' #22–25 (2006) * ''

'' #14–16 (2006) * ''

'' #139–146, 149–150 (1977–1978) * ''

Kamandi Kamandi () is a fictional comic book character created by artist Jack Kirby and published by DC Comics. The bulk of Kamandi's appearances occurred in the comic series ''Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth'', which ran from 1972 to 1978. Kamandi is a ...

'' #51 (1977) * ''Legends of the DC Universe'' #26–27 (2000) * ''

'' #1 (1981) * ''

'' #1–8 (1988) * ''

'' #19–22 (1977–1978) * ''

New Guardians The New Guardians were a DC Comics superhero team featured in the short-lived eponymous series ''The New Guardians''. It was a spin-off from the ''Millennium'' event and ran for twelve issues, from 1988 through 1989, before being canceled. It is ...

'' #1–2 (1988) * ''

Secret Origins ''Secret Origins'' is the title of several comic book series published by DC Comics which featured the origin stories of the publisher's various characters. Publication history ''Secret Origins'' was first published as a one-shot in 1961 and c ...

'' vol. 2 #7 (1986) * '' Starfire'' #6–7 (1977) * ''Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual'' #2 (1986) * ''

Weird War Tales ''Weird War Tales'' was a war comic book title with supernatural overtones published by DC Comics. It was published from September–October 1971 to June 1983. Publication history The original title ran for 12 years and 124 issues. It was ...

'' #50, 60, 73 (1977–1979) * ''

World's Finest Comics ''World's Finest Comics'' was an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1941 to 1986. The series was initially titled ''World's Best Comics'' for its first issue; issue #2 (Summer 1941) switched to the more familiar name. Michael ...

'' #256 (1979)

Deluxe Comics

* ''Wally Wood's

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents ''T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents'' is a fictional team of superheroes that appeared in comic books originally published by Tower Comics in the 1960s. They were an arm of the United Nations and were notable for their depiction of the heroes as everyday peop ...

'' #1–2 (1984–1985)

Eclipse Comics

* ''

Eclipse Magazine ''Eclipse, The Magazine'' (or simply ''Eclipse'') was a black-and-white comics anthology magazine published by Eclipse Comics from 1981 to 1983. The magazine introduced several new characters and series — including Coyote, Ms. Tree, and Masked ...

'' #1–8 (1981–1983) * ''The Foozle'' #3 (1985) * ''Scorpio Rose'' #1–2 (1983)

Malibu Comics

* ''Break-Thru'' #1–2 (1993–1994) * ''

'' #6 (1993) * '' Hardcase'' #4 (1993) * ''

Mantra A mantra (Pali: ''manta'') or mantram (मन्त्रम्) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words in Sanskrit, Pali and other languages believed by practitioners to have religious, ma ...

'' #12 (1994) * ''

'' #1–23 (1993–1995) * ''Night Man: The Pilgrim Conundrum Saga'' #1 (1995) * ''

Prototype A prototype is an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process. It is a term used in a variety of contexts, including semantics, design, electronics, and Software prototyping, software programming. A prototyp ...

'' #5 (1993) * ''

Solitaire Solitaire is any tabletop game which one can play by oneself, usually with cards, but also with dominoes. The term "solitaire" is also used for single-player games of concentration and skill using a set layout tiles, pegs or stones. These game ...

'' #3 (1994) * ''Solution'' #5 (1994) * ''

Strangers A stranger is a person who is unknown to another person or group. Because of this unknown status, a stranger may be perceived as a threat until their identity (social science), identity and Character structure, character can be ascertained. Differ ...

'' #1–24 (1993–1995) * ''Strangers: The Pilgrim Conundrum Saga'' #1 (1995) * ''

Origins'' #1 (1994) * ''Ultraverse Premiere'' #0 (1993)

Marvel Comics

* ''

'' vol. 2 #12–17 (1972–1973) * ''Amazing High Adventure'' #1–3 (1984–1986) * '' The Avengers'' #105–144, 147–152 (1972–1976) * '' Avengers: Celestial Quest'' #1–8 (2001–2002) * ''Avengers: The Ultron Imperative'' #1 (2001) * ''

'' #153–167, 169–186 (1972–1975) * '' Captain Marvel'' #33–46 (1974–1976) * '' Daredevil'' #237 (1986) * ''

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'' #1–2 (1974) * '' The Defenders'' #1–11 (1972–1973) * ''

Doc Savage Doc Savage is a fictional character of the competent man hero type, who first appeared in American pulp magazines during the 1930s and 1940s. Real name Clark Savage Jr., he is a doctor, scientist, adventurer, detective, and polymath who "rights w ...

'' #1–5 (1972–1973) * ''

'' vol. 2 #1–2, 4–18 (1974–1976) * ''

'' #304–333, ''Annual'' #20–21 (1987–1989) * ''Fantastic Four: Big Town'' #1–4 (2001) * ''Giant-Size Avengers'' #2–4 (1974–1975) * '' Hellcat'' #1–3 (2000) * ''

Heroes for Hope ''Heroes for Hope: Starring the X-Men'' is a 1985 Marvel comic book designed to raise awareness about hunger in Africa. Proceeds from the comic went to the American Friends Service Committee, to assist in their work on behalf of African famine r ...

Starring the X-Men'' #1 (1985) * '' Hero for Hire'' #5–14, 16 (1973) * ''

The Incredible Hulk The Hulk is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in the debut issue of '' The Incredible Hulk'' (May 1962). In his comic book a ...

'' #159–171 (1973–1974) * ''

'' vol. 2 #1 (1972) * ''

Justice Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...

'' #2–5, 7 (1986–1987) * ''

Kull the Destroyer Kull of Atlantis or Kull the Conqueror is a fictional character created by writer Robert E. Howard. The character was more introspective than Howard's subsequent creation, Conan the Barbarian, whose first appearance was in a re-write of a rejec ...

'' #12–15 (1974) * ''

Marvel Fanfare ''Marvel Fanfare'' was an anthology comic book series published by American company Marvel Comics. It was a showcase title featuring a variety of characters from the Marvel universe. Volume one ''Marvel Fanfare'' featured characters and settings ...

'' #51 (1990) * ''

Marvel Premiere ''Marvel Premiere'' is an American comic book anthology series that was published by Marvel Comics. In concept it was a tryout book, intended to determine if a character or concept could attract enough readers to justify launching their own seri ...

'' #9–14 (1973–1974) * ''

Marvel Preview ''Marvel Preview'' is a black-and-white comics magazine published by Magazine Management for fourteen issues and the affiliated Marvel Comics Group for ten issues. The final issue additionally carried the imprint Marvel Magazines Group. Publica ...

'' #4 (1976) * ''Marvel Westerns: Strange Westerns'' #1 (2006) * '' Master of Kung Fu'' #17–19 (1974) * ''

Monsters on the Prowl ''Chamber of Darkness'' is a horror/fantasy anthology comic book published by the American company Marvel Comics. Under this and a subsequent name, it ran from 1969 to 1974. It featured work by creators such as writer-editor Stan Lee, writers Ge ...

'' #15 (1972) * ''My Love'' vol. 2 #16, 19 (1972) * ''Night Man'' #∞, #1–4 (1995–1996) * ''Night Man vs.

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'' #0 (1995) * ''Our Love Story'' #15, 18 (1972) * ''Power Man'' #26 (1975) * ''

Savage Sword of Conan ''The Savage Sword of Conan'' was a black-and-white magazine-format comic book series published beginning in 1974 by Curtis Magazines, an imprint of American company Marvel Comics, and then later by Marvel itself. ''Savage Sword of Conan'' starred ...

'' #2 (1974) * ''

'' vol. 3 #1–20, 22–31, ''Annual'' #1–2 (1987–1989) * ''

Skull the Slayer Skull the Slayer (James Patrick Scully) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character debuted in his own book in August 1975. Publication history Skull the Slayer had his own ongoing series s ...

'' #4 (1976) * ''Special Marvel Edition'' #15–16 (1973–1974) * ''

Super-Villain Team-Up ''Super-Villain Team-Up'' is the name of two American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. Both series featured supervillains as the protagonists. Publication history The first series started in 1975 with two giant-size issues before la ...

'' #5–8 (1976) * '' Thor Annual'' #5 (1976) * ''

The Vision and the Scarlet Witch ''The Vision and the Scarlet Witch'' is a series of comic books published by Marvel Comics. The primary characters of these comics star the Vision and Scarlet Witch, known as a couple and are two longtime members of the Avengers. Publication hist ...

'' vol. 2 #1–12 (1985–1986) * ''

'' vol. 2 #1–29, 31–37, 39, ''Annual'' #1–3 (1985–1988)

Epic Comics

* ''

'' #1–16 (1983–1986)

Star Reach

* ''Star Reach'' #7 (1977)

Topps Comics

* ''

: Raptor'' #1–2 (1993) * ''Jurassic Park: Raptors Attack'' #1–4 (1994) * ''Jurassic Park: Raptors Hijack'' #1–4 (1994) * ''Return to Jurassic Park'' #1–4 (1995)

Valiant Comics

* '' Shadowman'' #1 (1992) * ''

X-O Manowar X-O Manowar (Aric of Dacia) is a fictional superhero co-created by writers Jim Shooter and Steve Englehart, and artists Bob Layton and Barry Windsor-Smith. The eponymous comic book series published by Valiant Comics has sold more than 8 million c ...

'' #1–4 (1992)

Warren Publishing

* ''

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'' #84, 104 (1976–1979) * ''

'' #35, 46 (1971–1973) * ''

'' #21–23 (1972–1973)

Television and Film Credits

* Street Fighter: The Animated Series eps 17, 21 (1996) * G.I. Joe Extreme S2 ep.10 (1997) *

eps 13, 37, 39 (1998–1999) * Atlantis: Milo’s Return (2003 movie)

References

External links

* . *
Steve Englehart interview at Fantastic Four Headquarters

Steve Englehart
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Englehart, Steve 1947 births 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American male writers American comics writers American male novelists Inkpot Award winners Living people Marvel Comics writers Novelists from Indiana United States Army soldiers Wesleyan University alumni Writers from Indianapolis